Republican members of Congress—nigh lockstep supporters of the Wall Street bailout, the Iraq War, and the PATRIOT Act when their party controlled the executive branch—profess to have rediscovered the Constitution during the first two years of the Age of Obama. Those...
Old Guard Moving Aside at CPAC
“The United States has the reverse Midas touch – everything we touch turns to crap.” - Military historian Bill Lind, talking on American foreign policy to a standing-room-only crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. Something unusual has...
The Battle for Conservative Hearts and Minds
Our Vitriol, and Theirs
The response to my column on Rand Paul has been generally favorable, much to my surprise: generally people who belong to a political movement tend to rally around their tribal leaders if and when they're attacked, but apparently libertarians are the exception to this...
CPAC Sends Founding Fathers Spinning
Everywhere you looked at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington this year, there was Lady Liberty, an eagle soaring, a patriot with fife and drum and a tri-cornered hat. Freedom – everyone and everything declared – was under assault....
CPAC and the Wars
Antiwar sentiment was a major issue for the first time at this year's giant CPAC meeting in Washington. Thousands of young conservatives attended, some 5,000, and for the first time, Ron Paul was voted the favorite presidential candidate with 31% of the vote. His...