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Jed Babbin

American Spectator contributing editor Jed Babbin served as a deputy undersecretary of defense in the George H. W. Bush administration. He writes the “Loose Canons” column for The American Spectator and often appears as a talking warhead on television and radio. He is coauthor (with Herbert London) of the book The BDS War Against Israel. He is also the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse Than You Think. You can follow him on Twitter@jedbabbin.
by | Sep 24, 2023

A September 15 article in the Wall Street Journal  brought to light the sad state of Britain’s Royal Air Force. The article pointed out that military power is declining across the NATO powers and both Britain and the United States…

by | Sep 10, 2023

Former vice president Mike Pence has virtually no chance to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination for many reasons, not the least of which is that he was scapegoated by former president Trump because he refused to set aside the…

by | Sep 3, 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy is a billionaire and a candidate for president of the United States with a nice smile. He made a big splash at the 23 August primary debate. Former president Trump has said that Ramaswamy would be a very…

by | Aug 28, 2023

As his aircraft exploded around him, the last thought that probably went through Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mind was, “Well, this is no surprise.” Prigozhin, once one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, was the creator and commander of the mercenary Wagner Group…

by | Aug 21, 2023

Politicians and pundits want to declaim the lessons we should learn from Russia’s war against Ukraine despite the fact that the war — now eighteen months old — may not yet have reached its halfway point. Russian President Putin, as…

by | Aug 14, 2023

Last week, retired conservative federal appeals court judge Michael Luttig said that there is no Republican Party. He added that the political parties are the guardians of democracy and without them both our democracy is in great peril. Asked why…

by | Aug 6, 2023

President Biden often brags how “Bidenomics” is succeeding. Every word he says about the American economy is a lie. We are surrounded by evidence that Bidenomics is a failure. Inflation — having reached 9.7 percent continues to be high and…

by | Jul 30, 2023

Friday’s announcement that the United States would send $345 million in military equipment to Taiwan from existing US stockpiles under President Biden’s “presidential drawdown authority” was pretty much ignored by the media. It shouldn’t have been. It should have gained…

by | Jul 23, 2023

What began with the second House impeachment of Donald Trump will culminate in his indictment this week for the offenses he allegedly committed on and before January 6, 2021. His conduct on January 6 and before then, the indictment will…

by | Jul 17, 2023

Since President Joe Biden took office, the media have made it a policy to ignore his failing mental health. That may be changing very gradually because some in the media who fear a Republican victory next year want to see…

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