So three of the men arrested for allegedly plotting to massacre American soldiers in New Jersey were here illegally. Here's a dumb question: Why are there any people here in this country illegally?
May 11, 2007
Once again, the Iranians have prevailed in a hostage crisis. The smirking leader of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, fresh from his latest demonstration of "performance-art politics," is no doubt preparing his next stunt for the world stage.
And once again, the rogue regime in Tehran has been enabled by many Westerners, who knee-jerkingly sentimentalize hostages, reflexively look for…
April 7, 2007
So George W. Bush has come back from his trip to Latin America with a newfound determination to open up the U.S.-Mexican border. Oops, I mean, he wants "comprehensive immigration reform."
One big hint about his intentions came clear Tuesday afternoon in Merida, Mexico, when the U.S. president began his joint remarks alongside Mexican President Felipe Calderon by telling his counterpart,…
March 16, 2007
Inside the mind of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: I sure showed them on Tuesday. While poor Dick Cheney was being bombed in Afghanistan, I dropped a bombshell of my own on Capitol Hill: The United States will talk, publicly, with Iran and Syria. I'll be participating, in Baghdad, probably in April.
March 5, 2007
It's official: Chuck Hagel is the new John McCain, getting the glowing treatment from glam publications such as GQ. And John McCain is the new Bob Dole - and we know what kind of press Dole got.
January 31, 2007
There will be plenty of time to talk about the State of the Union. Let's talk instead about the fate of the union.
On Jan. 11, China used a "kinetic kill vehicle" to destroy one of its own weather satellites, 500 miles above the Earth's surface. The implications of this action are enormous because it shows that the Chinese are serious about fighting - and winning - a space war.…
January 25, 2007
Who lost Iraq? That's the question nobody wants to have to answer, and if trends continue, nobody will have to answer it - at least for a few more years.
President Bush may or may not still think he has a "strategy for victory," but the escalation of troops he proposed Wednesday night shows that he doesn't intend to see America defeated in Iraq during his remaining two years in…
January 12, 2007
For my New Year's resolution, I resolve not to make snap judgments. But first, resolutions for others - not that they asked me.
For President Bush: Resolve to listen to your father more. Seriously, talk to him before your advisers convince you that Operation Iranian Freedom will be a "cakewalk."
January 3, 2007
President Bush is willing to raise taxes. That reality was a big surprise to me 16 years ago, in 1990, when I was working in the White House. It's less of a surprise to me in 2006, when I am on the outside - because, after a while, you learn to identify the warning signs.
In 1990, the former President Bush broke his word on taxes, and he broke his own presidency. In 2006, his son,…
December 23, 2006
Remember the congressional vote to build a wall across part of the U.S.-Mexico border? Maybe it was all a con.
In September, the House of Representatives voted, 283-138, and the Senate, 80-19, to authorize about 700 miles of fencing. Mission accomplished for border security? Not quite.
For one thing, the wall covered only a third of the U.S.-Mexico frontier. For another, Congress…
November 18, 2006
Our political word of the day is "tough." And what we need today is a tough Homeland Security Party.
In times of war and danger, when our national security is threatened, toughness is the right response. When confronting killers and invaders, we don't need compassion; we need to fight back with tough measures, including walls, if need be, between us and those who threaten us.
October 29, 2006
James Pinkerton
And then there were nine. Nine nuclear powers, that is, including North Korea. There will be more.
Four points to make:
First, there will be much hand-wringing here in the United States about what the American president - Bill Clinton, George W. Bush - did or did not do to stop the North Koreans from ramping up their nuclear program over the past dozen years or so.
October 11, 2006
Are we headed toward a clash of civilizations? Or toward world peace, through freedom and democracy?
Four significant world figures -President Bush, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Pope Benedict XVI - have spoken out on these questions, each with different answers. So they can't all be right.
September 23, 2006
Uncle Sam has been dividing us up by race for decades. Why should we be surprised that the reality TV show Survivor is doing the same thing? Could there be a double standard - that is, it's good when the government apportions by race, but bad when the private sector does so?
Reality TV, like all popular culture, reflects the larger society. So, if we want a color-blind society,…
September 5, 2006
