Articles

February 27, 2004
Peddling anti-Semitic Myths
Thomas Lifson
The critics of Mel Gibson's latest film were correct. It has triggered an outbreak of anti—Semitism, one which caught me completely by surprise. One of America's largest newspapers is now openly peddling noxious myths about Jews, stirring up old resentments with... More

February 26, 2004
The Passion of the Christ
Thomas Lifson
Mel Gibson's masterpiece, The Passion of the Christ, is remarkable on many levels. It is not merely a serious work of art, it is a profound work of sacred art. The Passion of the Christ grounds for a Twenty—First Century viewer... More

February 26, 2004
Apocalypse Not
Richard A. Baehr
President Bush announced the day before yesterday that he favored a constitutional amendment defining marriage as referring to the union of a man and a woman.  He did not endorse the language of any specific proposed constitutional amendment, such as... More

February 25, 2004
The Real Battle
Richard A. Baehr
The first state—by—state polls of George Bush versus the all but certain Democratic nominee John Kerry are now appearing.  These polls matter much more than national polls. It is the Electoral College, as many Americans learned for the first time... More

February 24, 2004
The Left's War on the Family
Thomas S. Garlinghouse
Conservatives have long advocated the importance of strong families and deplored efforts, by socialists, feminists, and government bureaucrats, to weaken familial ties.  Indeed, for many conservatives, the family —— the traditional, 'nuclear' family —— is the fundamental cornerstone of society,... More

February 23, 2004
Dean's Revenge
Gregory A. Collins
Ever since Howard Dean's collapse, his most avid supporters have been out for blood. Deaniacs charge the Kerry campaign with carrying out 'dirty tricks' in order to upset what should have been an easy Dean victory. How else could Dean... More

February 23, 2004
A Stitch in Time
Jack Birnbaum, M.D.
Imagine this scenario: with the best evidence at their disposal, the leaders of the medical community decide that a new strain of flu, which is killing thousands of people in Asia, will almost certainly spread and cause a major worldwide... More

February 22, 2004
South Africa and the Hague
Richard A. Baehr
In the Hague tomorrow, debate will begin on Israel's security barrier, erected to stem the tide of hundreds of suicide bombers, who have killed close to a thousand Israelis since the start of the Intifada in late September 2000.  This... More

February 18, 2004
The Bush Doctrine
Gerry Warren
Editor's Note: This article was adapted from a research paper prepared at the United States War College. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of position of the U.S. Government, the... More

February 16, 2004
First They Came for the Foie Gras
Thomas Lifson
The Food Police are coming.   You and I are going to be presumed no longer capable of deciding on our own which foods we are to consume. Powerful elements within California's state government, the all—knowing, supremely wise guardian of... More

February 15, 2004
An Era of Pre-emptive Strikes
Richard Baehr, with Thomas Lifson
We are in an era of pre—emptive strikes. The Democrats may not like Bush's foreign policy of pre—emptive measures against potential threats from abroad. But pre—emptiveness becomes bipartisan for the Democrats, when it comes to attacks designed to weaken the President... More

February 15, 2004
San Francisco Hustles for Business
Thomas Lifson
It's difficult to maintain an attitude of arrogant superiority when entire million square—foot office buildings stand nearly vacant and are sold for half of their original construction cost, when local unemployment rates remain well above national averages, as the rest... More

February 14, 2004
Get a Life, eh?
Thomas Lifson
Canada would seem to be a country with a very fragile ego. It is currently convulsed with outrage over disparaging comments about Quebec and Quebeckers (aka, les Quebecois), made by a television sock puppet character known as Triumph the Insult... More

February 12, 2004
The Sacred and the Profane
Thomas Lifson
Almost two weeks after the fact, the Super Bowl halftime show continues to generate outrage and threats to regulate, fine, or even revoke the broadcast licenses of the media outlets which have brought degrading and crude images to our televisions... More

February 09, 2004
Leftists Win: Minorities and the Poor Hit Hardest
Thomas Lifson
The homeless and poor population of a prominent California city is about to lose its largest and oldest source of a free meal. We can blame those cruel budget cuts forced by Governor Schwarzenegger's refusal to increase taxes on the... More

February 09, 2004
Tom Friedman Embraces Anti-Semitic Canard
Richard A. Baehr
Tom Friedman is rarely original when it comes to Israel. His mantra for several decades has been that Israel was the primary obstacle to peace with the Palestinians, because of its policy of expanding settlements in the West Bank and... More

February 03, 2004
GWB: HBS MBA
Thomas Lifson
President George W. Bush is the very first President to hold a Masters Degree in Business Administration. Even better (or worse, depending on your perspective), his MBA is from Harvard Business School, where postgraduate management training was invented in the... More

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