The Beer Barrel

Ideology vs. the National Interest
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By Patrick J. Buchanan

When a nation fights for its life, ideology goes by the board.

Gen. Washington danced a jig when he heard King Louis XVI had become a fighting ally in our Revolutionary War against the Mother of Parliaments.

In our...

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121125158705862.html

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post, handing over power to the armed forces.

Omar Suleiman, the vice-president, announced in a televised address that the president was "waiving" his office, and had handed over authority to...

This is The Beast, and rarely does a product so clearly deserve its name. The 33KG (73-pound) monster is a hybrid electric bike, which means the motor kicks-in to provide extra power as you pedal, instead of using a throttle-style switch to run on the motor alone.

Despite its back-breaking weight (you won’t be carrying this up the stairs to...

SPRINGFIELD — — Illinois residents are used to seeing license plates supporting everything from their favorite school to the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks. But one lawmaker thinks the state might be able to make some money by converting some plates into miniature billboards.

Legislation introduced by a Chicago lawmaker this week would...

In the study of a major city in ancient Pakistan, one of every 10 finds is related to playing games. Cynthia Graber reports

Many of us have plenty of leisure time to devote to trying out the latest Wii game or even watching others play poker on TV. But this focus on play is nothing new, says a researcher at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg....