Admiral Mullen Earns Lavish Praise for Supporting Gay Agenda

When you elevate political correctness and social engineering above military readiness you earn a big spread in The New York Times, which is quick to extol enlightened views divorced from U.S. interests. There was no “epiphany” one advisor to Admiral Mike Mullen is quoted as saying in Thursday’s paper. There was instead a gradual process of enlightenment at work that brought the admiral into closer concert with the permissive views of the New York Times. A day after the admiral testified b...

Arguments in Favor of Maintaining Military Ban Against Gays Overlooked

Why does The New York Times automatically assume the inevitability of gays being permitted to serve openly in the U.S. military? In a page one story that reports on testimony from Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, there is a palpable sense that the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Rule” will be repealed at the behest of the military leadership. But this is far from certain as Congress will ultimately have the final say. Furthermore...