The Washington Times

Conservatives (myself included) were slow on the uptake with regard to Elian Gonzalez. For the first several months after his arrival in the United States, his case was for most conservatives more a curiosity than a cause celebre. It’s worth spending a little time on why that was so.

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The Washington Times

My Cold War, it seems, is not over. Such is the somewhat dispiriting conclusion to draw from the two sets of demonstrations of the week, one in Washington and one in Little Havana, Miami.

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The Washington Times

Foreign policy is not much on the American voter’s mind these days, according to all the polls ranking the importance people attach to various issues. Up to a point – but only up to a point – this is not an altogether bad thing: No one would like to return to Cold War-era levels of American anxiety, nor to the days of frustration at seeming U.S. impotence when faced with Iranian fanatics, communist revolutionaries in Central America, etc.

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The Washington Times

A scant six months ago, things were looking pretty gloomy to Republicans on Capitol Hill worried about the prospect of retaining their narrow House majority. Now, however, their prospects are brighter. There are two main reasons for this, and though it’s a bit of an oversimplification, they are John McCain and John McCain.

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