Frank Salvato
Frank Salvato is the Executive Director and Director of Terrorism Research for Basics Project a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(C)(3) research and education initiative. His writing has been recognized by the US House International Relations Committee and the Japan Center for Conflict Prevention. His organization, Basics Project, partnered in producing the first ever national symposium series addressing the root causes of radical Islamist terrorism. He also serves as the managing editor for The New Media Journal. Mr. Salvato has appeared on The O'Reilly Factor on FOX News Channel and is the host of the NMJ Radio show broadcast global on NetTalkWorld global talk radio and broadcast live on BlogTalk Radio. He is a regular guest on The Right Balance with Greg Allen on the Accent Radio Network, syndicated on over 25 stations nationally and on The Captain's America Radio Show catering to the US Armed Forces around the world, as well as an occasional guests on radio programs across the country. His opinion-editorials are syndicated nationally and he is occasionally quoted in The Federalist. Mr. Salvato is available for public speaking engagements.
Articles by Frank Salvato
August 14, 2008
The mainstream media and the presumptive nominee from the Democrat Party have done a pretty good job of steering the electorate´s attention to issues of a domestic nature. It wasn´t hard to do. With gasoline prices hovering around four dollars a gallon, combined with the self-induced but limited financial crisis created by proprietary lenders and a healthcare system that´s being raped by grifting lawyers and robber-baron insurance companies, it is easy to understand why voters would fall prey to diversionary tactics of the political power seekers. But we do so at the expense of the well being of our nation. We do so ignoring "the perfect storm."
August 07, 2008
Radical Iraqi Shi´ite cleric Moqtada al Sadr is planning to disarm his Mahdi Army and oversee its transformation from Islamist fighting force into a civic and social service organization. Al Sadr wants us to believe that this cadre of anti-American jihadists is going to voluntarily lay down their weapons and all become "community organizers." The truth is that al Sadr has been an attentive student, having studied the transformations of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza from violent jihadi organizations into armed factions validated by the electoral and political processes.
July 10, 2008
Anyone familiar with the threat posed by the advancing American Fifth Column understands all too clearly that our Constitution is under attack. Whether it is the insistence that the Constitution is a living document meant to conform to the will of the times or the institution of political correctness – a shadow set of laws effectively usurping the laws of our Constitutional Republic – the American Fifth Column is slowly, incrementally, systematically, chipping away at the wisdom as set forth by our Founders and Framers. With news that a non-governmentally charged commission is introducing a measure that would impose "group think" on the Commander-in-Chief, it is evidenced that the American Fifth Column is on the march.
August 01, 2008
In the turbulent wake left by Barack Obama´s world tour – his campaign to be loved by all, less a significant percentage of the American people – it seems something has slipped the minds of David Axelrod and David Plouffe; Hillary Clinton didn´t quit her campaign, she suspended it. This becomes increasingly significant as more Americans – more Democrats, Progressive-Leftists and especially Democrat superdelegates – realize that Barack Obama is less about substance and more about marketing; more about "flash."
June 05, 2008
With the announcement that Hillary Clinton is abandoning her quest for the Oval Office the Democrat National Committee (DNC) – and specifically the DNC´s Rules and Bylaws Committee – has effectively selected the candidate for their party. I say selected because, by construct, the decision making process was taken away from the party faithful and placed in the hands of an elitist class of party insiders. These party insiders – superdelegates and the DNC Executive Committee – have literally usurped the will of the people by marginalizing the popular vote in deference to manipulated vote worth and their own self-importance.
May 29, 2008
Like it or not, the reality is that we live in an extremely self-centered society. If you take issue with this statement just watch how pedestrians enter into crosswalks during rush hour. Ignoring that pedestrians only have the right of way when they are within the crosswalk, today´s bipeds don´t hesitate at all to walk directly in front of moving vehicles, expecting to be protected from trauma by their imagined "right" to occupy a space versus a 4,000lbs vehicle. While this example illustrates how being self-centered – or arrogant...or vacuous – can cause personal harm, these same character flaws can cause harm to the country.
May 22, 2008
People, the news media and pundits like to throw around the word "crisis." The mainstream media and their ilk tell us that we are currently experiencing a crisis in the sub-prime mortgage market, an economic crisis, a crisis with the environment, a crisis in race relations and with oil prices. There...
May 08, 2008
Now comes news that George McGovern has called for Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the Democrat´s primary race. Pardon me for my raised eyebrow but how much of a fool would someone have to be to take campaign advice from the man who got slaughtered by Richard Nixon? Losing an election by a landslide really shouldn´t qualify someone to dispense political advice unless it´s how to deliver a concession speech without looking bitter.
May 02, 2008
It seems as though every other day we hear there is another "ceasefire" in the Middle East. This is chiefly because there is so much violent Islamofascist aggression throughout the Middle East but it is also because of something more. Just as there is no exact translation between the Arabic and English languages, we in the West would be wise to realize that this "inexactness" exists as a constant in the relationship between the cultures of Islam and Western Civilization. This convolution of conceptual understanding is aptly illustrated where the subject of military ceasefires is concerned.
April 24, 2008
Many of the more conservative talking heads – and even some on the Left side of the aisle who support Hillary Clinton – are espousing their concern about Barack Obama´s "associations." They point to Obama´s spiritual advisor, Jeremiah Write, and note his "friendly" relationship with unrepentant domestic terrorists William Ayers and his partner Bernadine Dorhn and wax alarmingly about his willingness to associate with such people. Certainly, Wright, Ayers and Dorhn are interesting if not contemptible people but a person´s associations concern me less than a person´s choice to defend those associations.
April 17, 2008
We have heard during this presidential election cycle – ad naseum – how our country is in dire need of "change." We are promised by each of the candidates that they are the ones – the only ones – who can bring about this much needed change. Of course, this is all disingenuous politicking. The fact of the matter is this: the office of the presidency is quite limited in its power to affect any change at all. The real entity capable of affecting immediate and dramatic change in government, the governmental branch with the real power, is the Legislative Branch.
April 10, 2008
Recently, in a Chicago suburb, a village trustee was issued a citation for disorderly conduct when she informed two less than discerning parents that the trees of the village were to be respected as elements of nature, not utilized like playground equipment. The citation was issued after the parents mistook verbiage used as that of being racist. It should be disturbing to all of us that a citation was issued because of words used in a non-aggressive fashion. Even more disturbing is that our society is willing to disregard free speech rights in pursuit of political correctness.
April 03, 2008
News spread quickly that anti-Islamofascism activist Dr. Wafa Sultan has gone into hiding, along with her family. They are in hiding because of her participation in a recent debate on Al-Jazeera in which she challenged Egyptian Islamist Talat Rheim over Dutch cartoons of Mohammed and the ideology of Islam in general. For her truthful criticisms of Islam Dr. Sultan earned a fatwa, a "religiously" decried death sentence, from an Islamic scholar. That she criticizes Islam is enough justification in the eyes of the radical Islamist to kill her. That she is a woman infuses into the fatwa an unbridled viciousness and a need for expediency.
March 27, 2008
A recent event in Chicago illustrates the arrogance and narcissism of the Progressive-Left – and in particular the anti-war Progressive-Left. During Easter services at Holy Name Cathedral Catholic Church in Chicago, six anti-war protesters staged a political demonstration disrupting religious services. They shouted generic anti-war slogans and squirted fake blood on themselves and the parishioners in attendance. Their goal was to attract attention to themselves and – therefore – their cause. It worked.
March 20, 2008
Barack Obama recently issued another of his linguistic masterpieces in addressing the issues of racism, hate-speech and his spiritual mentor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. His speech was pretty. It was eloquent. It was impassioned. It attempted to approach the true issue in danger of being overshadowed by a sensationalistic mainstream news media; racism in the total of American society, including the Black community. It even included a condemnation of specific statements by Wright, a man Obama says, "...has been like family to me." But Obama´s speech fell short in answering some important ideological questions about his belief system and in doing so exposed the Achilles heel of the Progressive-Left where race is concerned: The Progressive-Left, in its quest for a multicultural utopia, simply can´t have racial harmony.
March 13, 2008
There has been a tremendous amount of talk about "change" this presidential election cycle. Many have pointed out that change for the sake of change is seldom – if ever – a good thing. Unless explicit details of what is to be changed, why it needs changing and just how it is to be changed for the be...
February 28, 2008
Much is being made of Barack Obama´s oratory skills. True, he is quite good when it comes to captivating a crowd of sycophants and this includes the lemmings in the mainstream media. But if words matter, as Obama (and surreptitiously Duval Patrick) claims they do, then we must acknowledge that...
February 21, 2008
Just before the South Carolina Democrat primary there was a great deal of talk about the Clinton campaign having played the "race card." Not too many people flinched at the thought and rightfully so; the Clinton´s have a vicious and relentless political attack machine. But looking at the voter...
February 07, 2008
"If you are looking at substance rather than if there is an 'R' or a 'D' after his name, manifestly, if he's our candidate, then Hillary is going to be our girl, because she's more conservative than he is..." – Ann Coulter on Hannity & Colmes
If Conservatives and Republicans don't squelch their a...
February 14, 2008
As the primary cycle rolls on, those who understand the danger of a Hillary Clinton administration are gleefully watching her tumble in the polls. Barack Obama´s campaign "performances" have played to the basest emotions of America´s left-leaning community and, ironically, doing so with ...
January 17, 2008
During the recent primary debate between Democrat presidential hopefuls in Nevada, one of the more credible pollsters, Frank Luntz, convened a focus group of undecided Democrats. As the debate progressed each focus group member´s approval or disapproval – their "feelings" – on each of the candidate´s statements was noted. What Mr. Luntz´s focus group actually recorded was proof positive of the Left´s constitutional illiteracy.
January 31, 2008
A good friend of mine, a retired firefighter and Korean War Era Marine – a fine and good American if there ever was one, recently sent me an email on the realization that John McCain was the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. In it he espoused the exact sentiment that I fear mo...
January 25, 2008
I have been avoiding the discussion of who I am supporting for the Republican presidential nomination in deference to urging others to thoroughly examine the platforms, agendas and records of all those in contention. Only by taking the time to circumvent the agenda-driven propaganda of the mainstrea...
January 10, 2008
As the primary season finally gets started the issue of Barack Obama´s religion takes the stage once again. While there are some aspects of his religious affiliations that cause legitimate concern, the contention that he is a danger because he practiced Islam as a child, under the guidance of ...
January 04, 2008
Benazir Bhutto’s assassination is probably one of the most serious events that has happened since the attacks of September 11, 2001. She represented a move toward a Pakistan governed by political process and away from government by military rule. Truth be told, the only true stabilizing force in Pak...
December 28, 2007
The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto presents a cadre of possibilities for the future of Pakistan, the South Asian and Middle Eastern regions and the world. One positive result from this barbaric event would be that her supporters in the Pakistan People’s Party would p...
December 21, 2007
There are many disturbing issues to contemplate in the world. From the dangers of aggressive Islamofascism to the pomposity and arrogance of the American elected class (and those vying to be included) the world stands witness to myriad threats and power grabs. But two power grabs opens the door for ...
December 14, 2007
We hear a lot about the subject of terrorism today. This has been the case for mainstream America – and the world – since the horrific attacks of September 11th, 2001. Each night on the news, as if by the networks’ design, there are the obligatory stories about a car bombing or a suicide attack, per...
December 07, 2007
We have come to a point in the 2008 presidential election cycle where both political parties’ candidates are fielding questions about religion. While religion is a personal issue for an overwhelming majority of Americans, religion in government has been frowned upon ever since the ACLU took an activ...
November 30, 2007
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that ...
November 30, 2007
Western civilization’s delinquent knowledge of the Islamic faith leaves us naïve to many of its tenets. Many among us would be hard pressed to explain the differences between the Sunni and the Shi’ite, let alone the reasons why they have remained in conflict for almost the entire existence of the Is...
November 09, 2007
There can be little doubt that terrorist organizations have arrived on the shores of the United States of America. The thousands of lives lost on September 11, 2001 stand as testimony to this undeniable fact. The attacks signaled to the world that radical Islamofascists were serious in their declara...
November 02, 2007
Part of the reason many Americans don’t appreciate the significance of Osama bin Laden’s declarations of war against the United States and the West is because they are completely oblivious to the in-roads radical Islam has made within the United States. Radical Islamists (i.e., Islamofascists, Wahha...
October 26, 2007
A recent ABC News item reported on an Israeli airstrike that took place early last month inside Syria. This airstrike allegedly destroyed a fledgling nuclear reactor being constructed deep in the Syrian desert. What makes this story more than it appears is that it exposes the fact the United States ...
October 19, 2007
Recently, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by US Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA), passed a resolution that recognized the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 as genocide. While the circumstances surrounding the slaughter are disputed, the killings did occur. The larger...
October 12, 2007
The United States and governments of the West must use every means available to combat Islamofascist aggression and expansion, both here in the West and in the Middle East. One of the most critical aspects in the war against Islamofascism is the war of ideas. This aspect represents the battle betwee...
October 06, 2007
One of the more clandestine groups in radical Islam is the Muslim Brotherhood. Originating in Egypt in 1928, the group has been outlawed in Egypt yet it members hold seats in the Egyptian government. That this radically fundamentalist Islamist group is the parent organization to some of the most vio...
September 28, 2007
Liberty is one of the noblest concepts of all. It is defined as: freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control, external or foreign rule, captivity, confinement, or physical restraint. In an ideological sense liberty embodies the idea of free thought and free speech, the expression of one...
September 21, 2007
What is a patriot? What is a hero? We throw these words around a lot these days and we bestow them on those who most often don’t come close to warranting the honor. From athletes to artists, dissenters to politicians and movie stars, our society holds some of the most undeserving people in high este...
September 14, 2007
In the wake of the disgraceful yet defining full-page MoveOn.org ad in the New York Times, the one that denigrated Gen. Petraeus, we stand witness to the benchmark in today’s political tactical maneuvering, the Bully Tactic. Increasingly, political operatives and zealots alike are turning to the coe...
September 07, 2007
“It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.” – Thomas Jefferson
As progress continues to be made in every aspect of the Iraqi conflict – militarily, socially and politically – the debate among the ideologically entrenched her...
September 01, 2007
While the controversy surrounding Michael Vick continues to attract those who want to place blame on anyone and/or anything other than Michael Vick, a few stark realities present themselves all of which have an element of moral relativism. The sad fact of the matter is this; “thuggery” has seeped in...
August 25, 2007
The Hill, a publication that covers congressional events in Washington DC, ran a front page story about a lawsuit filed by Leftist blogger Lane Hudson. Hudson, notable for exposing the non-sex scandal involving former Congressman Mark Foley, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission aga...
August 17, 2007
Just when you thought the disingenuous blathering of the elected class, which typically affords the American people a huge helping of inaction and poor governance, was as bad as it could get, something comes along that makes their political opportunism seem almost acceptable. This time the dysfuncti...
August 16, 2007
American politics has become so caustic that many engaged in the process have become blind to the fact that there are many common goals that exist between the two factions that currently hold good government hostage. Clear thinking Americans – those not slavishly beholden to opinion polls and specia...
August 03, 2007
Too often those who opine on political matters make the mistake of directing their criticism – or accolades – toward a generalized group when in fact the comments are meant for a more specific faction commingled within that group. I, at least on a few occasions, stand guilty as charged. This type of...
July 27, 2007
The recently released Benchmark Assessment Report mandated by the US Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (HR2206/PL110-28) states that the common goal for both the US and Iraqi governments is a democratic Iraq that can govern, defend, a...
July 27, 2007
If you needed anymore proof that Democrat leaders in Congress are playing politics with the war against Islamofascism all you had to do was listen to a recent Capitol Hill press conference where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was fielding questions. When asked repeatedly whether the Iraqi ...
July 14, 2007
Conventional wisdom is that whatever happens between Israel and radical Islam will also be the fate of Western nations, especially the United States. The continued appeasement of Hamas and Fatah by the Israeli government and its failure to thoroughly defeat Hezbollah in last summer’s war validates t...
July 06, 2007
It’s becoming quite the gamble. Once again, Democrats in Congress – led by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi – are betting that the Sitcom Attention Span (SAS) of the American people will save their hides, this time from their dismal performance during the first six-month in control of the House and Senat...
June 29, 2007
With the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S1639) now stalled – permanently, we hope – at the debate stage in the US Senate, we can come away with one lesson learned from this course of events, an unsettling number of politicians in Washington DC ignored the “baggage” that is their cons...
June 22, 2007
There is little doubt that a heated debate is taking place over the issue of immigration reform. The alarming aspect of this debate is less the where, when and why it is taking place and more about who the debate is between. With an overwhelming majority of Americans from every political party in op...
June 19, 2007
A friend of mine said recently, “We shouldn’t even be there. Let them kill each other. I mean, that would solve the problem. Right?” I thought about that statement as I read the news coming out of the Gaza Strip. As Hamas and al-Fatah literally battle to the death for supremacy in their region, it i...
June 08, 2007
If you needed any more proof that the American judicial system is completely – and alarmingly – subjective, look no further than the disparity between the sentences imposed on Sandy Berger and I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby. In Washington DC’s version of The Peoples’ Court, it would seem that the deciding...
June 01, 2007
Recent events in the South American country of Venezuela are disturbing, or at least they should be to all clear thinking people. While the Venezuelan regime of strong-man Hugo Chavéz is systematically acquiring absolute power by nationalizing that country’s industries and resources, and silencing t...
May 24, 2007
As the debate over the issue of immigration reform rages, we would all be wise to examine, honestly, the reasons why more Mexicans emigrate to the United States than die in Mexico each year. While the common argument is that they come here seeking work, the true root of the problem is that the Mexic...
May 18, 2007
It is difficult to value something when its worth is unknown. The adage of one child being given a toy only to leave it out in the rain to rust, never understanding the toys worth, while another child made to earn the same toy is found to take care of it, valuing its worth, is a fitting analogy. Thi...
April 26, 2007
Recent actions and statements by those who exist on the left side of the aisle have served as proof for any reasonable American that congressional Democrats, especially their leadership, are invested in – and in fact insist upon – placing politics before government. Their blatant disregard for the w...
April 20, 2007
I like to think of myself as someone who gathers all of the facts, along with some educated opinions, before I formulate my stance on things. It is for that reason that I read publications from both sides of the aisle on a daily basis when it comes to politics and from publications around the world ...
April 05, 2007
I have been disappointed to hear that some of the radio personalities and editorialists who usually present a modicum of reason to the American public are having a hard time finding anything wrong with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s recent attempt at promoting rogue foreign policy in the Middle...
March 29, 2007
If anyone was under the impression that congressional Democrats actually considered their actions, with regard to the “troop withdrawal bills,” beyond achieving victory over the Bush Administration, they would be playing the part of the uninformed, Kool-Aid drinking fool. While Democrats Nancy Pelos...
March 22, 2007
Our Founders believed in ownership of the Constitution. By that I mean they expected, almost took for granted, that each American citizen would stake a claim of ownership to the principles and tenants set forth in our Founding Documents. But as we watch our elected officials, in Washington DC and in...
March 15, 2007
The debate over the US military’s engagement on the Iraqi battlefield is raging on Capitol Hill with congressional Democrats attempting to defund the campaign through back-channel means. Simultaneously, reports are coming from a multitude of sources – both inside and outside of Iraq – that testify t...
March 09, 2007
The debate over the verdict in the Lewis “Scooter” Libby obstruction of justice and perjury trial will go on for years. The fact that the catalyst for the investigation – whether Valerie Plame was classified as a covert agent at the time of the so-called “leak” – is but one of the contentious issues...
March 03, 2007
Now comes word that Congressional Democrats are considering placing curbs on 527s, those shadowy soft-money groups that inundated the radio and television airwaves with propaganda ads during the last few election cycles. One has to wonder why Democrats would want to place curbs on organizations such...
February 22, 2007
Unless you are a politician or a network news anchor, opinion polls tend to be supplemental to the news. Very seldom are they actually grist for a news item. But two independent polls taken between February 5th and February 11th shed light on the public’s true sentiments where the issue of the Iraqi...
February 16, 2007
One has to wonder what the Founding Fathers would have thought about a group of people who would purposely choose to stifle dissent in the face of heated issues just to advance their ideological quest for control. What would they think of those who would purposely avoid engaging in meaningful, fact-...
February 08, 2007
The hoopla over whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should have access to an Air Force commuter jet or to a larger, more amenity-laden, 757-styled jet just goes to prove that anything in Washington DC can be politicized. Quite frankly, with Ms. Pelosi’s penchant for taking pot-shots at the president,...
February 01, 2007
The ratings book has been published and the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric didn’t do very well. The evening news broadcast came in 3rd among the big three. As the golden chairs at CBS scramble to effect job security in the face of these dismal ratings we are being told that their failure is our ...
January 25, 2007
To put it bluntly, I have little use for Bush-bashers. Their song is old and tired. Their mordantly indignant tirades serve to degrade, not only the office of the president, but the intellectual stature of Americans in the eyes of the world. While there is always room for genuine, thoughtful, intell...
January 18, 2007
Two manufactured events took place this week that lend credence to the notion that we live in very danger times. The first, the detonation of a “suitcase nuke” nuclear device on American soil by Islamist terrorists, as portrayed on the FOX series “24,” was fiction. The second, the updating of the “D...
January 11, 2007
When it comes to the war against radical Islamist terrorism I consider myself a hawk. I believe that when a self-declared enemy states in no uncertain terms that they want to kill you and defeat your forces to the point of annihilation you are smart to believe them and to act accordingly. Add to tha...
January 04, 2007
There’s a new sheriff in town, I’m sorry, I meant Speaker of the House, and her name is Nancy Pelosi. Gone are the days of partisan politics. The era of “can’t we all just get along” is now upon us, ushered in with Pelosi-palooza. The swamp is drained and the culture of corruption is no more. Right…...
December 28, 2006
It’s the same old tired song and dance. If a Democrat loses on Election Day there simply must have been something sinister afoot. From hanging chads to confusing ballot designs and now improperly programmed touch-screen voting machines, the looming shadow of “voter disenfranchisement” – a phrase mad...
December 21, 2006
The world is a difficult place. From the aggression of Islamofascism to the encroachment of multiculturalism, the culture war to the war on liberty taking place around the world, we contend with a multitude of dangers, threats and coercions every day. It is for this reason that many of us look forwa...
December 14, 2006
Assimilation – defined as the act of becoming part of or more like something greater – is a hot-button issue these days. Whether alluding to the calls for a return of the American Southwest to Mexico by the Reconquista movement or the encroachment of radical Islam on the streets of Paris, the fact r...
December 08, 2006
The non-partisan Iraq Study Group released its much ballyhooed non-binding report Wednesday. I took the time to read it as I do each study, survey and report that has to do with the well-being and security of our nation, as should the rest of America. The only thought that came to mind as I finished...
November 30, 2006
The Progressive-Leftists among us constantly try to advance the premise that the root cause for the “tarnished” global image of the United States is our militaristic foreign policy; the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive strike. They endeavor to further the notion that America’s credibility has been damag...
November 16, 2006
And so it begins.
Just a week after making the move from “the party of no” to the majority party, Democratic leaders are backing away from the “undermine Bush at all costs” rhetoric they have been employing since November of 2000. In as much as their constant degradation of the Bush Administratio...
November 09, 2006
It is said that, politically, the extreme left and the extreme right are diametrically opposed in their core beliefs, but that the two groups are cut out of the same cloth. There is more than a little truth to this notion and the results of the November 7th, 2006 midterm elections prove the point. W...
November 02, 2006
At a rally in California where he was to speak on the subject of education, John Kerry once again placed his foot squarely in his mouth when he attempted to wax comedic with an underhanded swipe he claims he directed at the Bush Administration. But the overriding issue has turned out not to be Kerry...
October 26, 2006
As the November 7th election draws closer the political rhetoric on both sides of the aisle is heating up. One of the most deceptive notions coming out of the Democratic camp is that the Republican Party is campaigning on a “platform of fear.” Democrats advance this idea simply because Republicans a...
October 19, 2006
There is a great deal of talk about Conservatives either not showing up at the polls on November 7th or showing up to cast a protest vote for a third party candidate. Both of these actions are bad for the Conservative cause and horrific for the country. Those who choose to abandon the Republican can...
October 12, 2006
The rhetoric is quite charged in Washington DC these days and it is a bit more caustic than usual. The politicos on Capitol Hill are more aggressive in their rhetoric and their participation in the “Blame Game” as they pursue scapegoats to use as deflectors for criticism of their own lackluster perf...
October 05, 2006
Have those who seek political power become so self-absorbed, so jaded and cut-throat, that they would sacrifice our children for political gain? If we are to take the circumstances surrounding the Mark Foley affair at face value it would seem to be so.
Let me be perfectly clear, if – and because ...
September 28, 2006
Recently, a group calling itself Save Darfur initiated a media campaign calling for President Bush to “stop the genocide now” referring to the ethnic cleansing that is currently taking place in Darfur, Sudan. While any movement to halt the slaughter of innocents in Darfur should be considered a nobl...
September 21, 2006
Amid all the rhetoric, politicking, positioning and allegedly, the smell of sulfur emanating from the world leaders gathered recently at the United Nations, one thing stood out. The United States, for all it does for the UN financially and militarily and for all it does for those who benefit from UN...
September 14, 2006
Recently, Arianna Huffington, one of the few people in our country to shift from conservatism to liberalism, appeared on FOX News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor. Mr. O’Reilly invited Ms. Huffington on his show because he has been searching for anyone on the left side of the aisle who has a plan for w...
September 07, 2006
As the November mid-term elections approach, the American people are once again being subjected to the rhetoric of politics over the function of government. Both sides will opportunistically point the finger of blame at the other for legislative inaction on several issues important to our country. W...
August 31, 2006
The progressive, anti-war left is making a great deal of noise about Iraq not being a legitimate battlefield in the war on Islamofascism. They do so despite the fact that there are indeed terrorists waging jihad against pro-Western and pro-democracy forces in that theater. With the very survival of ...
August 24, 2006
You can’t turn a page or flip a channel without hearing how the Bush Administration’s policies toward the Iraqi conflict are wrong. Or, as the loser of the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry, espoused, “profoundly wrong.” What no one wants to consider is whether or not these critics have the qua...
August 17, 2006
The fact that there is no easy solution to the war against radical Islamist terrorism is evident to those who have chosen not to bury their heads in the sands of appeasement. As a matter of fact, those who accept that we are in this war to the finish realize that it is going to be exactly as Preside...
August 14, 2006
Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” This adage is true in more than just the political arena. With the recently brokered UN ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah taking effect – a ceasefire brokered in large part by the United States – it is a quandar...
August 03, 2006
One can’t enter into a political discussion these days without hearing about how badly American “credibility” has been damaged or how our “image” abroad has suffered under the current presidency. From Bob Beckel to Mary Anne Marsh, Dick Durbin to Nancy Pelosi, it is a talking point used ad nauseum. ...
July 31, 2006
The loss of civilian life in any conflict, anywhere, is always tragic. But one fact in war is indisputable, there will be civilian casualties. The tragedy of this fact is multiplied when one of the warring factions violates the rules of war – and the idea of humanity – by using civilian positions fr...
July 27, 2006
As Israel continues to battle Hezbollah and Hamas (the proxy warriors of Syria and Iran) in a struggle for their very existence, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has publicly accused the Israeli Defense Forces of “deliberately” targeting a UN observation post in Lebanon with a missile strike that too...
July 20, 2006
The battle lines continue to form in what could culminate in a conflict that would make the cumulative destruction of all previous World Wars look like the aftermath of a skirmish between rival street gangs. But while the rest of the world anxiously watches the events in Israel and Lebanon unfold, t...
July 13, 2006
In an effort to advance a lasting peace between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, the Israeli government relinquished the Gaza strip to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinians reciprocated by electing a terrorist group to political power that feigned the inability to intervene as militant Ham...
July 06, 2006
Barbarian-in-Chief, Osama bin Laden, recently issued a directive instructing jihadists to re-focus their efforts on establishing safe-havens and training camps in Africa. This edict indicates that he recognizes the already destabilized nations of Sudan and Somalia – nations dominated by violent fact...
June 29, 2006
Recently, a friend of mine forwarded fundraising emails that were circulated by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and its senatorial counterpart. As is the standard for most political parties trying to raise money, they featured pleas from their more prominent members, in this case for...
June 01, 2006
The US judicial system operates on the premise that when a crime has been committed the accused stands innocent until proven guilty. It’s one of the things unique to the American system of justice that makes ours one of the best in the world. But over the past two decades opportunists have taken to ...
May 11, 2006
President Bush, while talking about the new movie Flight 93 on CNBC last week, described the actions of those brave passengers as ?the first counterattack to World War III.? Describing the military action currently underway against radical Islamist terrorism around the globe as a World War ? whether...
May 04, 2006
The prevailing opinion among the overwhelming majority of the American public is that there are some very big problems with the mainstream media. The most common problems noted are the unarguable existence of a political agenda and the elitist pose displayed toward the American public and those who ...
April 27, 2006
Anyone who spends any time on the Internet knows that there is a lot of garbage floating around out there emanating from both sides of the political spectrum. But while ?progressive? liberals blog on about the Republican ?culture of corruption,? it would seem that some incredibly disingenuous elemen...
April 20, 2006
For a moment, fleeting as it was, there was hope that the ultimatum crafted by US Representative Henry Hyde (R-IL) calling on the United Nations to reform would work. Hyde’s legislation tied reform to the monetary contributions (dues) by the United States. But with politicos on Capitol Hill watering...
April 13, 2006
I have been saying for quite some time that border security and immigration reform are two separate issues. True, these two issues share a common catalyst, illegal immigration, but this does not marry the two. Immigration reform has to do with how people come here legally and the process that entail...
April 06, 2006
How many nanoseconds do you think it would take for a police officer to crack you up-side the head if you punched him in the stomach after he apprehended you for ignoring his command to stop? Add to the mix that you live in a post-9/11 world and the location was a government building in Washington D...
March 30, 2006
A storm of political opportunity has been centered over Capitol Hill, a storm that – by comparison – is rendering the Dubai Ports management deal but a speck in the eye of a giant. As disgraceful as the political gerrymandering was during the ports debacle the issues of immigration reform and border...
March 23, 2006
Everyone remembers the horrifying images of September 11, 2001. Anyone alive and aware on that date will live with those images the rest of their life. The scenes of havoc and panic, destruction and slaughter, demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that even though the United States military is the...
March 16, 2006
Reacting to the Danish editorial cartoons that depicted images of Muhammad, the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri initiated an editorial cartoon contest of its own. In an attempt to illustrate the hypocrisy of the West’s dedication to free speech, the editors of Hamshahri called on “artists” from around t...
March 09, 2006
In days of old, when teaching right from wrong was the responsibility of parents, schools exclusively taught the basics and neither teachers nor parents could be charged with a crime if they disciplined unruly children, not only was a public education worth something, the country was a civilized pla...
March 02, 2006
President Bush places a great deal of value on the loyalty of those who surround him, especially those who serve in his inner circle and on the White House staff. He promotes from within, rewards those who have earned it and gives credit where credit is due. While valuing commitment and fidelity is ...
February 23, 2006
Common sense dictates that it is unwise to fund those who want to do you harm. It makes no sense to buy bullets for a gun that will be shot at you. In fact, it wouldn?t be out of line to say that funding those who have declared you are the enemy, for any reason, is a pretty stupid move. In light of ...
February 16, 2006
Recently, a friend of mine, Jeff Epstein, who is diligently working to put together a symposium on the threat posed to the US by terrorism, was at a trade show handing out promotional fliers for the event featuring the title, “The Threat is Real.” Given that September 11th, 2001 wasn’t really that l...
February 09, 2006
I have often felt that the comics section was the most poignant and meaningful section in any newspaper. On those pages many of society’s ills are addressed, presented in a fashion that allows us all to dismiss anything we may find to be offensive or distasteful as nothing more than a poorly drawn, ...
February 02, 2006
While Democratic Congresswomen Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee; both representing the San Francisco, California Area and both caustically anti-war, facilitated the staged ejection of Cindy Sheehan from the State of the Union Address, Democrats continued regurgitating their stale talking points for any ...
January 26, 2006
Recently, on Hannity & Colmes, a segment was aired on which one would have thought everyone to be in agreement. The issue was teachers having sex with their students. What I witnessed left me astounded. Not only did the representative from the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) condone a sentence f...
January 19, 2006
Ever since the 2000 election debacle one of the favorite generalizations used in every manufactured talking point by any of the spinning heads from the “progressive” left starts with, “The American people…” Of course, the East Coast, Left Coast and inside the Beltway “progressives” don’t know what “...
January 12, 2006
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi released a statement condemning ? I?m sorry, commemorating the fourth anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act. Needless to say, her take on the progress of this critical education initiative it is about as accurate as the predictions of the Y2K global meltdown....
January 05, 2006
The issue of money in politics is always one that leaves the American people feeling as though there is corruption running rampant through our government. Visions of fat-cat, glad-handing, multi-term, cigar-chomping politicians come to mind whenever the term lobbyist is used. And while I will make n...
December 29, 2005
The argument over whether President Bush has the authority to direct the National Security Agency to listen in on the conversations of suspected terrorists on US soil is split primarily into two camps; those who believe we are engaged in a war for our very survival against radical Islam and those wh...
December 22, 2005
With the Christmas Season upon us, again we have stood witness to the politically correct assault on our sensibilities that is the “War on Christmas.” Even as Sam Donaldson and the rest of the elitist, agenda-driven mainstream media snobs proclaim that there is no such attack taking place, law suits...
December 15, 2005
In a move that was obviously meant to circumvent President Bush’s fourth and final speech in a series addressing the War on Terror, Democrats held a pre-speech press conference to restate their talking points. But other than providing a sleep aid for those who suffer from insomnia and reiterating th...
December 08, 2005
Arguably, the War on Terror is the most serious issue facing our country today. Radical Islamofascists, aided – whether knowingly or unknowingly – by the progressive left and the mainstream media, pose a grave danger to the safety of our citizens, and further, to our very existence. But our governme...
December 01, 2005
It is a very rare occasion when I don’t use this space to act as a contrarian to the politically charged rhetoric of the liberal left. Most of the time, it isn’t a chore to point out the political opportunism and the politics-over-government mentality in their statements and actions. After reading S...
November 25, 2005
There has been an overwhelming amount of unsubstantiated rhetoric coming from the left about the alleged “failed Bush policy” in Iraq. I say “unsubstantiated rhetoric” because whether the liberal left wants to admit it or not the policy being employed in Iraq is US policy, not just Bush policy – jus...
November 17, 2005
This week the Senate blocked an attempt by Democrats to force the White House into establishing a timeline for troop withdrawal from Iraq. This rebuke is a good thing. If the Democrats were to have succeeded in mandating a timeline it would have done two things; given al Qaeda in Iraq and Saddam loy...
November 10, 2005
The mainstream media is pounding on the issue that President Bush’s poll numbers are, well… bad. A recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll has his approval rating at 41% while those that disapprove are numbered at 56%. These are some pretty dismal numbers if you have a memory that doesn’t stretch too far. ...
November 03, 2005
“I hope it does bring the Senate together.” Those were the words of Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) at the blindsiding of Senate Republicans Tuesday as minority Democrats hijacked Senate proceedings, stalled deficit reduction debate and once again put politics above government. If Durbin really thi...
October 27, 2005
It would seem that the squeaky wheel has once again gotten the grease. Dissension from the far right has caused Harriet Miers to reconsider her nomination to the United States Supreme Court. They see it as a victory and when viewed as one, very specific issue it is. But it is just like the Republica...
October 20, 2005
If just a year ago, as George W. Bush proclaimed victory in the 2004 presidential election, you would have told me that the Democrats would be sitting back and laughing as the conservatives fed on their own, like a pack of self-indulgent jackals, I would have dismissed the notion as incredible. But ...
October 13, 2005
The recently released letter from Ayman al Zawahiri to Abu Musab al Zarqawi is now being painted as a forgery by al Qaeda in Iraq, Zarqawi’s faction of the radical Islamist terror movement. This is understandable as it does expose many of their goals and strategies in their quest for global dominati...
October 06, 2005
Yesterday President Bush tried yet again to refocus the nation on what is arguably the most important issue facing the world today; radical Islamist terrorism. But while most of the nation is mindlessly obsessing over why Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers’ parents didn’t get fleeced for a liberal ...
September 29, 2005
If there is one thing that cannot be denied – and denial should be considered a sport in Washington DC – it is that whether the issue is legitimate or not, the Democratic Party truly knows how to pander to the mainstream media. When the opportunity arises to stretch the actualities of a situation in...
September 22, 2005
Washington DC, a city that thrives on partisan politics, power plays and the satisfaction derived from the downfall of others. In this city cooperation is about as rare as a MoveOn.org fundraiser featuring Michael Moore without a deprecating comment about President Bush. But sometimes, even in our n...
September 15, 2005
Now that the vitriolic finger pointing has started to subside and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin have admitted that maybe, just maybe, there might be some substance to the assessment that the disaster response from their local and state governments was practically...
September 02, 2005
For the second time in four years the United States is dealing with a disaster of unparalleled proportions. The first disaster, generated by the evils of terrorist heretics on September 11th, 2001, took over 3000 lives. The latest devastation, caused by an act of God in the form of Hurricane Katrina...
August 18, 2005
"The armed struggle is the only strategy that Hamas possesses…As long as Palestinian lands remain under occupation, Hamas won't lay down its weapons."
– Khaled Mashaal, leader of the terrorist organization Hamas.
“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
– Dean Wormer, An...
August 11, 2005
It sparked several black elected officials to break into 1960’s civil rights era protest songs. When the issue was debated some wrapped themselves in shackles intimating a return to the era of slavery and oppression. Still many more openly wept and, as if all of this weren’t already completely “over...
August 04, 2005
In the line of disturbing issues, another has surfaced that, when combined with the ignorance of the ideologically tunnel-visioned in our society, should chill the thinking American public to the bone. This volatile combination could set the stage for a test of our national resolve the likes of whic...
July 28, 2005
Howard Dean has decried Ruth Bader Ginsberg as a right winger. John Kerry is demanding that the White House release Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’ records in total. And Teddy Kennedy, well, Teddy continues to talk out of both sides of his mouth. If it were possible to hear “eyes roll” the sound...
July 21, 2005
“Those who think terrorism is incident specific don’t understand the terrorist mind.” – John Howard, Australian Prime Minister, July 21, 2005.
Exactly two-weeks to the day, terrorist bombers have struck in London again. Using materials identified by British authorities as identical to the first ...
July 14, 2005
It’s always interesting to see how the elite media reacts when notable events take place. It is also interesting to see what events they choose to ignore. It is by their choice of what to focus on and what to disregard that they sculpt and influence public opinion. It is also how they create angst i...
July 07, 2005
In a more perfect United States there would be a separation of politics and government rather than an illegitimate separation of church and state. The fact that there is absolutely no mention of the latter in the US Constitution hasn’t stopped ideologues and activists from forcing that bit of fictio...
July 02, 2005
I don’t think that I would be too off the mark if I said the Founding Fathers and their compatriots would have stormed the Supreme Court Building, torches and pitchforks in hand, looking for the five justices who championed the Kelo v. City of New London ruling. I have no doubt they would have found...
November 30, 1999
It really doesn’t matter whether you find radio shock jock Don Imus’s description of the women on Rutgers’ basketball team offensive or not. In an age when you can turn on any popular urban radio station and hear most of the words used in George Carlin’s “Seven Dirty Words” comedy routine the term, ...