I’m so terribly sorry to read about the death of Andrew Breitbart, one of my heroes and (Internet) friends.

I met Andrew in Azerbaijan. We were part of a team of western bloggers and columnists, who were invited into the country for a congress about that country and the US – and the relationship between them.

He was a great guy; extremely energetic and very, very funny. Afterwards, we exchanged emails, DM’s on Twitter, and had a few phone calls. I’ll never forget the advice he gave me (we’re putting it into practice at Dutch website dagelijksestandaard.nl), his sheer passion for conservative politics and his willingness to take on the establishment. No matter how much they vilified and insulted him.

Breitbart was a warrior in the truest sense of the word. As such, he should serve as an example to every single one of us: speak the truth and let the skies fall.

Andrew, we’re going to miss you.| MORE ›

Back in 2001 Americans were told that the Taliban represented a threat to the freedom of not just Americans, but the Afghans themselves. Their brutal regime turned that country into a thugocracy, stripping the rights of both women and men alike, but most definitely women. So we went in and toppled the Taliban.

Yet here we are 10 years later, and though things are undoubtedly better, women still face prison time for adultery, even though they were raped.| MORE ›

Brussels, Brussels, Brussels.

What in the world are you doing nowadays?

It all started so nice, a couple of years after World War II. Everybody ‘understood’ that European states had to learn to work together, to respect each other, and to become interconnected. If we didn’t, a third world war might not be far off.

Making continental free trade a top priority was, indeed, a great idea.| MORE ›

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. What in the world are you doing?

Remember the much talked about Palin bus tour? Well, it has come to an early end. The former governor of Alaska has gone on a ‘hiatus’. She’s now back in her home state, enjoying 19 hours of sunlight a day.

With all due respect, I didn’t think Palin would run for president, but I did expect her to at least take this bus tour seriously.| MORE ›

On Sunday, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer called for a ‘no-ride list’ for trains. Just what we need! Another version of the secretive list that prompts false positives and doesn’t actually have a proven record of working. Quite the opposite, in fact. It’s a pain in the rear for legitimate flyers who happen to get caught up, and as the two last links prove, doesn’t get updated enough to be useful.| MORE ›

We are at a crossroads, and actions in the next days, weeks, and months, will determine which path the world will take from here on out.  Here’s a taste of what’s to come:| MORE ›

At this time 10 years ago I was glued to my TV, in shock of what was going on in New York City.  It was something new to me, this kind of terrorism.  Though I’d been alive during the Oklahoma City bombing I wasn’t old enough to really understand it.  Actually, as it turns out, my true understanding of 9/11 wasn’t complete, but the enormity of that day wasn’t lost on me.| MORE ›

Just now on his Fox News show Glenn Beck said something that struck me: “We’re becoming a mobocracy”.

He said that, of course, about the United States. But it doesn’t just go for America; the same can be said for most, if not all, European states.

Progressives are purposefully dividing us.| MORE ›

Is Charles Krauthammer right? I’m not sure, but he sure does make a lot of sense:

Look, [today's budget vote] is a way to say that what Clinton had said – that Democrats look as if they’re going to immediately demagogue this is completely true,” Krauthammer said.| MORE ›

As Michael Merritt reported yesterday, Osama bin Laden is dead. If that isn’t good news I don’t know what is. This monster of a man was responsible for the deaths of many thousands of people. Heck, perhaps even tens of thousands if we take Al Qaeda’s attacks on Muslims in the Middle East in account.

Great, great news.

However, we must ask ourselves how significant Bin Laden’s death is.

Barack Obama said yesterday:| MORE ›