Rubio Addresses CPAC
Ten months ago, I watched Marco Rubio deliver a talk on America's Cuba policy to about 50 college students at George Washington University. A month out from declaring his bid for the Senate, not many of the GW students (or Floridians for that matter) knew who Rubio was. One poll at the time showed Rubio [...]
Lech Walesa Slams Obama’s Foreign Policy
Quote of the day (so far, as Continetti says), from the champion of the Polish Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa:
"The United States is only one superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it, militarily," the Polish leader said. "They also lead economically, but they're getting weak.
"But they don't lead morally and politically anymore. [...]
The Latitudes of a Liberal
In pondering the opposite of the set of characteristic traits of conservatives, I realized I was by and large describing liberals. In other words, contrary to what some libertarians, “moderates,” and assorted third parties believe, conservatives and liberals really are nearly 180° apart from each other.
Again, other groups may share some of these traits; [...]
Political correctness and national sovereignty
The Reclaim American Liberty conference last week featured a panel on sovereignty. I find “sovereignty” to be a somewhat abstract term that lacks resonance except for the already “converted.” What we really mean by sovereignty is the right of Americans to govern ourselves, i.e., democracy.
In any event, the main theme that emerged from [...]
Let’s not get carried away
I liked much of President Obama’s Nobel acceptance speech well enough, but I wouldn’t try to build a religion around it. Or even a doctrine.
Yet, according to Politico, some folks (I suspect White House spinmeisters) purport to see the making of an Obama doctrine: “a notion that foreign policy is a struggle of [...]
Thoughts on an "Obama Doctrine"
Eamon Javers at Politico writes:
President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech Thursday is drawing praise from some unlikely quarters – conservative Republicans – who likened Obama’s defense of “just wars” to the worldview of his predecessor, Republican George W. Bush.
It’s already being called the “Obama Doctrine” – a notion that foreign policy is a struggle [...]
