James Jay Carafano

It’s high time to end the notion that USAID is an independent agency. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Beltway Confidential

Cutting foreign aid will make the world safer

James Jay Carafano · March 2, 2017 1:35 pm

A pro-Russian rebel delivers stands atop a damaged armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian army on central square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Vacation assignment for Obama: A real Russia strategy

James Jay Carafano · August 24, 2014 9:00 pm

Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. (AP/Eduardo Verdugo)

An Obama amnesty isn’t fair and won’t solve the immigration crisis

James Jay Carafano · August 17, 2014 9:00 pm

Washington National Guard Black Hawk helicopters are lined up at the airport in Omak, Wash., on Thursday, July 24, 2014. (AP Photo)

There’s a place for the National Guard even in a tight budget, and Congress needs to find it

James Jay Carafano · August 10, 2014 9:00 pm

Most of what Obama has broken can't be fixed. But he could give the next U.S. president a fighting chance by following Jimmy Carter's example and doing something. (AP Photo)

Comparing President Obama to Jimmy Carter is an insult to Carter

James Jay Carafano · August 4, 2014 11:40 am

Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico, in this July 12, 2014, photo. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Conservatives need a human rights agenda

James Jay Carafano · July 27, 2014 9:00 pm

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The CIA’s Twitter #fail

James Jay Carafano · July 20, 2014 9:00 pm

U.S. Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin stands on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border on October 3, 2013 at the San Ysidro port of entry into Mexico, California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Immigrants ignore U.S. immigration laws because Obama won’t enforce them

James Jay Carafano · July 13, 2014 9:00 pm

Don’t sign away US sovereignty with bad treaties

James Jay Carafano · July 6, 2014 9:00 pm

Obama gets ‘surprised’ by foreign crises because he isn’t paying attention

James Jay Carafano · June 29, 2014 6:11 pm

A U.S. Border Patrol agent looks for tracks along the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Nov. 15, 2013, in Calexico, California. The fence separates the large Mexican city of Mexicali with Calexico, CA, and is a frequent illegal crossing point for immigrant smugglers. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Amnesty won’t fix the broken immigration system

James Jay Carafano · June 22, 2014 9:00 pm

U.S. President Obama enters the stadium at West Point to give the commencement address at the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy on May 28, 2014 in West Point, New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Mission incomprehensible: Obama’s vision for military blunts its warfighting skills

James Jay Carafano · June 15, 2014 9:00 pm