Are We Slitting Our Own Throats In The War On Terror?

Iran is making threats once again, challenging the U.S. and Israel. We have a war going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, and during this important time, some are calling for the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. At least 6 retired generals have called for his resignation because they feel Rumsfeld made critical mistakes in the War [...]

Where Is Richard Gere When You Need Him?

Nobody’s Opinion; Two giant megalomaniacs met today, each one has vowed to take over the world, and each one plans on using the other to do it. Who will win in this match for global takeover? Will Bill Gates finally take over the rest of the world, in which all paper will disappear, no more books will be printed (in the name of saving trees), [...]

Did The Pack Catch A Gator?

Nobody’s Opinion; It was one of those days in life…you hear there is a gator out in your neighborhood running around and you want to catch the gator but, you end up being too tired. The news was such a cannonade of gators today that frankly, I just wanted to crawl up like a puppy and sleep.But there was one particular story that caught my eye. [...]

Cong. Tom Tancredo: Standing Out From the Fray

In the midst of all the flip-flopping by the Senate on illegal immigration, I have looked for future leaders in our nation who favor sealing the borders and aggressively acting on illegal immigration. Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has stood out to me, not only for his conservative leanings, but because of his tireless effort to remind Americans [...]

Nobody’s Opinion; Being as this is the 45th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Non-Invasion, I was thinking about one of the few days in my life when perhaps my fathers’ habit of playing 36 holes of golf every Saturday and Sunday had finally done some serious sun damage.I was just a kid when I walked up to my dad one day in 1962. He was digging a [...]

If You’re Not Green, You’re Mean

Nobody’s Opinion; On the May issue of Vanity Fair, we see that Al Gore has finally found an outfit that makes him look masculine. Remember how much trouble he was having picking out his outfits during his run for the Presidency? With him on the cover are George Clooney, Robert Kennedy, and Julia Roberts looking like a fairy out of Midsummer’s [...]

Shocking Myself on Good Friday

Nobody’s Opinion: It's hard to write about politics tonight when it's always the same old, same old. The Democrats always attacking the President…today it was Rumsfield. They've already got rid of Delay, who was not even protected by his own party. He was outraged about Dubai, as was any sane person. That did not go over I’m sure with [...]

The Global Mouse Trap

Nobody’s Opinion; “The rich are seldom remarkable for modesty, ingenuity, or humanity. Their wealth has rather a tendency to make them penurious and selfish.”--- John Adams It’s really pathetic. I came THIS close () to winning the Powerball ticket today. The winning 224.2 million was sold at the quick shop that I buy coffee at. I happened [...]

Passover the Scrolls

Nobody’s Opinion: How fast we have gone in a few days. From the invasion of millions of toilet bowl cleaners from the South, (if you listen to Hillary) to Iran threatening to nuke the United States and Israel, backed with the blessings of Russia, China, Venezuela, and Cuba. All through this, Newt Gingrich sees the opportunity of a lifetime---so [...]

The High Ground: Interview with Kenneth Minogue

As a long time reader of The New Criterion, I’ve come across Kenneth Minogue’s name several times. Not only is he the author of excellent essays, unlike the average conservative commentator, he is also a member of the professorate. Currently, he is an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics, and began his career at the college in [...]