Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

George F. Will remembers Jeane J. Kirkpatrick during her memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral on February 6, 2007.

John R. Bolton remembers Jeane J. Kirkpatrick during her memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral on February 6, 2007.

Gagging Grenell was a bad play for the Romney team because it guaranteed the issue wouldn't go away. The only way to dispel concerns about the man's fitness for the job was to let him do his job. Muzzling him until he resigned was the worst possible way to handle it because all it did was feed crocodiles like Fischer.

Jeane Kirkpatrick was an enormous force for honesty, liberty, candor, straightforwardness, and sheer moral bravery.

A dear friend and colleague remembers Jeane J. Kirkpatrick.