Newsmax RSS FeedThu, 03 Jan 2013 12:28:06 EDTFrom the time Alfred Mahan wrote his classic work on naval power at the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, this two ocean nation relied on sea power to protect its territory at home and its interests abroad. Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:10:31 EDTAlthough the truce between Gaza and Israel didn’t lead to an unequivocal result, Israeli officials said they destroyed most rocket launchers and Gazan leaders maintain the settlement means they resisted the Israeli offensive and have been emboldened by their relative success.Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:48:50 EDTJust what is the Nobel Peace Prize committee up to? In giving the prize to the European Union (EU) the Norwegians comprising the decision making committee made themselves a laughing stock . . . again.Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:28:59 EDTFor two weeks I lived in a cramped hotel room happy to have a place other than my home. An office I have had for a decade was off-limits. And a neighborhood I have come to love was damaged beyond recognition. Sandy invaded lower Manhattan.Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:04:37 EDTIn Jacques Barzun’s masterwork on cultural history he describes modernity as decadent. Pitirim Sorokin’s narrative of contemporary society includes sensate culture, a belief that the senses are superordinated over ideas and beliefs. Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:20:20 EDTThis presidential campaign season is a time for clarification. If campaigns have any value over and above the megaphone effect of why one candidate is more desirable than the other, it is the chance to use a campaign as an educational forum.Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:45:19 EDTIn the recent book, "Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended To Help, and Why Universities Won’t Admit It," by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, the authors identify reforms that could make a difference in dealing with this ticklish racial issue that are eminently sensible.Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:13:16 EDTThere has been much speculation about Mitt Romney’s private statement about the 47 percent of the electorate “who believe that they are entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing, to you name it.Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:42:49 EDTTokyo policy makers have been engaged in diplomatic overdrive in an effort to resolve a territorial dispute with Russia over four southern islands in the Kuril Island chain.Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:20:21 EDT“Sequestration” is a government word that for those in the military has a synonym: castration.Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:06:47 EDTAs the winds of Islamism blow across North Africa yielding unsettling horror, the American version of Neville Chamberlain sits in the White House, incapable of real action, but immersed in rationalization.Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:33:19 EDTThe polls don’t indicate it and my colleagues don’t believe it, but I think there are many reasons to assume Mitt Romney will be the next President of the United States.Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:12:43 EDTThe Jewish community of Boynton Beach, Fla., has sponsored an event on who they might support in the upcoming presidential election. Boynton Beach is not alone.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:59:47 EDTBread and butter issues will undoubtedly be emphasized in this presidential campaign season. The unemployment rate, the need for jobs, the rapid growth in dependents, fiscal deficits, and the enormous debt overhang will garner headlines in the weeks ahead.Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:52:08 EDTThe president’s words, “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen,” echo through the corridors of public opinion.Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:21:48 EDTIn the parlance of Orwellian newspeak, words often mean the opposite of their seeming intent. The Internal Revenue Service is anything but a service. Now we have yet another government-inspired contradiction.Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:23:03 EDTAn enraged madman kills a dozen people and injures many others in a carefully planned mass murder in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater. What can one possibly say? So desensitized by stories of brutality on the nightly news, my emotions are muted.Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:02:20 EDTAttorney General Eric Holder is engaged in a war against states trying to ensure the integrity of the electoral system. As he noted, “The arc of American history has always moved toward expanding the electorate.”Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:20:28 EDTThe Second Law of Thermodynamics, which suggests that physical forces are gravitating to entropy, is a perfect metaphor for the moment. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:58:45 EDTIn a nation obsessed with creativity, freedom is the exalted position. For freedom gives meaning to our actions. Yet it is the defect of ideology to assume action is reducible to one simple principle, a uniquely explanatory element. In reality, freedom is a complex and composite affair.