John Bolton & American Values
By Philip Mella07/27/2006
In an exhaustive review of his performance as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, The Heritage Foundation's Nile Gardiner and Bret Schaefer make a strong and evidentiary case for the Senate to vote to confirm this exemplary voice for principled leadership and accountability.
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"In olden days a glimpse of stocking..."
By Philip Mella07/21/2006
The movie critic Joel Siegel reportedly walked out of Kevin Smith's new film "Clerks II" because he was thoroughly disgusted, but no one should be surprised that the Motion Picture Association of America decided the film was fine for children as long as the parents were along.
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The Roots of Self-Doubt in America
By Philip Mella07/12/2006
It's been widely and correctly asserted that America today suffers from a chronic sense of internal doubt and uncertainty. Some have hypothesized that the cause is a surfeit of material prosperity and a misguided sense of security. The real cause can be attributed to our post-modern forebears in the 1930s and 1940s who obtusely abdicated our Western legacy of moral absolutes--and their civic offspring--a sense of cultural consensus.
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Conservative Trifecta
By Philip Mella07/10/2006
With the narrow victory in Mexico by Felipe Calderon, and with Canada's Stephen Harper in control, conservatives have achieved a trifecta in North America. Although these were close elections, it does signify a fundamental endorsement of free markets, property rights, and a distrust of the Statist philosophy that has retained its grip in much of Europe.
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The Politics of Terrorism
By Philip Mella07/08/2006
Judging from the initial responses by both the press and certain politicians to the report that federal anti-terrorism agencies have foiled a terrorist plot in New York City, one might question their political priorities. New York Senator Charles Schumer's response was a marvel of political legerdemain.
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Political Observations: Lieberman & Albright
By Philip Mella07/06/2006
Senator Lieberman & the Purchase of Political Power
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North Korea: A Threat or an Incompetent?
By Philip Mella07/05/2006
Since yesterday's launching of several missiles, one an inter-continental missile capable of striking the United States, political analysts and military strategists have taken a wide variety of positions concerning the threat that North Korea poses.
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Taxation Without Representation
By Stephen Macklin07/03/2006
Raise your hand if you feel that you as an individual are adequately represented in Washington when it comes to taxation.
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Transparency of Motive at the Times
By Philip Mella07/03/2006
An editorial in Friday's Wall Street Journal noted that the legal scholar, Alexander Bickel wrote, in 1975:
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