John Tabin
With all due respect to Reid Smith, it does a great disservice to our readers to characterize Hillary Mann Leverett as “President Bush’s leading expert on Iran.” She and her husband Flynt Leverett left the Bush administration and burned the…
A lot of people seem startled that President Obama just announced that 100 US troops are going to central Africa to aid in the fight against the Lord’s Resistance Army, a loathsome group that has been brutally terrorizing the region…
Some good news from Capitol Hill: The House and Senate both passed the pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea this evening. But all of these deals were negotiated during the Bush administration (before getting stalled in…
If you made a drinking game out of every mention of “9-9-9” in tonight’s debate, you’re probably too blotto to read this post until tomorrow. That’s because Herman Cain, who mentions his “9-9-9 plan” at every opportunity, has risen in…
Gary Johnson says in a statement on the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki: I understand that laws may allow these decisions by the President and other officials in regard to al-Awlaki, and I do not in any way want to diminish…
With the Obama administration allowing Taiwan to upgrade its existing fleet of F-16s — but not allowing the sale of new F-16s that Taipei equested — China is protesting by cutting off some, but not all, military-to-military contacts. “Some in…
The Department of Justice has declined to ask the Eleventh Circuit for an en banc reconsideration of a three-judge panel’s decision striking down the individual mandate, clearing the way for Obamacare to reach the Supreme Court in time for a…
Rick Perry has not been doing all that well in these debates, and he isn’t improving. His standing in the polls paints a target on his back, of course, but that just means the attacks are predictable, and he doesn’t…
The new Suffolk Poll has Jon Huntsman, previously stuck in the low single digits, at 10%, ahead of Rick Perry at 8%. Mitt Romney has a commanding lead at 41%; Ron Paul is in second at 14%. The new ARG…
Well, it’s official: As most observers had expected, the Obama administration is denying the Taiwanese government’s request to buy 66 new F-16s, instead offering retrofits that will upgrade Taiwan’s existing fleet as a consolation prize. I think I know why…
