Free Republic

The task of unpacking just one portion of President Obama’s recent convoluted speech at the UN is eerily reminiscent of Winston Churchill’s famous description of Soviet foreign policy: “a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma.” For certifiable proof take a look at the following bizarre series of thoughts that collectively reveal a president without much in the way of an anchor – historical, intellectual, or moral: “Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect. Each country will pursue a path rooted in the...

As Saddam was being hung, the voices of several of those present in the room were heard crying out. They didn't cry out "a bicameral legislature!" They didn't cry out "checks and balances, for god's sake let us have checks and balances." They didn't cry out "we want a government of limited powers." No, they cried out "Moqtada al-Sadr, Moqtada al-Sadr." Amurath an Amurath succeeds. And will, until it is realized that people suffused with the tenets and attitudes of Islam are not interested in Western parliamentary democracy. Nor are they interested in guarantees of the rights of minorities and...

<p>It's an interesting tale of two cultures that plans persist in Nigeria to stone a woman to death for adultery while in the United States the feminist cause of the moment is to force the Augusta National Golf Club to invite women to be members.</p>