American Power

Commentary and analysis on American politics, culture, and national identity, U.S. foreign policy and international relations, and the state of education - from a neoconservative perspective! - Keeping an eye on the communist-left so you don't have to!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Problems for the GOP

Patrick Ruffini offers some perspective on the Republican Party on the eve of the Conservative Political Action Committee meeting, which ...

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Amanda Marcotte: "The Actual Values of the Country"

Well, since Pam Spaulding lied about American Power, I've gotten more than my fair share of hits from Pandagon . So, checking my Siteme...

Obama Echoes Reagan in '81: Came the Revolution?

William Kristol takes President Barack Obama's political ambitions seriously, in " Republicans' Day of Reckoning ": After ...

The End of the Dream? "A Rendezvous with Scarcity"

Via Robert Stacy McCain , check out Ed Driscoll's Silicon Graffiti segment, " Rendezvous With Scarcity ": Ronald Reagan bega...

Ideological Truth on Obama

Here's this from the comments at Jennifer Rubin's essay this morning, " Obama Removes the Mask " (via Memeorandum ): I nev...

Tea Party

Check this out, from Attaturk at Firedoglake : Now that Rick Santelli has become the darling of the right wing, he has, with the help of the...

Jindal Torpedoes Presidential Aspirations

Commenting on Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's GOP rebuttal to the President Obama's State of the Union Address last night, Greg Ve...

Mortgage Interest Deductions and the American Dream

I've been reading Ezra Klein 's recent essays on health reform and Social Security. He's got press credentials to the White Hous...

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Obama's State of the Union

Okay, so President Obama has delivered his first Presidential Address (or is that a State of the Union Adress?). The full text is here . I ...

Pam Spaulding: A Black Lesbian Who is Wickedly Dishonest

Check out this post at Pam Spaulding's: " Conservative Claims Ignorance, Says the Bestiality Argument Hasn't Been Used Against ...

Bizarre Denialism on Aasiya Hassan Honor Killing

Here's Daniel Pipes discussing the honor killing of Aasiya Hassan at the Jerusalem Post : A GREAT BATTLE looms ahead on how to interpret...

Supreme Court to Rule on Mojave Cross Case

The Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of an eight-foot-tall cross in the Mojave National Preserve, which was erected as a spi...

Geert Wilders: Pride in Our Christian Identity

Geert Wilders appeared on Bill O'Reilly's show last night, and gave a great interview. He seems like a really nice man, thoughtful a...

Monday, February 23, 2009

The Rule of Law in a Republic

I just watched this phenomenal video, " The American Form of Government ," via Next Right . Do yourself a favor and spend ten minu...

On Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs

You know, I've been thinking about Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs . When I go over there nowadays I get confused. Last year L...

Worst of the Oscars 2009

The Los Angeles Times has all the photos and hot talk about last night's Academy Awards, " Best & Worst: Oscars 2009 ." I...

Glenn Greenwald's Hysterical Hypocrisy

Dan Riehl points his readers toward Glenn Greenwald, whose essay on the Glenn Beck survivalist episodes is the perfect primer on the contr...

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Penelope Cruz for Best Supporting Actress - UPDATE! CRUZ WINS!

Okay, I'm getting ready for the Academy Awards , and keeping with my pledge to feature more feminine lovelies around here (and with R.S...

Reconciliation on Gay Marriage?

David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch have an essential essay today at the New York Times , " A Reconciliation on Gay Marriage ": I...

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