Let's Call This 'Terrorism' By Its Real Name
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2008
It's official: We're fighting . . . terrorists.  You can also call them violent extremists if you like, but never use jihadist or mujahedeen or Islamo-fascist to describe our enemy. These words are deemed pejorative and offensive, according to a recent Bush administration memorandum to federal employees whose jobs involve explaining our ongoing war to the public...  [Read More]

Happy Birthday
The Gathering Storm, May 8, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2008
It should be a joyful time for Israel this week, as the country prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary . The air hangs heavy, however, as the reality of a nuclear Iran in the region grows closer every day. Appearing before journalists earlier this week, Israeli President Shimon Peres, one of the last members of Israel's founding generation, issued birthday wishes as well as concerns about the future of the nation.  [Read More]

Trouble in Tehran
The Gathering Storm, May 6, 2008
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
As U.S. and Iraqi officials released new evidence this week of Iran's training, funding, and arming of terrorists in Iraq, Iranian Cleric Ahmad Khatami said in a Friday prayer broadcast on state radio "If maniacs in Washington or Tel Aviv seek to take (military) action, the Iranian nation will slap them so hard they will not get off the floor."  [Read More]

America's Unhappiest Millionaire
Michelle Obama's gospel of misery.
By Yuval Levin
Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Barack Obama's wife Michelle has been traveling the country delivering a stump speech that lays out a deeply and relentlessly negative vision of American life, in which everyone is treated unfairly, and especially her husband. The Senator himself, of course, manages a peppier and more upbeat message, but in fact, especially when seen in light of her speeches, the same dismal view seems to underlie his rhetoric too. Both Obamas think America is bitter and deeply depressed.  [Read More]

The View from the Continent
By Peter Wehner
Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The widespread view in Europe, as well as among some Americans, is that the U.S. has suffered a huge, almost incalculable, loss of "moral authority." The evidence cited is always the same: Guantanamo Bay, rendition and secret prisons, and waterboarding. They are invoked like an incantation. The effect of this is that you would think that the United States is among the leading violators of human rights in the world.  [Read More]