Bud McFarlane served in the Marines and, years later, as President Reagan's national security adviser. So I listened up when, at a Foundation for Defense of Democracies workshop on energy security, he said of Saudi Arabia's oil facilities: "Any self-respecting suicide-bomber could take them out. Any artillery man could do it, too."

It looks like the presidential battle will be about one overarching theme: judgment versus experience. And Exhibit A will be the Iraq war.

Lieberman-Warner is not the most effective approach to reducing CO2, but it may be the most harmful economically. The most powerful force in our society is the free market. We should be tapping into the free market to reduce CO2 rather then creating a false market that simply redistributes wealth to preselected winners and losers. And we should make sure we are not disadvantaging ourselves vis-à-vis our international competitors.

From the Washington Post, Sunday, June 1, 2008:

From the Miami Herald on Sunday, June 1, 2008:

Here's a simple message on a complicated topic -- the housing aid package being crafted in Congress: Lawmakers should endorse the version approved by a Senate committee last month. The White House should stop dithering and give the bill its unequivocal support.

From the Kansas City Star, Monday, June 2, 2008:

The suicide rate among troops in the active-duty Army -- the only service that releases such statistics -- is worrisome and demands greater attention.

Compassionate conservatism began with some questions: Is it possible to apply conservative and free-market ideas -- school vouchers, the promotion of community and faith-based institutions, the encouragement of wealth-building and social mobility -- to the task of helping marginalized Americans? In the wake of liberal failures, do conservatives offer any hope to addicts and the homeless, to disadvantaged children in need of mentors and adequate education, to people living among the broken glass of durable poverty?

From the Kansas City Star, Thursday, May 29, 2008:

The horrifying violence against foreigners that has left at least 50 dead in South Africa is a disturbing omen of instability on the African continent.