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Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of life, by ceaseless alertness to learn from others, by study… — B. C. Forbes
On Tuesday, the so-called Islamic State released a slickly produced video showing a Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a steel cage. On Wednesday, the… — Jonah Goldberg
And on Thursday, President Obama seized the opportunity of the National Prayer Breakfast to forthrightly criticize the 'terrible deeds' . . . committed 'in the… — Jonah Goldberg
We are all descended from cavemen who broke the skulls of their enemies with rocks for fun or profit. But that hardly mitigates the crimes… — Jonah Goldberg
We believe in the power of 21st-century international norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes in the power of lies and brute force, and implicitly asks,… — Rich Lowry
There is no appeasing Putin. Frankly, there is no directly stopping him, either. It is only possible to raise the costs to him of his… — Rich Lowry
A week after his State of the Union address, political observers are still trying to figure out what President Obama's game is. That's because rhetorically… — Jonah Goldberg
Three explanations dominate speculation about what Obama is up to. The first is that he's trying to lay the groundwork for his successor, presumptive nominee… — Jonah Goldberg
But there's a fourth interpretation: Obama can't leave his comfort zone. No president since Woodrow Wilson has been as enamored of abstract ideas or more… — Jonah Goldberg
This week, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized control of the Yemeni government, heretofore pro-American. In September, they overran Sanaa, the capital. On Tuesday, they seized the… — Charles Krauthammer
The Houthi have local religious grievances, being Shiites in a majority Sunni land. But they are also agents of Shiite Iran, which arms, trains, and… — Charles Krauthammer
Why should we care about the coup? First, because we depend on Yemen's government to support our drone war against another local menace, al-Qaeda in… — Charles Krauthammer
He was the keynote speaker for our better angels. — Andrew Cuomo
WASHINGTON - Ever since President Obama ordered American warplanes to begin bombing terrorist targets in Iraq and Syria last year, members of Congress have insisted… — Peter Baker
Now, six months after he sent the military back into combat to take on the terror group calling itself the Islamic State, Mr. Obama has… — Peter Baker
One side thinks the president'Â€Â™s request for war-making powers is too brazen and even reckless. The other side thinks it is too spineless and probably… — Peter Baker
'Hamas has been looking forward to implement Allah'Â€Â™s promise whatever time it might take. The prophet, prayer and peace be upon him, said: The time… — Andrew C. McCarthy
Random? You'Â€Â™d almost think we were dealing with an identifiable enemy motivated by a distinct ideology that is drawn verbatim from a particular belief system'Â€Â™s… — Andrew C. McCarthy
In recent weeks, I have heard former Associated Press reporter Ron Fournier on Fox News twice asserting, quite offhandedly, that President George W. Bush 'lied… — Laurence Silberman
The intelligence community's 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) stated, in a formal presentation to President Bush and to Congress, its view that Saddam had weapons… — Laurence Silberman

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