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Walking the Road that Buckley Built

Michael Johns — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:08:46 +0000

It may be said too often of the recently deceased, but it must be said emphatically of Buckley: We will not likely see his type again.

It can be said that modern conservatism knows only two times. There was the time before him and there was the time after him, and those two [...]

Charlie Wilson’s War Was Really America’s War

Michael Johns — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:29:30 +0000

Afghanistan proved for the first time that, with determination and support, the Soviet Union's conquests were reversible.

If there exists one visional depiction of the Cold War's end, it is still a Eurocentric one, November 9, 1989, the day East Berliners joined with those of the city's West in celebration of the Berlin Wall's demise. Three [...]

It’s Still All About Oil

Michael Johns — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:03:01 +0000

Our short-term energy policy very much requires the use of our own oil resources that can be easily extracted now.

For all its greatness, long-range thinking is not one of the many attributes one would assign to our nation. Our public companies often run on quarter to quarter corporate plans; our government's focus, frankly, is [...]

One Iraq Option Only: Victory

Michael Johns — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:03:42 +0000

Facing down terror in Iraq, 2007, in a global conflict that safely may be labeled "World War III," our next step could not be more self-evident: America must prevail.

Disturbingly, there is an emerging consensus among the Democrat-led United States Congressional leadership that the war in Iraq is "lost." The most recent example that [...]