Weblog Excerpts

"Unions' Big Colombia Lie," my NYPost piece on Colombia Free Trade Agreement

April 29, 2008 11:08 PM EST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put the US - Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement on the back burner - apparently permanently. "The Colombia FTA is dead on arrival," explained Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine), co-founder of the House Trade Working Group. "Congress...
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My Wkly Std tribute to Medal of Honor winner SEAL Mike Monsoor

April 13, 2008 08:05 PM EST

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor (right) during a fight in the Mulaab, RamadiSpring 2006: The Mullab section of Ramadi, Iraq. Graffiti boast that this is "the graveyard of the Americans." Leaving your base camp virtually guarantees a fight,...
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Navy SEAL Mike Monsoor to Receive Medal of Honor

March 15, 2008 07:50 PM EST

SEAL and Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Monsoor will posthumously receive the nation's highest award, the Medal of Honor. It will be given to his parents in a White House ceremony April 8. The next day there will be a...
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Should literacy be required for bloggers?

February 6, 2008 11:39 AM EST

I can't speak for the blogosphere generally; it's rather large for that. I can say there are some excellent, careful, thoughtful bloggers. But all too often I see something like this at "No More Mister Nice Blog," slugged: "I GUESS...
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Erratum, albeit obvious, in blog on Wkly Std piece on Lancet Iraq studies

January 31, 2008 11:46 AM EST

In my original blog, regarding my "The Casualties of War" Weekly Standard article, I wrote that the number of Iraqi dead Lancet 2006 attributed to car bombs per day was "111 times higher" than those of the antiwar group Iraqbodycount....
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Yes, Lancet lied about Iraq war deaths (My Wkly Std article)

January 28, 2008 02:25 PM EST

When The Lancet came out with its 2004 "pre-election surprise" study claiming a massive number of war-related Iraqi deaths since the invasion, I and others immediately poked so many holes in it that it resembled a spaghetti strainer. Undaunted, two...
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Recent Articles

Read Michael Fumento's Afghanistan blog entries and view his Afghanistan photo set. Read Michael Fumento's Iraq blog entries and view his Fall 2006 photos, Spring 2006 photos and Spring 2005 photos detailing his activities Iraq.

Unions' Big Columbia Lie (The New York Post, April 28, 2008)

A Debt that Can Never Be Repaid: Michael Monsoor is Awarded the Medal of Honor (The Weekly Standard, April 21, 2008)

Memories of a Hero: Postumous Recipient of Nation's Highest Honor (The New York Post, April 9, 2008)

The Casualties of War – The Lancet Study of Iraq Deaths is Further Discredited (The Weekly Standard, February 4, 2008)

Quicksilver Salesmen (The American Spectator Online, January 18, 2008)

Article Archive

Blast from the Past

UNIONS' BIG COLOMBIA LIE (The New York Post, April 28, 2008)

The New Band of Brothers (The Weekly Standard, June 19, 2006)

Return to Ramadi (The Weekly Standard, November 27, 2006)