
The libertarian Cato Institute gets right down to it, in a New York Post op-ed titled, “Woodrow Wilson’s racism isn’t the only reason for Princeton to shun his name.” Yes, Cato went there. The libertarian outfit, which mostly seeks to identify with Republicans and conservatives on tax and spending issues, actually threw in with left-wing radical #BlackLivesMatter-type protesters on another important matter—defending the traditional understanding of US history. But as we shall see, the traditional understanding of US history means nothing to Cato.
by Virgil6 Dec 2015, 7:39 AM PST0

The Democrats are having their fun. But as Peter Falk, playing Lt. Columbo on the old TV series would say, “There’s just one more thing.” Open-borders-ism is toxic politics with the electorate as a whole. As in, support for open borders is a political death warrant.
by Virgil27 Nov 2015, 8:33 PM PST0

The first thing to remember about the Turkish downing of a Russian fighter-jet is that it could just as easily have happened to an American aircraft. Yes, the situation in Syria is that complex; there’s plenty of risk to go around—and that’s before anyone starts putting “boots on the ground.”
by Virgil25 Nov 2015, 6:11 AM PST0

In our last epistle from the Bottomless Pit, we mocked the presidential ambitions of three Republican hopefuls: Jeb!, Ben Carson, and Donald Trump. And if you don’t like it, what’re you gonna do about it—tell us to go to hell?
by Virgil11 Nov 2015, 12:31 PM PST0

Welcome to the Ninth Circle—the Ninth Circle, of course, of Hell. Or, as some of us call it, here Inside the Beltway—home. Yes, Washington, D.C. in all its hellishness is where we live.
by Virgil7 Nov 2015, 7:02 AM PST0

Yes, there’s an African invasion of Italy—it’s a mostly peaceful invasion, but still, as the Brits say, “invasion” is the right word for it—going on every day in the Mediterranean
by Virgil27 Jun 2015, 9:20 PM PST0

America needs policies that are serious, effective, and sustainable. And historical experience, as well as common sense, tells us that such an effective policy can come only from a robust and far-reaching debate—ratified, of course, by the voters. As we shall see, the annals of American national-security policy provide ample, and encouraging, precedent, not only for systematic deliberation, but, even more importantly, for effective follow-through.
by Virgil4 Apr 2015, 7:23 AM PST0

Let’s think about the next 10 or 20 years in the Middle East. If we think hard, we can envision that Israel, the U.S., and the cause of moderation and modernization in the Middle East all have a real chance to make solid gains. But we will need to be alert to opportunities as they arise—and be ready to jump on them, making tough choices.
by Virgil21 Mar 2015, 6:59 PM PST0

Republicans should hereby resolve: One Obama is enough. Let’s not get back in power, get in another war, and thus set the stage for another Obama in a few years. Instead, let’s learn some lessons—and apply them.
by Virgil9 Mar 2015, 5:26 PM PST0

Republicans have renewed their enthusiasm for Middle East war. Okay, fine. Let’s just be sure that this time, we win. And that means doing things differently: Different from Barack Obama, of course, but different, also, from George W. Bush.
by Virgil7 Mar 2015, 4:05 AM PST0

Yes, it’s unfortunate that the US has a president, Barack Obama, who consistently sees things from the Muslim point of view. Even the Obamaphilic reporter Juliet Eilperin, writing for the Obamaphilic Washington Post, had to admit, “President Obama has never been one to go easy on America.”
by Virgil8 Feb 2015, 12:55 PM PST0

Now that President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have launched their new friendship initiative with Cuba, progressives are thinking more optimistically about what else might be possible in the remainder of the president’s term. After all, since
by Virgil17 Dec 2014, 8:56 PM PST0

January 21, 2025 Now that Jeb Bush–known widely as Bush 45, or Bush cuarenta y cinco, or, simply, El Jefe Jeb–has completed his two terms in the White House, we can look back and summarize some of the major events of his administration.
by Virgil14 Dec 2014, 11:06 AM PST0

The Left is feeling pretty good about itself right now. After the disappointment of the 2014 midterms, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s release of the CIA “torture report” has given liberals a feeling of moral superiority, even as they lose their senatorial majority.
by Virgil11 Dec 2014, 12:30 PM PST0

In the first part of this series, we recalled Edward Gibbon’s magisterial history from the 18th century, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and noted the ominous parallels for America today. In the second part of this series, we will recall
by Virgil24 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

What can a chronicler of barbarian invasions, writing in the 18th century, explain to Americans in the 21st century?What lessons can we learn today from the fall of an ancient empire? Plenty. Many. Indeed, as immigration is a hot issue
by Virgil22 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

As “Emperor Obama”–to cite a title applied to Barack Obama by House Speaker John Boehner, Senator Jeff Sessions, and others–proceeds with his plan to trample the Constitution by issuing an Executive Order on amnesty for illegals, perhaps it’s worth looking back to
by Virgil21 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

What happens when we combine political correctness, an open-borders mentality, governmental incompetence, and the Ebola virus? We’re about to find out. On Wednesday’s broadcast of NBC Nightly News, anchorman Brian Williams said of Ebola, “The outbreak is now officially out
by Virgil7 Aug 2014, 12:09 PM PST0

On the centennial of World War One, perhaps the most urgent question is this: Could we fall into another such global war? Could we end up in another conflict such as the one, a century ago, that took 20 million
by Virgil1 Aug 2014, 2:31 PM PST0

In their own way, the Russians are trustworthy: You can always trust them to remind you as to what kind of people they are, and what kind of political system they create. As we shall see, Americans got a bitter
by Virgil18 Jul 2014, 10:09 AM PST0

Today, as Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, USMC, languishes in a Mexican prison for a fourth month–he was arrested on minor charges on March 31–many Americans are frustrated by the Obama administration’s obvious lack of concern. Yet it doesn’t have to be like
by Virgil6 Jul 2014, 8:44 PM PST0

Here’s an interesting headline: “You soon may not need citizenship to vote in the US; just become a New Yorker.” Who wrote that headline? And who published it? Some nativist right-winger? No, it’s an article by Ron Hayduk, a professor at
by Virgil4 Jul 2014, 9:28 AM PST0

Are you a commodity, or an American? An economic unit, or a human being, a child of God, even? It’s good that Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is asking these questions, because the elites in both parties already have their answers: They do,
by Virgil25 Jun 2014, 9:32 AM PST0

So who is the real David Brat? Is he a Randian Tea Partier, the scourge of RINOs, bent on taking the Republican Party further to the right? Or is he a populist crusader, determined to defend the middle class against
by Virgil13 Jun 2014, 7:12 PM PST0

Going Green? Check. Cutting middle-class entitlements? Check. Submerging democracy under a layer of technocracy? Check. Subordinating American patriotism by imagining a new kind of crisis that only international institutions can manage? Check. And all this on Memorial Day! That’s The New
by Virgil25 May 2014, 12:32 PM PST0