VAPID LIBERALISM – Race War if McCain Wins?
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times Democratic Nominee Senator Barack Obama said in his convention speech that the promise of America is, “the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental...
Opinion: Distortions in the Name of a Noble Cause
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times The cost of oil is high because our knowledge of how to combat it is low, and the media has blossomed into the greatest enabler of this collective shortcoming. Yes, behemoths like Exxon/Mobil, Shell, and Texaco are...
MASCOT POLITICS: How ‘groupthink’ trumps issues
By Alan Nathan © 2008 Washington Times A few months ago, Barack Obama rightly accused fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton of "hiding behind her gender." Of course, she can now argue that Mr. Obama is similarly hiding behind his race. Had they and their...
FIXING HEALTH CARE – Lawyers, HMOs maintain tight grip
By Alan Nathan © 2007 Washington Times Whether it’s the GOP Kow-towing to the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) lobbyists, or Democrats succumbing to the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA), the two establishment-parties are discovering that...
Critics knew Petraeus was on point
By Alan Nathan © 2007 Washington TimesReminiscent of the days when soldiers and sailors were spat upon by large segments of anti-war activists in the ‘60s and early ‘70s, congressional expectorating was launched in the direction of one Gen. David Petraeus...
WE CAN’T WIN WARS BY PERMISSION
By Alan Nathan © 2007 FrontPageMag Arguments are erupting over whether or not we should go after Iran militarily in light of the widely reported NATO, European and American intelligence having shown physical proof of President Mahmoud Ahmedinijad’s Qud...
JOHN EDWARDS’ WAR ON THE “WAR ON TERROR”
By Alan Nathan © 2007 FrontPageMag Is presidential hopeful, Democrat John Edwards, wittily disingenuous or genuinely witless? Like Elmer Gantry, Sinclair Lewis’ fictional 1920’s Bible-thumping huckster who preached what he rarely practiced, Edwards appears...
An “Obsession” with Truth – Divergent Views
By Alan Nathan © 2007 FrontpagemagThe phrase “divergent views” does not do justice to the verbal gymnastics that followed the anti-terrorism event I was privileged to introduce at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virgnia. After my brief introduction to...
THE RUDY GOP SHIFTS TO THE CENTER
By Alan Nathan © 2007 FrontPageMag Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani often enjoys poll scores above all presidential rivals from both sides of the political aisle. For many, he inarguably projects the kind of appeal that says to voters, “You matter...
IRAQ’S CIVIL WAR IS IRRELEVANT
By Alan Nathan © 2007 FrontPageMag The American heart too frequently out maneuvers the American mind, and does so to an extent that makes us all look laughingly stupid as well as predictably vulnerable to enemy tactics; e.g., pulling out of Iraq because of...