Perspective: A survey of Washington scandals since 1969

Perspective: A survey of Washington scandals since 1969

Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Federer, November 24, 2017 1969—U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy hosted a party attended by six married men and six single women on Chappaquiddick near Martha’s Vineyard. Kennedy left the party with one of the women, Mary Jo Kopechne. The next morning she was found dead in Sen. Kennedy’s submerged car. 1973—Spiro […]

Obama’s perfect record on excusing Islamic terrorism has gotten results: Donald Trump

Obama’s perfect record on excusing Islamic terrorism has gotten results: Donald Trump

Special to WorldTribune.com By Mona Charen Whole doctoral dissertations could be devoted to the question of what makes President Obama angry and what does not. His Tuesday broadside against Donald Trump stood in marked contrast to Sunday’s somewhat-cold response to the Orlando massacre. This is a pattern. Mr. Obama did not name Trump, referring to […]

‘Thinking the unthinkable’ about a historic catastrophe

‘Thinking the unthinkable’ about a historic catastrophe

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell Distinguished scientist Freeman Dyson has called the 1433 decision of the emperor of China to discontinue his country’s exploration of the outside world the “worst political blunder in the history of civilization.” The United States seems at this moment about to break the record for the worst political blunder […]

Obama’s faith: Minds twisted by Jew hatred are capable of rational decisions

Obama’s faith: Minds twisted by Jew hatred are capable of rational decisions

Special to WorldTribune.com By Mona Charen What to make of President Obama’s interpretation of the Iranian leadership? Challenged by The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to account for the seeming inconsistency of relying on the rationality of a regime that holds a profoundly anti-Semitic worldview, the president denied that the “venomous anti-Semitism” (his words) of the mullahs […]

Translating Obama-speak: ‘We need to use your money’

Translating Obama-speak: ‘We need to use your money’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell In a recent panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama gave another demonstration of his mastery of rhetoric — and disregard of reality. One of the ways of fighting poverty, he proposed, was to “ask from society’s lottery winners” that they make a “modest investment” in […]

George W. Bush breaks his silence about Barack Obama

George W. Bush breaks his silence about Barack Obama

Special to WorldTribune.com By Josh Rogin In a closed-door meeting with Jewish Donors Saturday night, former President George W. Bush delivered his harshest public criticisms to date against his successor on foreign policy, saying that President Barack Obama is being naïve about Iran and the pending nuclear deal and losing the war against the Islamic […]

Failings of our stealth ‘leader’: Military weakness, diplomatic malpractice

Failings of our stealth ‘leader’: Military weakness, diplomatic malpractice

Special to WorldTribune.com By Mona Charen “Oh, it’s a shame when you have a wan, diffident, professorial president with no foreign policy other than ‘don’t do stupid things.’ ” So griped President Obama to a select (and loose-lipped) group of dinner guests the other night. The president is annoyed that critics cannot see the wisdom […]