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The GOP Convention and the Anbar Awakening

Previously we called for a political “counterinsurgency,” and outlined the parallels between what General David Petraeus did in Iraq and what needs to change in American on the political right. This week the Republican Convention should be about the…

The defense of marriage can and must be improved

Many people in the prosperous West no longer understand simple concepts like the “social fabric.” The world they’ve been born and raised in typically doesn’t force any deep thought about why some societies are free, civilized and prosperous while others regularly suffer widespread poverty, disease, societal chaos, and even total war. They’re accustomed to the fruits of Western culture and they take it for granted.

The Zettler Number: A source of talking points for Republicans

It should go without saying that Republican state legislative leaders should be on the alert for programs and policies that smack of European-style socialism. Unfortunately it needs to be said, since as far as we can tell, not one Republican state legislator has ever compared the Illinois taxpayer-funded pension system to European socialism.

What’s politically possible won’t change as long as Republican politicians ‘don’t like to think’

If our national political discussion is going to be about “hope,” skin color and gender, instead of about economic and foreign policy realities, then the Democrats will win. If Republicans aren’t going to learn…

Notes on the War in Iraq: Examples of things that libertarians and liberals explain away

“Some people think wars are no longer necessary. There has always been a utopian strain in both Western thought from the time of Plato’s “Republic” and the practice of state socialism. But the technological explosion of the last 20 years has made life so long and so good, that many now believe our mastery of nature must extend to human nature as well.”

A few easy questions for Illinois Republican legislators

Rumors swirl as Illinois Republican legislators burn up the phone lines talking to each other about how they’re even more irrelevant to Illinois politics than they were just a few days ago. That might…