Our compulsive hunger always to know first, speak first and decide first has only been amplified by the fact that we can now all participate instantly in a virtual version of a national cocktail-party conversation on Twitter, Facebook and blogs. John Podhoretz amplifyblogcocktail share on social
The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job. John Podhoretz electoralentryjob Change image and share on social
Is victory sweet because your side wins - or is it really because the other side loses? John Podhoretz losesidesweet Change image and share on social
When Obama was inaugurated, he and his team had an insight - though whether the insight was conscious or not I don't know. But it was this: The TARP $700 billion price tag was a new kind of model. John Podhoretz billionconsciousinaugurate Change image and share on social
Conservatives have long been suspicious that Romney isn't truly one of them. The release of his tax returns should settle the matter once and for all: He's not only to be accepted, but admired and emulated - and by liberals as well as conservatives. John Podhoretz acceptadmireconservative share on social
Obama's explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that's where Washington must step in and act. John Podhoretz acteconomicexplanation Change image and share on social
Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him. John Podhoretz americaawfulborder share on social
Obama lost his ability to push his agenda through Congress when he received what he himself called a 'shellacking' in the November 2010 elections. That shellacking was primarily the result of massive policy overreach when he had a Democratic Congress in his pocket. John Podhoretz abilityagendumcall share on social
The real story of the Ground Zero mosque is that the project only became feasible because of the appalling and astonishing fecklessness of the officials who were charged with the reconstruction of the site and the neighborhood all the way back in 2001. John Podhoretz appallastonishback share on social
Obama learned from Ronald Reagan that it helps to strike an optimistic tone. But genuine optimism deriving from American exceptionalism, it turns out, does not come naturally to him. John Podhoretz americanderiveexceptionalism Change image and share on social
