According to Paul Belien, “The most successful anti-immigration parties in Europe are regionalist/secessionist parties.” “They are ‘apolitical’ because they do not particularly like politics. Their militants, members and voters do not like the state, they want to be left alone. They defend local communities that want to run their own affairs. They are parties of the land and the community, rather … [Read More]

Following the victory of Silvio Berlusconi’s rightist alliance in Italy, The Economist wrote a condescending editorial, entitled “Mamma mia.” The article stated that Berlusconi was not The Economist’s choice and said that the “Italians may come to regret electing the jester of Italian politics once again.” Barely a month earlier, Spain had re-elected its own “jester,” Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez … [Read More]

In Leaderless Jihad, former Foreign Service Officer Marc Sageman, now a University of Pennsylvania professor,distills what he learned from years of reading the daily feed of intelligence, both classified and open source,  streaming through the State Department. But Sageman is no mere desk warrior—he went to see the forces of terror in action on their own turf in Afghanistan, and has … [Read More]

Disclaimer: This is the second in a series of pieces critical of certain types of arguments that many pro-life advocates make.  My concern is that they have negative consequences for other issues and the conservative movement as a whole.  It is not my intention to disparage the pro-life cause, which I am sympathetic to. If there is one bette noire of … [Read More]

The New York Times is not very pleased that the three Noo Yawk cops got off. I sympathize with the old bag. There’s nothing those pseudo-eggheads at the Times like better than seeing cops go to jail for defending us from the bad guys. The trouble is justice was served. I don’t wish to bore any of you who have read … [Read More]

When the story broke a few weeks ago about the polygamous Fundamentalist Mormon “compound” in Eldorado, Texas, from whence 416 children had been taken, I observed to my wife that a neocon pronouncement would soon follow, explaining why the forced separation of the children from their mothers was “good for liberal democracy.” Mary’s comment at the time was “it won’t make … [Read More]

One of the most distracting phenomena of modern times is a kind of “hyper skepticism.” For example, well known truths—that minorities commit more crime, that men are stronger than women, that many criminals can’t be rehabilitated—are met with demands for statistics, studies, and the like. If a study can’t be found, this often grinds a debate to a halt. Recall the … [Read More]

As a son of a letter carrier, as someone who only got interested in politics because of the social issues—I was inspired by the heroic housewife Ellen McCormack, who ran for the Democratic nomination on the right of unborn children to escape the abortionists’ knife—I have a complicated reaction to Barack Obama. After hearing his spiel about men like my father, … [Read More]

Why is this man smiling—or, rather, smirking? It took them some 23 years, but the FBI finally got around to arresting Ben-Ami Kadish, who stole US secrets for Israel—and reported to the same Israeli “controller” as Jonathan Pollard. Newsweek has some of the details—but Phil Giraldi, at The American Conservative, has the real scoop. Israeli spies in the US? Who … [Read More]

NEW YORK—It obviously came from above, the order that is, because I have never seen such perfect temperatures and clearer skies than for the Pope’s visit. And this wonderful Pope, who believes in the strictest doctrine for the church, was greeted by the faithful like a rock star, cheered and applauded everywhere, with people yelling “Wilkommen” in Brooklyn accents and thousands … [Read More]