09.06.11 Ten years after 9/11, revive America’s spirit About 8 o’clock on the night of September 11, 2001, President Bush’s staff received word. The president had returned to Washington. The White House had reopened.
08.15.11 What Really Went Wrong with the Nixon Shock? On the Wall Street Journal op-ed page, Lewis Lehrman delivers a lament over the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s “new economic policy.”
06.25.11 Obama Picked the Wrong War Watching President Obama speak this week about the U.S. drawdown from Afghanistan, I thought of the old nursery rhyme.
04.27.11 The Birther Disgrace Even for the small band that sustained the phony controversy until now, the birth certificate so-called issue ends today.
04.18.11 Two Cheers for the Welfare State Don’t miss Yuval Levin’s piece in the current National Affairs, “Beyond the Welfare State.”
02.01.11 Ladies and Gentlemen, the President’s State of the Union Address It’s a weird feeling of gender bending to imagine writing a major speech for a president of a different party.