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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 | May 22, 2006

Americans are suffering a new psychological disorder: news-induced political numbness. It’s not the return of Jimmy Carter’s “malaise.” Despite the…

by | May 20, 2006

Cong. John Murtha of Pennsylvania — a Marine veteran — has become the Cut and Run Party’s voice of choice…

by | May 18, 2006

Larry Korb and I will go at it again. The CIA mess and the Hayden confirmation. About 1730 EDT on…

by | May 18, 2006

Just got the opening statement Gen. Hayden will deliver in his confirmation hearing today. As with any confirmation statement, it’s…

by | May 18, 2006

Quin: You’re entirely right. Jeff Sessions is terrific, keeps turning up at the right place with the right ideas. Gotta…

by | May 16, 2006

Wlady: I agree. We can’t just write them off, and they won’t go away. That’s not my desire or my…

by | May 16, 2006

Wlady: Tancredo isn’t a leader. He is, as you say, a single-issue obsessive. We need the president to take a…

by | May 16, 2006

Wlady: I agree. The ten or twelve million already here are an internal problem. But two things: first, I’m worried…

by | May 16, 2006

Wlady: The problem is both internal and external. I don’t care about opening closed liberal minds. We have to focus…

by | May 16, 2006

Wlady: I agree with you, in part. We’re not going to deport 10 or 12 million people, so we have…

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