Archived Articles by Larry Kelley
A compilation of all Larry Kelley’s published articles, blog posts and opinions.
A Pernicious Peace Movement
“I believe the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction presents the greatest threat that the world has ever known.” Bill Cohen, at his 1997 confirmation hearings to be Clinton’s Defense Department Secretary Like that long-ago ride on the back of her home-town bad boy’s motorcycle, I can imagine how Susan [...]
Remembering Belgium, Dunkirk, and Our Duplicitous Democrats
The gravest danger this nation faces is the conjunction of terrorism, Rogue states, and weapons of mass destruction. In reading a recent prescription for Democrat duplicity, by USA Today’s DeWayne Wickham titled, If Democrats lay low on war, Bush will defeat himself, I found myself wondering what part of President [...]
How Did Western Islam Get So Hijacked?
“I don’t think there’s a war here, a war front here in the United States at this point. I think if the whole scenario continues the way it has, inevitably the United States is going to be reaching a type of war front. Yeah. But not right now.” Mohammad al-Asi [...]
Straight Answers on War: Resolving to Use Force
Ms. Ryan – In response to your distinctly disingenuous plea (editorial page, Sept. 29th) for straight answers to the questions posed by President Bush’s embrace of preemption, unilateralism, and reckless militarism (for brevity –PURM), let me try to oblige by asking you to consider the following scenario. Imagine the Bush [...]
Neither Fish nor Foner
The Confessions of Neo Don Quiote and a Decidedly Over-the-Hill Holden Caulfield Reading my hometown newspaper, I was elated to learn that our lone high school here in Piedmont ranks near the top in the nation in its percentage of students accepted to Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. Contemplating our class [...]
Remembering 1942 and Piedmont Hero Jean Witter
“War is not merely a material struggle, but more often a referendum on the spirit.” The brilliant military historian, Victor Davis Hanson, goes on, “ No nation has ever survived once its citizenry ceased to believe its culture was worth saving.” On this year’s July Fourth we are not only [...]