Articles
June 30, 2005
The Anglosphere rules
Thomas Lifson
We live in an age in which few important conflicts can be described accurately and economically, which is to say, bluntly. Race and religion are obvious examples of domains in which condescension—masquerading—as—sensitivity must be employed. So too, the realities of world... More
June 30, 2005
Supreme Court eradicates Constitutional principles
Christopher G. Adamo
Throughout the course of history, the overriding tendency of those in power is to manipulate that power to their own benefit. Regardless of any noble premises on which governments might be founded, over time they nonetheless degenerate into self—serving conclaves,... More
June 30, 2005
Muhammad and the Jews
James Arlandson
Everyone knows that many millions of the Muslims in the Arab world have a deep hostility towards Jews or 'the Jew.' It seems to have reached a metaphysical level or has debased into an irrational state of mind. The question... More
June 29, 2005
Iran's new president
Mehran Riazaty
The United States is great Satan and Israel is a little Satan —Mahmood Ahmadinejad The ultra—fundamentalists always want to control the entire regime in Iran. Ahmadinejad's victory in the run—off of the sham electoral process has given them this... More
June 29, 2005
Globalizing high culture
Thomas Lifson and A.M. Mora y Leon
When we think of the globalization of culture, why do we tend to think of little more than Britney Spears CDs and Nike shoes? You can make an argument about the merits of these cultural exports, but mass—market consumer entertainment... More
June 29, 2005
Gaza Disengagement: Balagan
Jerry Gordon
Balagan is a slangy Hebrew word, derived from Russian, used by the Israel Defense Forces to describe what is happening with Sharon's Gaza disengagement strategy: 'chaos; a screw up!' It is less than 60 days before the 8000 residents of... More
June 28, 2005
A man's home is Uncle Sam's castle
Selwyn Duke
Possession may be nine—tenths of the law, but not when the law wants your possessions. This past Thursday was a dark day for freedom in America, as the Supreme Court once again proved that its contempt for the Constitution is... More
June 28, 2005
The First Right
Timothy Birdnow
Property rights are the fundamental building blocks of Liberty. The freedoms we enjoy in these United States may be our heritage through Natural Law and given to us by the Creator, but the free exercise of those fundamental rights is... More
June 28, 2005
A tactical play on Social Security
Christopher Chantrill
For a moment last week it looked as though the Republicans were going to give away the store on Social Security reform. Britain's Guardian reported rumors that the Republicans in Congress were going to draft a bill 'stripped of President... More
June 27, 2005
Do we really own our homes?
Bob Weir
Weir Thinking About It In light of the recent Supreme Court Kelo decision that allows municipalities to force property owners from their homes to make way for businesses that pay more tax revenue, it's appropriate to ask, do we ever... More
June 27, 2005
An Open Letter to the President
Herbert E. Meyer
Dear Mr. President, I've no idea what your advisers are telling you, but based on my own experience in Washington I suspect they are talking more bluntly among themselves than they are to you. So I'm writing to deliver an... More
June 27, 2005
Seinfeld Liberals
Ed Lasky
Seinfeld was a television marvel. Perhaps the most successful situation comedy series of all time, it ran from 1989 to 1998, and has become an omnipresent aspect of our lives as it continually runs in syndication and lives on in... More
June 26, 2005
Free trade is good for US
Thomas Lifson
A trade liberalization agreement with Central American nations, CAFTA, is before Congress. Regrettably, the usual assemblage of protectionist forces has amassed enough political force to torpedo this highly desirable treaty, and its passage appears unlikely. CAFTA is being marketed on... More
June 26, 2005
'Preening Moralists' and CAFTA
Andrew Sumereau
GM is cutting 25,000 jobs, It's stock rises on the news. Ford announces new 'restructuring' plans to make itself more competitive, a 5% reduction in its U.S. salaried force. The balance of trade figures appall with each monthly release. Real... More
June 25, 2005
Islamic law is not gay
James M. Arlandson
Traditional Muslims who understand the Quran and the hadith (reports of Muhammad's words and actions outside of the Quran) believe that Islamic law or sharia expresses the highest and best goals for all societies. It is the will of Allah.... More
June 25, 2005
Talking the talk vs. walking the walk
Steve Feinstein
Misguided blame—America apologists, ranting political partisans and hopelessly myopic media reporters have been having a field day of late with all manner of supposed transgressions committed by Government officials and the U.S. military. First, the Democrats in the U.S. Senate... More
June 24, 2005
Iran's runoff election candidates
Mehran Riazaty
Iranians today go to the polls for a runoff election. Although the mullahs approved all candidates allowed on the ballot, it is worthwhile examining them in their own words. Rafsanjani vs. Ahmadinejad Relations with the United States Rafsanjani: 'I believe... More
June 24, 2005
Supreme Court: A decision too far
Dennis Sevakis
Yesterday's five to four Kelo decision by the Supreme Court, upholding the taking by the state of the private property of one for the private use of another, smacks of irony both dramatic and tragic. One of the definitions given... More
June 24, 2005
Property rights, civil rights and Supreme Court nominations
Clarice Feldman
One week before the end of its term, the Supreme Court has handed down a decision, Kelo v. City of New London, which greatly weakened the protection of property rights explicitly recognized in the Constitution. At issue is the power... More
June 23, 2005
Is Democrat shamelessness a winning strategy?
Christopher G. Adamo
It was only a few weeks ago that liberals on Capitol Hill and in the 'mainstream' media were caterwauling about the raging corruption of House Majority Whip Tom Delay (R.—TX). Since then however, the subject completely changed to the plight... More
June 23, 2005
A half baked apology, a few tears… and he's good to go?
Dave St. John
An open letter to Congress Now, let me get this straight. Here is a senator, who by any standard has denigrated the reputation of our nation, disparaged those whose job it is to defend his right to speak those words, refused... More
June 23, 2005
The fallacy of elections under the mullahs' reign of terror
Roya Johnson
There is no end to demagoguery and deception practiced by the mullahs in Iran. As the ruling tyrants are working to generate an appearance of popular legitimacy by claiming a grossly inflated 62% voter—turnout in the last week's presidential election... More
June 22, 2005
The Iraq prison scandal TimeMagazine won't cover
Nidra Poller
The prisoner, a 44 year—old female captured near Baghdad University, was held incommunicado for five months in a dark airless 6 by 12 foot cellar where it was impossible to stand erect. The prisoner spent her days and nights confined... More
June 22, 2005
The left's "word deficit"
Rick Moran
There's something pathetically childlike about the Bush—hating, anti—war left these days. It's not just Dick Durbin's big mouth or John Conyers' grandstanding about the Downing Street Minutes. The left has been galvanized by poll numbers showing the American people exhibiting... More
June 22, 2005
Apology not accepted
Matthew May
Sen. Richard Durbin took to the floor of the United States Senate late Tuesday afternoon to ostensibly apologize for his offensive, stupid and seditious remarks comparing an American military base to the murderous regimes of the most notorious despots the... More
June 21, 2005
The rise of the disdainful Democrats
Ed Lasky
Senator Robert Byrd's previous occupation as a butcher never seems to come up when the press describes his history. It seems that mundane occupational histories of politicians matter only when they are Republicans. This is a method employed by the liberal... More
June 21, 2005
When 'academic freedom' justifies academic terror
Tzvi Kahn
According to the logic of a recent report issued by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), denying accused criminals a job constitutes an unethical breach of 'academic freedom.' So, if Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein had doctorates and respectable... More
June 21, 2005
Will the Republicans we elected please stand up
Dave St. John
I voted for our current president twice for one fundamental reason: he exhibited the unique, personal leadership characteristics, I believed our country needed the first time he ran and continues to need today. He looked at a situation, sized it... More
June 20, 2005
Airbus, Boeing and risk
Thomas Lifson
Airbus and Boeing have been fighting over the market for civilian jetliners for over three decades. As Airbus, a subsidized multi—national offspring of French firm Sud Aviation, grabbed market share, other firms suffered. Along the way, long—established American manufacturers such... More
June 20, 2005
Argentina's tattered ties to Italy
A.M. Mora y Leon
Argentina, whose government defaulted on $100 billion in debt in late 2001, is astonished that Italy in particular remains angry at the South American state for running out on its tab and getting away with it. After all, the two nations... More
June 20, 2005
Dick Durbin and our post-patriotic elite
Christopher Chantrill
How wrong can you be? No, we are not talking about the analogical genius, Senator Dick Durbin (D. al—Inois). We are talking about the great Mark Steyn, a genuine genius columnist who calls Dick Durbin unpatriotic. Come now, Mr. Steyn. Dick Durbin... More
June 19, 2005
Crucifixion and mutilation in early Islam
James Arlandson
An analysis of Quran 5:33 Traditional Muslims who understand the Quran and the hadith (reports of Muhammad's words and actions outside of the Quran) believe that Islamic law or sharia expresses the highest and best goals for all societies. It... More
June 19, 2005
Dad
John B. Dwyer
He was born on August 15, 1915, the youngest son in your typical large Irish Catholic family. Kevin had four brothers and four sisters. Their dear mother, Fanny Susannah, offered many a heartfelt prayer that her children would be talented. They... More
June 19, 2005
None dare call it treason
Bob Weir
Weir Thinking about it In case anyone still wondered if the Democrats were on a collision course with political obscurity, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin's recent comments on the floor of that once venerable institution should have removed all doubt. Comparing... More
June 18, 2005
The Democrats sign up with the anti-Semites
Richard Baehr
It is important that support for Israel in the US Congress is bipartisan. Israel, the only functioning democracy in the Middle East, has no real friend in the world other than America. The stability of that friendship, demonstrated by support... More
June 17, 2005
We're still at war…right?
Dave St. John
I was channel surfing recently and part of this ritual involved a stop at the Military Channel. Sometimes they have programs that interests me and other times I move on. This time, they got my attention. It was a documentary depicting the... More
June 17, 2005
Old guns vs. high tech
Steven W. Dugger
The US Navy has begun development of a new ship, currently designated 'DDX.' In addition to the standard missions of a surface warship (air defense, anti submarine and anti ship warfare) the DDX will be designed to provide support for... More
June 17, 2005
Rock the rhetoric
Robert Reilly
In a recent article, the Associated Press reported the following: Nine Inch Nails dropped out of the MTV Movie Awards after clashing with the network over an image of President Bush the band planned as a performance backdrop. The Bush image... More
June 16, 2005
What's a bigger national embarrassment - Gitmo or Durbin?
Teri O'Brien
After his most recent display of malignant partisanship and disregard for our country's security, people in the rest of the country are no doubt wondering, as one writer here speculated yesterday, whether Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has lost his mind.... More
June 16, 2005
Tribute
Thomas Lifson
Faithful readers of this site know that I took several days away from regular posting due to a death in my family. I have struggled with issues of family privacy over the last few days, in deciding whether or not... More
June 16, 2005
Sham election in Iran
Amil Imani
We Perisans are united in the spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood, to let the world hear our voices of boycotting yet another phony and sham selection (not election) by the illegitimate Islamic regime in the land of Iran. We are... More
June 15, 2005
Gutless wonders
Dave St. John
Months ago, as the war in Iraq spooled up and we poured men and equipment into the breach, those on the left compared this conflict with the war we fought in Vietnam. Somehow, the war in Vietnam had become the... More
June 15, 2005
Fathers keep society safe
Christopher Chantrill
For the last couple of weeks, lefties in Britain have been leaping to the defense of the three teenaged sisters, aged 16, 14, and 12, who have each recently brought a little bundle of joy into the world. These brand—new single... More
June 15, 2005
The McCain gambit
Richard Baehr
Just as Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman is the Republicans' favorite Democrat (now that Zell Miller is retired from the Senate), Arizona Senator John McCain is the Democrats' favorite Republican. McCain's selective opposition to domestic policy initiatives of the Bush administration and... More
June 14, 2005
America , Jews and the Euro-Constitution
Jonah Avriel Cohen
Europeans, on both the Left and Right, are virtually unanimous in the conviction that, of all the blunders the Yanks have committed, America's 'blind' support for democratic Israel is the worst. So what, then, are Jews and Americans to make... More
June 14, 2005
Dean and the Clintons
Christopher G. Adamo
Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey (who, for the record, never claimed he spent Christmas in Cambodia) once called Bill Clinton 'an unusually good liar.' Unfortunately, American culture has degenerated to such a point that this statement, coming as it did from... More
June 11, 2005
Ronald Reagan, remembered
J. James Estrada
One year ago today, June 11th, 2004, Ron Reagan, Jr. spoke these words at his father's memorial service in California: 'Dad never wore his religion on his sleeve, and never felt he had a mandate from God, unlike some other... More
June 10, 2005
Bush's summit meeting with South Korea
Alex Powell
President Bush is scheduled to meet with South Korea's President Roh Moo—hyun today to patch up the cracks that have appeared in the 53+ year—old alliance. 'The future of the alliance may well be at stake,' Charles L. Pritchard, now visiting fellow... More
June 09, 2005
Lessons old and new
Steve Feinstein
Winston Churchill once remarked, 'In war, nothing ever goes according to plan except occasionally, and then by accident.' One of history's best examples of this is the near—disastrous USAAF air raid against the German—run oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania on... More
June 08, 2005
Airbus hits turbulence
Thomas Lifson
Europe, as a potential superpower rival to America, is reeling in the wake of voter rejection of its constitution in France and Holland. Speculation abounds that Italy and even Germany may abandon the euro as currency. Now Airbus, the flagship for Europe's... More
June 08, 2005
Barbarian invasions
Timothy Birdnow
The word "barbarian" comes from the ancient Greek, and originally meant a person or peoples who spoke a foreign tongue. The Greeks considered a barbarian to be an alien or outsider, one who was not of their language or culture. ... More
June 08, 2005
Iraq's Jihad: Past as Prologue
Andrew G. Bostom
We are now in the middle of a full—blown Jihad, that is to say we have against us the fiercest prejudices of a people in a primeval state of civilization. Gertrude Bell, Baghdad, Iraq, September 5, 1920 The carnage in... More
June 07, 2005
Ronald Reagan and the Opening Salvos in the War on Terror
James A. Leggette and Michael W. Funk
We must all work to stamp out the scourge of terrorism that in the Middle East makes war an ever—present threat. — Ronald Reagan The primary foreign policy focus of Ronald Reagan's Presidency was confronting and ultimately defeating the Soviet... More
June 07, 2005
Sour grapes
Bob Weir
Last week, members of a Dallas area chapter of Moveon.org carried a petition containing about 700 names to 26th District Congressman Michael Burgess's office. The purpose was to urge the conservative Republican to work against Tom Delay, the House Majority... More
June 07, 2005
Crisis of legitimacy for the mullahs
Amil Imani
In recent years, the US State Department has called the Islamic Republic of Iran the world's "most active state sponsor of terrorism." The Islamic Republic has been in a state of war with the world since its inception 26 years... More
June 06, 2005
The Arab constituency in Israel
Thomas Lifson and Ed Lasky
Quietly, almost without notice overseas, Arabs have become the biggest single constituent group in Israel's Labor Party. The party of David Ben Gurion, Golda Meir, Moshe Dyan, Abba Eban, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Ehud Barak now finds that Israeli... More
June 06, 2005
Is the enemy winning?
Rick Moran
They've had the stuffing bombed out of them in Afghanistan. They've had their financial resources revealed and weeded out, their money men arrested and thrown in jail, their supporters and enablers cowed by a law enforcement effort involving upward of... More
June 06, 2005
Euro-Paradise Lost
Christopher Chantrill
In the wake of the French 'Non!' and Dutch 'Nee!' to the EU constitution, every scribbler is beside himself. It's the end of the European project, the end of the Euro, and the end of the 'social model.' It's the... More
June 05, 2005
Amnesty International and atrocity
Jack Kemp
I'm confused. The left, in the personage of Amnesty International, is claiming that the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is as bad as the old Soviet Gulag camps. They called it "the gulag of our time." Notice that they artfully avoid... More
June 05, 2005
Unfinished business in Iran
Stefania Lapenna
On Saturday May 4th, the Associated Press quoted a source from U.S. intelligence and foreign allies who avowed havingg enough evidence to prove that several top Al Qaeda operatives are hiding in Iran — with the complicity of the Iranian government. If... More
June 04, 2005
Venezuela's war message to the Caribbean
A.M. Mora y Leon
It was hard to not sense something was gravely wrong when Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez announced he would put his Caribbean oil headquarters in Havana, Cuba, a city of absolutely no economic significance, in fact, of no actual economy. Havana's... More
June 04, 2005
Kennedy–Nixon
Andrew Sumereau
Even with all the discussion of media bias since the dawn of the cable revolution and the intense media scrutiny offered by the explosive growth of the blogosphere, the essential story of media bias is still best revealed by a... More
June 04, 2005
Tech note: desktop searching part deux
Dennis Sevakis
'MSN Search Toolbar' web & desktop searching Way back on 21 May, which must surely be the techie equivalent of the stone age given the rapid and inexorable progress of science and its application — after all, how many new models... More
June 03, 2005
Russia's nuclear deception
Douglas Hanson
Iran's long march to develop nuclear weapons continues behind the facade of so—called negotiations with the European—3 (France, Britain, and Germany) and with Russia. How anyone could consider this bunch as having any ability to restrain the mullahs is beyond... More
June 03, 2005
McCain's delusion: The rebirth of 'moderate' dominance
Christopher G. Adamo
Despite continuing outrage among conservatives over last week's sellout of Senate Republicans by seven 'moderates' in their midst, it is clear that Arizona Senator John McCain, the apparent leader of the effort, presumes himself to be a big winner. While... More
June 03, 2005
Democracy spreads: It's Bush's fault
Slater Bakhtavar
'When the people realize they have the power to expose the deceit underlying a government prone to repression, it is the beginning of that regime's end,' — Peter Ackerman, The Boston Globe A resilient, yet experimental venture by the Bush Administration... More
June 02, 2005
Religion: is it wrong to be right?
Bob Weir
Weir Thinking About It Remember when you were a child and were always asking your parents for things? You wanted more toys, more ice cream, and more rides on the Merry—go—round. If it weren't for your parents you'd have buried yourself... More
June 02, 2005
Another Clinton legacy
Douglas Hanson
The Army has been deliberately flouting the legislated ban on women in direct combat roles, causing considerable anger among some in Congress. The controversy came to a head last week, with Congressional Republicans backing down from enacting a measure to freeze the... More
June 02, 2005
EU to voters: Drop dead!
James Lewis
For half a century the ruling class of Europe has owned the project of European unification. Nobody bothered to ask the voters. But now they have made a mistake. Purely as a gesture, France, Holland and Britain scheduled popular referenda... More
June 01, 2005
Hoover's guy, Mark Felt
Thomas Lifson
I am confused by the liberal media. Until yesterday's revelation that Mark Felt was Deep Throat, I was pretty sure that liberals disapproved when a top official of the FBI gathered information from the Bureau's formidable investigative apparatus, and then... More
June 01, 2005
China's manifest destiny
Frederick W. Stakelbeck, Jr.
Legendary scenes of determined settlers bravely moving west in a journey to fulfill America's 'manifest destiny' are being quietly resurrected. Only this time, Chinese migrants, not American settlers, are driving west into the cold, forbidding environment of the Russian Far... More
June 01, 2005
The FBI's investigation of AIPAC
Rachel Neuwirth
The extremely comfortable and secure American Jewish community is totally unaware of the deadly peril that is even now threatening the security that it takes for granted. But in the near future, this peril will become too visible and immediate... More
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