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The handling of this crisis suggests that nothing has been learnt by climate scientists in this country from 20 years of assaults on their discipline. They appear to have no idea what they’re up against or how to confront it. Their opponents might be scumbags, but their media strategy is exemplary.
The greatest tragedy here is [...]

Bruce Riedel and Michael O’Hanlon explain in USA Today why the strategy of “offshoring” operations in Afghanistan, championed by many on the Left and some on the right, most recently George Will, will not work. The Offshoring is essentially counterterrorism, a strategy more reactionary based where the U.S. relies on technology and human assets not [...]

The McCain camp finally starts to realize what fiscal conservatives knew years ago — McCain’s lack of fiscally conservative economic principles would hamstring his election chances.
[Business & Media Institute] As it turns out, swaying from conservative principles doesn’t always pay off for a Republican presidential candidate. Sen. John McCain learned that lesson that hard way.
Douglas [...]

Michael Goldfarb notes that “Barack Obama’s national security team is beginning to take shape and there is not a progressive in sight”
Victor Davis Hanson adds that if such a pleasant surprise plays out “Obama has not merely embarrassed his hard-left base, but has terribly humiliated the media as well.”
I say that before we get too [...]

Democrats regularly make it clear that they have little respect for middle Americans. One extraordinary example would be Pennsylvania, whom of its citizens Barack Obama said in April, “So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or [...]