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2004 Headline from Kenya’s Oldest Newspaper: ‘Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate’

October 15th, 2009 · 10 Comments

This morning, Don Surber points his readers to a web archive image (above) of an article published in the June 27, 2004, edition of the Sunday Standard, Kenya’s oldest newspaper.  The headline, Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate, makes me think about two things:  (1) Michael Johns’ article about Barack Obama’s birth documents and [...]

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Former White House Speechwriter Calls for Barack Obama to ‘Release the Birth Documents’

October 15th, 2009 · 13 Comments

Editor’s Note: Several times during the past few years, I’ve turned to Michael Johns, a White House speechwriter during the George H.W. Bush presidency who brings a more-scholarly-than-average approach to the news topics of the day.  Three weeks ago, he tackled the issue which, if one is on the “wrong” side of it, can get [...]

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William F. Buckley Jr. Hailed as Intellectual Giant

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

A lot has been written about William F. Buckley Jr. since his passing last week. If you haven’t read enough already, I highly recommend you read Michael Johns’ piece about the conservative icon. It begins his way:
It can be said that modern conservatism knows only two times. There was the time before him [...]

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I’ve Changed My Mind About ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’

January 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Suspecting it to be a left-wing effort to shift credit for defeating the Soviet Union’s military in Afghanistan almost 30 years ago away from Ronald Reagan and to a Democratic Party congressman from Texas whose name the film bears, I told myself I wouldn’t spend good money to see Charlie Wilson’s War. I [...]

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Victory the Only Option for USA in Iraq

May 12th, 2007 · 3 Comments

This morning, I turn to a post by former White House speechwriter and foreign policy analyst Michael Johns who hit the nail on the proverbial head yesterday in a lengthy but worthwhile effort, One Iraq Option: Victory.
I encourage you to read the entire post, but offer the paragraph below to give you a taste of [...]

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