David Brooks, the designated conservative on both the New York Times op-ed page and the PBS NewsHour, knows which way the wind blows. “After a while you get sick of the DeLays of the right and the Deans of the…

Mr. Babbin is a very knowledgeable guy, and I am sure he’s right: Iraqi troops are “getting better.” But I think he’s doing a little wishful thinking when he says they’re “respected and accepted by the population.” More accurately, I…

The White House said the President’s speech would be be “new” and “informative,” but of course it was not. Intead it was a tedious compendium of cliches, bereft of substance, and proving nothing at all except that the president and…