John Tabin
The iconoclastic, contrarian journalist Christopher Hitchens died last night at that age of 62. He famously broke with The Nation in 2002 calling it (accurately) “the voice and the echo chamber of those who truly believe that John Ashcroft is…
How bad is it that Iran has captured an RQ-170 spy drone? It’s a harder question than you might think, dependent on several other questions: Did the Iranians bring the drone down? The US government says the drone malfunctioned, but…
The parliamentary elections this weekend in Russia were by no stretch of the imagination free and fair. The most credible opposition politicians were banned from participating, leaving United Russia, Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev’s ruling party, with hand-picked competion including…
The New York Times: CAIRO – Islamists claimed a decisive victory on Wednesday as early election results put them on track to win a dominant majority in Egypt’s first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the most significant step…
Mitt Romney had a somewhat testy exchange over health care policy with Bret Baier in an interview on Fox News last night (as Aaron noted this morning). The interview itself actually didn’t strike me as that big a deal, but…
New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the Union Leader, endorsed Newt Gingrich today in a front-page editorial signed by publisher Joseph W. McQuaid. The paper’s contrarian conservatism — they rarely endorse frontrunners — has a history of shaping the New Hampshire Republican…
Last night on Fox News, Rick Perry did a “Center Seat” interview with the Special Report panel, and became the first presidential candidate to endorse a no-fly zone in Syria. Byron York recounts the exchage: [Charles] Krauthammer asked: “Would you…
Aaron David Miller, a veteran of Israeli-Arab diplomacy during the Clinton and Bush fils administrations, analyzes the relationship between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu. Looking back at previous periods of US-Israeli tension during the Ford, Carter, and Bush père…
Two new national polls out today show Newt Gingrich surging as Herman Cain fades. First, the CNN/ORC poll results; taken November 11-13, it shows Gingrich in second behind Romney — a statistical dead heat. The full results, with last month’s…
Much of the discussion among my cobloggers seems to assume that the charges against Herman Cain are likely to be false. I’m not sure why. This isn’t a Clarence Thomas-style he said/she said. It’s a Bill Clinton-style he said/she said/she…
