I wonder if Michelle Malkin is willing to put her children where her mouth is. Malkin, the always disagreeable right-wing commentator, came down on actress Sally Field’s speech during Emmy broadcast Sunday night. Mrs. Field said this: “If mothers ruled the, ruled the world, there would be no god-damned wars in the first place.” Mrs. [...]

Much has been written about the upcoming reports on the US military efforts in Iraq. Words like redeployment and withdraw have been bandied about, but the favorite in the language of conservatives is surrender. Typical usage: “The defeatist democrats want us to surrender in Iraq.” But the literal definition of surrender at least suggests that [...]