Leaving Afghanistan
by R. R. RenoWhatever one thinks about how the exit was handled, the Biden administration has done what we should have done years ago: admit defeat and come home. Continue Reading »
Baskin-Robbins Bushism
by Pete SpiliakosOur Republican elites offer Baskin-Robbins Bushism—any skin tone, ethnicity, or gender, as long as it is all Bushism. But voters don’t want Bushism in any vessel. Continue Reading »
A Fanatic of the Center
by R. R. RenoGeorge W. Bush's speech last week clarified the deep agreement between his agenda and that of center-left Democrats. Continue Reading »
What Have We Learned From the Iraq War?
by Pete SpiliakosKnowing what we know now,” would you have invaded Iraq? Jeb Bush stumbled over this question. His answer focused on whether Saddam Hussein's regime had active programs for weapons of mass destruction. But the mistakes relating to WMDs are neither the only, nor the most currently relevant, of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Barack Is to George What Ike Was to Harry
by Carl ScottThat is, when considering foreign policy on the big threats, Islamism now, communism then. The policy of the former president, while hotly criticized in the campaign, is basically retained by his successor. So Troy Senik of Ricochet says was Bush’s own prescient view, which has become . . . . Continue Reading »
Redemption of a White House Insider
by Gayle Trotter“I said to the president, ‘You should have taken me by the lapels and tossed me onto Pennsylvania Avenue for what I have done.’ He said to me, ‘I forgive you.’”Gayle recently spoke with Timothy S. Goeglein, author of The Man in the Middle: An Inside Account of . . . . Continue Reading »
Is “Christian” the New “Gay”?
by Gayle TrotterGayle recently spoke with D. Michael Lindsay, sociologist, newly appointed president of Gordon College, and author of multiple books, including Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite. Lindsay spearheaded a study of former White House Fellows (an elite . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Wehner Discusses the City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era
by Gayle Trotter“If we were pacifists, we would have been in the wrong jobs, because I don’t think it’s advisable to have pacifists in the White House, particularly for situations like 9/11. In government, you take an oath to protect your fellow citizens and you have to take that . . . . Continue Reading »
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