It is the purpose and duty of the United States government, with regard to foreign affairs, to attempt to "influence" foreign governments, organizations and individuals in a manner consistent with the interests and welfare of the people of the United States of America. Period.

This may be to the benefit of the people of said foreign countries: ( Read more... )

There is a tendency to view what is happpening in Egypt as a "democratic revolution," and therefore something which would be good should it succeeed. However, this ignores an important aspect of the situation in Eygpt, and indeed in most Muslim monarchies or dictatorships.

( What Are We Ignoring? )

Did the French not believe in the natural rights of man? What is it you see as the difference in their revolution that caused it to fail so spectacularly?Lack of experience with self-government. The French state, since their formation out of the barbarian Frank polity by Charles I (Clovis), had only known one of two conditions: absolute monarchy ( Read more... )

The following from Morgan Lee, "Ousted Honduran President steps into homeland" (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090724/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coupRead more... )

From Bruce S. Thornton, "Standing with Freedom," from FrontPage Magazine as reported in Private Papers (http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/thornton062809.html).

Remember when the liberal punditariat sneered at George Bush for putting Iran in the “axis of evil ( Read more... )

From "The little president who wasn't there," by James Lewis, in American Thinker (http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/06/the_little_president_who_wasnt.html).

The White House is now occupied by a little president who just isn't there when he ( Read more... )

As most people may now know, a young woman, Neda Agha Soltan, was gunned down by a Basiji sniper as she stood at a street intersection with her father, and the image of her dying in the street has become famous around the world. This is my take on this incident, and what it implies for Iran, the character of the Iranian Revolution,

( But what does JORDAN Think? )