Foreign Policy

TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT AMERICAN OIL

MARCH 3, 2011 Why is Washington blocking oil exploration in states like Alaska and Louisiana when the Middle East is such a powder keg? By SEAN PARNELL,  governor of Alaska The revolution that began in Tunisia, spread to Egypt, and is now dramatically unfolding in Libya is far from over. The events in North Africa […]

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CHRISTIAN MINISTER IS GUNNED DOWN IN PAKISTAN FOR CITICIZING ISLAM BLASPHEMY LAWS

MARCH 3, 2011 Killing of Christian Is Second of a Blasphemy-Law Critic; Puts in Question Effectiveness of U.S. Support for Moderates By ZAHID HUSSAIN And TOM WRIGHT ISLAMABAD—Suspected Islamic militants shot dead the most senior Christian in Pakistan’s national government, in the latest sign that political moderates backed by the U.S. are failing to rein

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THE DECLINE OF U.S. NAVAL POWER

MARCH 2, 2011 The Decline of U.S. Naval Power Sixty ships were commonly underway in America’s seaward approaches in 1998, but today there are only 20. We are abdicating our role on the oceans. By MARK HELPRIN Last week, pirates attacked and executed four Americans in the Indian Ocean. We and the Europeans have endured

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MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAS LONG BEEN ORGANIZING TO TAKE OVER EGYPTIAN PROFESSIONAL GUILDS OF MEDICINE, ENGINEERING, LAW AND JOURNALISM

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Professional Islamists The Muslim Brotherhood’s long march through the institutions. Stephen Schwartz February 21, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 22 The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, or al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun, is more than a radical network, comparable to al Qaeda; more than an ideological phenomenon, like the followers of Khomeini in the 1979

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VIETNAM – FLIGHT FROM CHU LAI, 1967

THIS IS HEARTBREAKING BUT THE STORY MUST BE TOLD OF DR. HAL KUSHNER AND THE PRISONERS OF WAR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR You will find that dying is very easy; living, living is the difficult thing.” An inspirational story about an American hero; the story of a very brave and dedicated U.S. Army Flight Surgeon,

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AFTER OBAMA, THE DELUGE – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

February 24, 2011     By Victor Davis Hanson President Obama established a bipartisan debt-reduction commission — and then ignored its findings, which called for unpopular reductions in entitlements and across-the-board spending cuts. His first two budgets led to the largest deficits in U.S. history. The ensuing $3 trillion dollars in red ink prompted the tea party

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THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS CAUSING TURMOIL ABROAD

FEBRUARY 23, 2011 Few protesters in the Middle East connect rising food prices to U.S. monetary policy. But central bankers do. By GEORGE MELLOAN In accounts of the political unrest sweeping through the Middle East, one factor, inflation, deserves more attention. Nothing can be more demoralizing to people at the low end of the income

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FINALLY, ARAB UNREST STUNS MARKETS!

FEBRUARY 22, 2011, 11:56 P.M. ET Arab Unrest Stuns Markets Oil Soars, Stocks Fall as Libyan Rebels Take Energy Zone; Shipments Are Halted By LIAM PLEVEN, JONATHAN CHENG And GUY CHAZAN Libya’s descent into violence rattled global financial markets Tuesday, sending oil prices surging to their biggest gain in more than two years and driving

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