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Jed Babbin

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 | Jan 23, 2012

President Obama tried out his soul music falsetto last week at New York’s Apollo Theater and he sounded pretty good….

by | Jan 16, 2012

The media always has an established theme — a narrative — into which the coverage of political stories is shoehorned….

by | Jan 12, 2012

There are two ways to react to President Obama’s latest round of defense spending cuts. One is emotional but somewhat…

by | Jan 9, 2012

President Obama has made clear his path to re-election. He plans to run against Congress and — by seizing unconstitutional…

by | Dec 30, 2011

The coming year will not give us a break from the steady stream of political knavery, green graft and governmental…

by | Dec 27, 2011

Less than two weeks ago, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta presided over the final withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. Since…

by | Dec 19, 2011

Historians may someday conclude that the most curious incident of Barack Obama’s presidency occurred in October 2011. When Obama announced…

by | Dec 12, 2011

After Saturday night’s Iowa debate, I’d bet $10,000 that Mitt Romney has sunk himself. Well, I might if I had…

by | Dec 9, 2011

The Iranian government is crowing that they have shot down and seized an American stealthy drone. It is, from the…

by | Dec 5, 2011

Europe has no time for clichés, so Europe’s currency crisis has skipped two cycles. Instead of allowing one cycle of…

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