What Did Mr. Murtha Mean
Cong. "Jack" Murtha is a sort of local legend here in Western Pennsylvania.
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Articles, essays and columns by Ralph Bennett. Search by any word in an article, or narrow the list by publication, year or topic.
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Maybe Now We'll Get It
Maybe, as this terrible business in Lebanon unfolds, we'll finally get it:
Routine Evil
There was an awful inevitability to what happened to those two American soldiers.
Gangland Slaying
Ahmed Fadhil Nazzal al-Khalayleh was a murderous Jordanian thug who might have died relatively unknown. But the sullen, quick tempered, semi-literate gangster, thought by some in his own hometown to be a dangerous half-wit, had "found religion" as the expression…
Courage in Profiles
As the story unfolds of the arrest of 17 suspected Islamic terrorists and the seizure of a huge cache of explosive materials, Canadians, Americans, and free men everywhere can be thankful that the Canadian police and intelligence services had the…
Confronting 'He Who Confronts'
If I may paraphrase the late Richard Pryor. That Saddam. He BAD.
Telling the Difference Between Hamas and Shinola
First, remember the old wisdom regarding basic knowledge -- the importance of being able to tell the crucial difference between fecal matter and a certain brand of shoe polish.
Armor All
Pfc. Steven Tschiderer fell thunderously when a high power round from a Dragonoff sniper rifle hit him in the chest.
An Ugly Little Reality
The bomb attack on the Palestine Hotel, in Baghdad, last week was typical of the vast majority of terrorist bombings in Iraq. It was a military failure, but to some extent a propaganda success in that it got the attention…