Liberal intellectuals have persistently demeaned the foreign policies of Republican presidents, characterizing a seeming willingness to apply American power as some sort of thought-deficient cowboy diplomacy.  Are the results any better under President Obama?  For the left, the basic precept is that dialogue – an intellectual activity – can be applied to resolve diplomatic differences without [...]...

SIDESWIPE – One week after President Obama said he wanted to kick ass over the Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil leak, and three months after Democrat members of Congress walked through a Tea Party demonstration on Capitol Hill in an unsuccessful attempt to provoke abuse, Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge has been filmed assaulting a student who asked about his support of [...]...

With all eyes on South Africa for the planet’s biggest and most popular sporting event, the big question is who will win the World Cup.  Followers of these columns will know that we have a fair record of predicting soccer outcomes (and a less distinguished one when it comes to baseball).  Barcelona and Inter Milan both [...]...