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Ronald Reagan

Imperial by Design

Like his two most recent predecessors, President Obama is embarking on a disastrous foreign policy bent on global domination.

Conservative Nation

Declarations of conservatism's demise after the 2008 election were greatly exaggerated. As the opposition, American conservatives are in their element—can they draw upon their intellectual tradition to solve what ails America?

Unintelligent Design

In the wake of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Americans cried out for catharsis. The 9/11 Commission delivered. What we are left with is an ill-conceived bureacracy in the guise of reform.

St. Peter and the Minarets

The Catholic Church is under assault. A secularizing West, the encroachment of Islam into Europe, and the sexual-abuse scandal all threaten the Vatican's ability to influence the masses. The Church's response will be felt worldwide.

American Jihad

Al-Qaeda has accomplished the unthinkable: establishing an embryonic recruitment, radicalization and operational capacity on our shores. Our current strategy risks another 9/11.

On War and Choice

It has long been said that there are wars of necessity and wars of choice. But enemies always adapt, especially in our world of terrorists, failing states and delinquent regimes. Every war is a war of choice.

Commentary

The 1986 Tax-Reform Law: Lessons for Today's GOP

The Republican candidates want to overhaul the nation's tax system. What they—and you—need to know first.

Ronnie Turns One Hundred

A distorted Reagan legacy is all the vogue these days.  But the Gipper was never a neocon. 

Harvey Sicherman: An Appreciation

The death of a patriot leaves a gaping hole among the cadre of foreign-policy analysts, not to mention the hearts of friends and family.

Blogs

Newt Gingrich's Preposterous Remarks About Palestinians

Gingrich can call himself a Reaganite all he wants, but it's false branding.

Sarah Palin's Blood Libel

Sarah Palin demonstrates once again that she shouldn't even be considered a serious public figure, much less a presidential candidate.

In Reagan's Shadow

Can the GOP really reclaim the White House by asking what would the Gipper do?

Books & Reviews

Mama Grizzly vs. The Establishment

As the GOP's leading contender in 2012, can Sarah Palin channel the optimism of her hero Reagan without abandoning her bromides against the tyranny of the ruling class?

America Under the Caesars

Anti-interventionists allege our leaders traded a strong, austere republic for a weak and sprawling empire predicated on a military might that could not match our own ambitions. This narrative negates real threats and real victories.

Democracy & Its Discontents

The inevitability of republicanism as the answer to infinite governmental woes seemed clear. Yet the belief that the world abhors an ideological vacuum was mistaken.

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February 13, 2012