Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned that Iran is about to cross the nuclear red line and the U.S. had better do something about it. The election of Hassan Rowhani, a moderate president, is a game changer and likely means Iran will slow down its nuclear project. That’s good but not good enough for Israel’s […]

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In response to a series of articles in Slate that takes progressives to task, Arthur Goldberg writes correctly that it’s not progressives who have failed. It’s the Democrats. In particular, it’s their strategy of triangulation. Bill Clinton declared “the era of big government is over”; he signed the North American Free Trade Agreement; he gutted […]

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During George Zimmerman’s trial, one rarely heard the death of Trayvon Martin linked to the issue of firearm safety. There is little doubt that if Zimmerman had not been armed, Martin would be alive. But beyond that, would Sanford have been less safe? Would Zimmerman? To what degree are firearms dangerous in and of themselves? […]

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There seems to be little difference between federal Judge Bernard Friedman and Michigan Republican National Committee member Dave Agema (pictured). Both are native Michiganders, roughly the same age, Vietnam vets and life-long conservative Republicans. But both men are on the opposite side on a very big issue: Friedman is a Reagan Republican who believes gays […]

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One of the biggest bogeymen in American politics is the undocumented Mexican immigrant. Few things can predictably whip conservative activists into a frenzy like the suggestion that 11 million undocumented workers should be allowed to come out from the shadows and given an opportunity to pursue a long and arduous path toward citizenship. Republicans, like […]

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