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As Veterans Day approaches, a gift of some good news. Thanks to a lot of lobbying by members of congress and vet organizations, and backed up by great reporting by the Army Times and by hundreds of personal testimonies and affidavits by individual soldiers and veterans, Congress has passed some tough new guidelines regarding the [...]
Filed under: Election, Uncategorized
“Sometimes party loyalty asks too much,” said JFK. For Sarah Palin, party loyalty in New York’s 23rd congressional district asks too much. Going rogue, Palin endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over Republican Dede Scozzafava. On Oct. 1, Scozzafava was leading. Today, she trails Democrat Bill Owens and is only a few points ahead of [...]
Filed under: Politics
An article in the October 23 Washington Times points to what I think may be the next important evolution in Fourth Generation war. The piece concerns Mexico’s third-largest drug gang, La Familia. La Familia is best known for beheading people it does not like. But according to the article, its real claim to fame may [...]
Filed under: Immigration, War, World
Underneath Dan’s post about our special books issue, somebody called Angela has suggested that we invite @TAC readers to join in the “Best books you’ve never read” symposium. Great idea. What follows is a list of our contributors’ choices. Please, dear readers, comment on their nominations and add the names of your own favorite obscure [...]
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Four decades ago, Lamar Alexander worked in Richard Nixon’s White House. Sen. Alexander today says Barack Obama’s White House reminds him of that place, that time, that mindset and those people. Intending no disrespect to my old colleague, these days are not at all like those days, and this president and White House are nothing [...]
Filed under: Politics
A new issue The American Conservative went to press today — our Fall books issue. Highlights include: – A symposium on the best books you probably haven’t read, featuring contributions from Alexander Waugh, Florence King, Sam Tanenhaus, Peregrine Worsthorne, David Bromwich, Justin Raimondo, Alfred Regnery, George Scialabba, Michael Lind, and many more – Daniel Hannan, [...]
Filed under: Books, Conservatism, Magazines
Last week I had the pleasure of helping lead a staff ride of Operation Albion for the Baltic Defence College. Especially for people with an interest in amphibious operations, Albion is one of the best case studies history offers. In Operation Albion, which was carried out in early October 1917 – our staff ride duplicated [...]
Filed under: War
Tomorrow night, the leader of the British National Party, nasty Nick Griffin, will appear on the BBC’s “Question Time”, a political TV show in which panelists field questions from a studio audience. The country has worked itself into an absurd state of mass hysteria about this televisual showdown. Upper lips are wobbling throughout the Isles. [...]
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Word is the FBI is merchandising a new cologne for men. And it’s called Integrity. This is what FBI integrity smelled like on April 19, 1993. Sort of like 76 burning men, women and children. Sorry. I couldn’t help it. How we tend to forget.
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In the brief age of Obama, we have had “truthers,” “birthers,” Tea Party activists, and town-hall dissenters. Comes now, the “Oath Keepers.” And who might they be? Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers, depending on where one stands, are “either strident defenders of liberty or dangerous peddlers of paranoia.” Formed in [...]
Filed under: Politics