Neoconservatism: A good idea that won't go away
I suspect that no presidential candidate in 2016 will say "I am a neoconservative". But a look at the GOP line-up suggests the easiest one-word explanation of their foreign policy planks will be that very word
- 11 June 2013
US Senators warn Europe on tobacco rules
New European Union directives could threaten trade relations with the United States, says a new letter from US Senators
- 7 June 2013
America's new isolationists are endangering the West
Obama’s multilateralism and a growing trend for Republicans to turn their backs on the world pose a grave security threat
- 22 May 2013
The Fifth Column(ist): Welfare edition
Notes and musings from a conservative living and working in New York City: Ted Cruz, capital punishment, the welfare state, and more
- 26 March 2013
10,000 drones in the sky by 2020
The debate around drones continues as the government expands its use of the weapons and surveillance tools
- 26 March 2013
Conservative activists vote for Rand Paul to be GOP 2016 presidential candidate
Rand Paul has emerged victorious in this year's Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll
- 16 March 2013
Obama's licence to kill
Beyond the will of the electorate, is Obama's journey to the dark side complete?
- 8 March 2013
Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and things yet to come
Two major players gave us a taste of what this fight will look like in the years running up to 2016 last night. Only time will tell which one was one is right
- 13 February 2013
Gun control USA, but F-16s for the Muslim Brotherhood
Obama's administration will be remembered for taking weapons from the American people, yet providing them to Egypt's theocratic tyranny
- 1 February 2013
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