Points for the Republican Rebuttal of Obama’s Speech

By Alexander Benard September 9, 2009

In his rebuttal of Barack Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress tonight, Louisiana’s Rep. Charles Boustany should focus on the following four points: First, Boustany needs to categorically reject the unfair ...

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How to Handle a Tyrant

By Alexander Benard June 19, 2009

‘To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend ...

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Machiavelli, Misunderstood

By Alexander Benard May 13, 2009

After 100 days in office, a discomforting pattern has emerged in Barack Obama’s approach to foreign relations: He is keeping friends close, but enemies closer. Although this might have been ...

We’ve Learned

By Alexander Benard April 13, 2009

Last week, for the first time in two hundred years, pirates attempted to capture a vessel sailing under the flag of the United States of America, the Alabama. As we ...

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Democracy in Europe

By Alexander Benard March 23, 2009

In 1835 Alexis de Tocqueville published the first volume of his magnum opus, Democracy in America. The book was designed to give Europeans a feeling for American politics and society, ...

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Illiberal Stimulus

By Alexander Benard & Anthony Dick February 10, 2009

As President Obama chides Congress for its delay in passing a $900 billion stimulus bill, the largest lump-sum government expenditure in U.S. history, the country would do well to reflect ...

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America’s True Genius

By Alexander Benard & Anthony Dick November 10, 2008

Buried deep in President-Elect Barack Obama’s speech on Tuesday night was a stunning statement: “That’s the true genius of America: that America can change.” These seemingly innocuous words suggest a ...

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An Unexpected Bright Spot

By Alexander Benard October 27, 2008

Amidst the many worrisome trends the next president will face when he assumes office in January, he will be able to take comfort in at least one major bright spot: ...

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Change He Should Believe In

By Alexander Benard June 10, 2008

Barack Obama for years accused President Bush of stubbornly refusing to acknowledge changing realities in Iraq. Today, however, Sen. Obama is the stubborn one. In his failure to ...

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Fight the FARC

By Alexander Benard & Eli Sugarman March 17, 2008

Colombian armed forces conducted an attack on March 1 against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that had been operating out of encampments in neighboring ...