Skip to content

Featured Contributors

National Security

Czechs Bid Farewell to Vaclav Havel

PRAGUE (AP) — Czechs and world leaders paid emotional tribute to Vaclav Havel on Friday at a pomp-filled funeral ceremony, ending a week of public grief and nostalgia over the death of the dissident playwright who led the 1989 revolution

What Was Iran's Role in 9/11?

Today’s show concludes with Clare Lopez, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy and former CIA intelligence officer. Clare explains some recent court cases and documents that point to the connection between the Iranian government and Al-Qaeda. First, a

John Bolton on Kim Jong Un, 'The Great Successor'

John Bolton, former UN ambassador, writing from the Wall Street Journal, discusses the future of North Korea’s government leadership in the wake of Kim Jong Il’s death: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il’s death opens a period of intense danger

Wave of Bombings Across Iraqi Capital Kills 60

After a U.S. troop withdrawal some criticized as premature, could Iraq experience the kind of instability and violence seen in South Vietnam in 1973? Or is this a last, desperate show of strength from a fading Al-Qaeda? BAGHDAD (AP) —

Holder plays Race Card

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/21/holder-cites-race-in-explaining-scrutiny-justice-department-actions/ I testified against Holder’s confirmation at his Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in 2009. (Holder engineered the Clintons’ clemency to unrepentant FALN terrorists who proudly claimed responsibility for the murder of my father, Frank Connor, at Fraunces Tavern in NYC.)

Honoring America's Highest Honor

Retired Lieutenant General and President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, Nicholas Kehoe joins Frank to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Kehoe discusses what exactly this award represents as well as the type of

Tom Friedman's Losing Battle

For decades New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman balanced his substantively anti-Israel positions with repeated protestations of love for Israel. His balancing act ended last week when he employed traditional anti-Semitic slurs to dismiss the authenticity of substantive American support

Mitt Romney: We Should Not Have Invaded Iraq

Gov. Mitt Romney told NBC’s Chuck Todd today that the United States would not (and, by implication, should not) have invaded Iraq in 2003, had it been known that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction. If we

Tehran and Obama's Reelection

The formal end of the U.S. war in Iraq on Dec. 15 enhances neighboring Iran as a major, unpredictable factor in the U.S. presidential election of 2012. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama could share an Iranian challenge to their

In Egypt, Christians endure their 'Kristallnacht'

Recently Jews in synagogues around the world heard an ancient prophesy about a time of tribulation for the Christians. In the haftarah, the Prophet Obadiah hears G-d warning the Edomites (traditionally a Jewish term for the people who eventually made

The Nonsense of the Iraq War

The persistent rewriting of our entry into and exit from Iraq, let alone the merits of the mission, is a cruel pill to swallow for those who fought there. Just what did eight years of fighting in Iraq really accomplish?

Enforcing Existing Sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran

In recent years, the United States has imposed a punishing sanctions regime on Iran’s banking sector. To further increase Tehran’s level of financial pain, a great number of Congressional and advocacy groups have repeatedly called on the White House to