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A Good Choice to Head the Fort Hood Investigation
Ham seems ideally suited to achieve a delicate balance in the Fort Hood inquiry. He can be sensitive to whatever factors may have prompted Major Hasan’s rampage, while still serving as a walking reminder that…
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The Folly of KSM’s Civilian Trial
Krauthammer: What happens if KSM (and his co-defendants) “do not get convicted,†asked Senate Judiciary Committee member Herb Kohl. “Failure is not an option,†replied Holder. Not an option? Doesn’t the presumption of innocence, er,…
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Senator Graham vs. Senator Clueless, on Trials for Jihadists
Senator Leahy, don’t you think there are a few questions we might want to ask a captured bin Laden? Such as: “Dude, where you been hanging out all these years?” Or: “Any of your peeps…
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Pelosicare Would Vastly Expand Government, Penalize Millions
GWB advisor Keith Hennessey drills down into the report of the Chief Actuary of the federal Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) to describe the effects of the health care “reform” bill passed by…
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Politics Outweighs Principle in Ordering a Civilian Trial for KSM
It certainly can’t be understood as a principled decision. The administration intends to continue on the path of holding military commissions for other captured jihadists. I know of no way to articulate a principled reason…
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The Gun Wasn’t Smoking Until Hasan Pulled the Trigger
I’m reconsidering my declaration that it’s “silly” to debate “whether Hasan’s rampage could have been prevented. But I still believe it’s unrealistic to think atrocities can be prevented by flawless foresight based on evidence that…
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Fort Hood Reminds Us That We Can’t Consistently Anticipate Evil
Hasan’s political beliefs are clearly significant in hindsight — but it’s absurd to think the Army somehow should have known he was dangerous. Our society doesn’t take action against people for thinking wrong thoughts, or…
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Count One Lackluster Vote for Corzine
Ex-prosecutor Christie pledges tax cuts and clean government in a corrupt, high-tax state, and I’ll count that as a silver lining if he wins. But there’s no guarantee he would actually be effective at cutting…
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87 More Days Until Obama Breaks His Guantanamo Pledge
This week brings further reminders of why breaking that pledge will be the better part of valor. Many of the Gitmo detainees are Very Bad People, and there’s no good option for relocating them.
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“Every Republican in Congress Supports Reform” is a Stronger Message Than “No”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell calls out the other side for dishonest framing of the healthcare debate. I fear the Republicans may have lost the battle simply by letting the issue be framed, improperly, as…
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Old Europe, an Unearned Nobel Prize, and a War of Necessity
Our European allies clearly have no stomach for the fight. As America considers sending up to 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, even the (relatively) stalwart UK today announced plans to send… um… 500. As in…
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The “Obama Silver-Lining Watch” and the Nobel Peace Prize
At first blush, the Nobel Prize may seem to make it harder for an Obama administration to do anything involving a projection of American military power. But there’s another way of looking at it. While…
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Revisiting Cash for Clunkers
The Wall Street Journal has just labeled the Cash for Clunkers program “one of Washington’s all-time dumb ideas.” (Hyperbole, of course — no program costing a “mere” $3 billion could possibly qualify for the all-time…
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Dumbest. Extortionist. Ever.
Note to would-be blackmailers: insist on cash. Then you have at least some shot at deniability (“officer, I don’t know anything about the $2 million in the duffle bag”).
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Encouraging Signs of Al Qaeda’s Decline
I just hope that Islam can reform itself more quickly than Christianity did. More than 130 years of religious violence passed between the 95 Theses and the Treaty of Westphalia.
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Ahmadinejad Seems to Have a Death Wish
It has become hard to imagine a peaceful ending to the Iranian nuclear problem. I’ve gone back and forth on this, but it seems highly likely that Israel, which twice before has launched pre-emptive attacks…
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Time for Obama to Step Up in Afghanistan
Now parts of the President’s party, desperately seeking a war to lose after being thwarted in Iraq, will turn up the pressure for surrender and retreat.
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Ajami, on Taking the War into the Arab World
President Obama, who seized hold of the “good war” as a club to batter Bush’s “bad war,” has little choice other than to give the strategy that succeeded in Iraq a chance to succeed in…
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Never Forget
The events of 9/11 were the legacy of more than two decades of doing nothing, or next to nothing, in response to attacks from fascists in Islamic guise.
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Anti-National-Debt Ad is Free Speech, Not “Evil”
I pledge allegiance to America’s debt…and to the Chinese government that lends us money… And to the interest… for which we pay… compoundable… with higher taxes and lower pay… until the day we die.
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Thank You, Mr. President, For Your Message to Kids
The kids just saw a highly accomplished black man, who lives with his wife and plays an active role in raising their delightful young children, tell students of all races that it’s important to stay…