Liberalism & The Nature of Sacrifice
By Philip Mella03/21/2008
We've spent countless hours trying to divine the modern liberal sensibility, from its atavistic embrace of noxious racial politics to its perennial preoccupation with victimhood. Perhaps the most vexing and inscrutable issue is their apparent incapacity to appreciate the geopolitical implications of the war in Iraq.
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Is It Time the United States Grew Up About Race?
By Laura Kiesel03/19/2008
Before I begin my rebuttal to some of the blog posts listed on this site as well as the coverage of the mainstream media on Barack Obama's historical speech on race, I would like to clarify that I have not previously been a Barack Obama supporter. In fact, all one need do is search the archives of this website. There one will find a blog post with my endorsement of former Democratic candidate John Edwards, a white, wealthy man. In my endorsement, I explained that though I long desired to see the day when an African-American or a woman (or someone who is both) take up residence in the Oval Office as commander-in-chief, I cannot endorse someone based on such superficialities. I contend that to do so would be equally racist or sexist as voting against someone simply based on those factors. Furthermore, my past posts on this site as well as others have expressed criticisms of Mr. Obama due to some of the contradictions and ambiguities in his campaign.
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Clinton's Michigan and Florida Hypocrisy
By Terry Mitchell03/18/2008
Suppose that the Dallas Cowboys play the Houston Texans in an exhibition game next August and the Texans win. Then suppose that the Texans subsequently appeal to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to have the game counted in the regular season standings. How fair would that be? Of course, it wouldn't be fair at all as the Cowboys would rightly argue that, had they known the game was going to count, they would have put more resources into it and tried a lot harder to win it.
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The race card: Who would believe this?
By Kenneth E. Feltman03/17/2008
Where are the Democrats going? Who planned this trip? The Democratic Party nominating process has reached Alice in Wonderland levels.
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Admiral Fallon & the Denial of History
By Philip Mella03/14/2008
We've all heard the axiom, one that has achieved a wholly unwarranted level of credibility, that war should always be a last resort. Military historians have a plethora of examples of wars that were either lost or needlessly protracted due to a belated entrance. Although Hannibal enjoyed many military successes in the Second Punic War, some historians argue that Carthage's twenty-three hiatus after the First Punic War was a contributing factor in its ultimate destruction.
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The Democratic Presidential Race: A Status Report
By Terry Mitchell03/14/2008
It looks like Barack Obama has recovered most of the momentum he lost on March 4, when Hillary Clinton broke his winning streak by scoring primary wins in Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island. Since then, Obama has been declared the winner in the Texas Caucuses and actually ended up being awarded more delegates from that state than was Clinton. Therefore, what appeared to be major victories for Clinton in the March 4 contests only netted her about six more delegates than Obama. Obama's subsequent wins in Wyoming and Mississippi netted him seven more delegates than she, meaning that he now leads in total delegates by 124 -- one more than he lead by on March 3.
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