AT THEIR BEST, POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS are a function of accomplishment, expertise, or judgment. At their worst, they are the consolation prize of cronyism. With Bill Richardson’s appointment as Secretary of Commerce, President-elect Obama veered sharply toward the latter. Although he has little experience in the private sector, Richardson will helm the department most responsible for U.S. business … [Read more...]
The Left’s Man at Commerce
December 5, 2008 By Ben Johnson
Filed Under: AFL-CIO, Big Government, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Economics, Environmentalism, Foreign policy, FrontPage Magazine, History, Homeland Security, Islam, Jihad, Labor Unions, National defense, North Korea, Obama administration, Obama appointees, Politics, The Clintons, War on Terror Tagged With: 2000 presidential race, Afghanistan, AFL-CIO, Al Gore, Americans for Democratic Action, Asia Society, Barack Obama, Bernard Schwartz, Between Worlds:The Making of an American Life (book), Big Labor, Bill Clinton, Bill Gertz, Bill Richardson, China, Chris Matthews, Commerce Department, Cox Committee, Curt Weldon, Department of Energy (DOE), EHI Group, Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), Environmentalism, Erskine Bowles, Foreign policy, Jeffrey Garten, Kyoto Protocol, Kyoto Treaty, League of Conservation Voters (LCV), Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years (book), Loral Space and Communications, Los Alamos, Louis Freeh, Monica Lewinsky, multipolarity, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), National Security, New York Times, Norm Dicks, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), North Korea, Northern Alliance, Notra Trulock, Osama bin Laden, Party of Defeat, Pervez Musharraf, Rich Lowry, Robert Byrd, Ron Brown, Roswell New Mexico, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, Taliban, The China Threat (Book), The China Threat: How the People's Republic Targets America (book), The Huffington Post, UFOs, United Nations, Wen Ho Lee
Man of the Year: General David Petraeus
December 31, 2007 By Ben Johnson
IN MOST YEARS, SEVERAL PEOPLE COULD REASONABLY BE SELECTED FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE’S MAN OF THE YEAR. This year, one candidate distinguished himself beyond all others: General David Howell Petraeus. In commanding the U.S. Surge in Iraq, Petraeus has not merely arrested an explosive and deteriorating security situation but has reversed terrorist initiatives, driving al-Qaeda out of a province it … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Foreign policy, FrontPage Magazine, George Soros/Shadow Party, Hatred of the Military, History, Homeland Security, Iraq, Islam, Jihad, Left-wing Hatred, Man of the Year, National defense, War on Terror Tagged With: "Countdown with Keith Olbermann", 101st Air Assault Division, Abdul Khalaf, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Al Gore, al-Qaeda, Allen West, Anbar Province (Iraq), Ansar al-Islam, Aso Hawlawi, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Ben Johnson, Bill Frist, Bronze Star, Christopher Dodd, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Dennis Kucinich, Distinguished Service Medal, FrontPage Magazine, FrontPageMag.com, Gold Award of the Iraqi Order of the Date Palm, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Hu Jintao, Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos, Iraq, Iraq surge, Iraqi National Task Force, J.K. Rowling, Jim McDermott, Jim Moran, Joe Klein, John Kerry, John O'Neill, Jose Compean, Keith Olbermann, Legion of Merit, Lt. Seth Moulton, Mahdi Army, Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, Moqtada al-Sadr, Mosul, MoveOn.org, MSNBC, Nancy Pelosi, NATO Meritorious Service Medal, New York Times, Newsweek, Party of Defeat, Princeton University, Qusay Hussein, Ray Odierno, Richard Durbin, Robert Byrd, Sixtus Petraeus, State Department Superior Honor Award, Ted Kennedy, The American Military and the Lessons of Vietnam: A Study of Military Influence and the Use of Force in the Post-Vietnam Era (thesis), The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Uday Hussein, Vladimir Putin, Waziristan, William Arkin
