Articles
August 31, 2005
Israeli settlements, withdrawal and peace
Benay Katz
On Monday August 22, 2005, the settlement called Kadim ceased to exist. Established in 1984 in north central Samaria, it was within walking distance to Jenin, a hotbed of Palestinian terrorism. This West Bank community was originally home to forty—two... More
August 31, 2005
The roots of root causes
Donald Baker
Last week I watched a History Channel program that dealt with the Viking invasions of Europe. It occurred to me that one of our main problems in responding to the Muslim menace is rooted in the sorry Judeo—Christian miasma of... More
August 31, 2005
The compact of civil society
Rick Moran
Hour by torturous hour, the news grows ever grimmer. An event unlike any other in modern industrialized history is taking place right before our eyes. The stories of individual heroism and mob cowardice are obscuring the real story — a... More
August 30, 2005
The case against Darwin
Timothy Birdnow
[Editor's note: Questioning Darwin's explanation for the origins of life has become a taboo in many quarters, the supposed mark of what the San Francisco Chronicle sneeringly calls "the caveman club." Intelligent Design Theory, with its origins in pagan classical Greek... More
August 30, 2005
We could lose everything
Jonathan David Carson
We must, it is said, 'win the battle of ideas' with the terrorists. In the minds of many people, this equates to 'winning the hearts and minds' of Muslims, which in turn equates to doing what they want. The first... More
August 30, 2005
The triumph of the Iraqi Constitution
James Lewis
Surprise! The Washington Post is "disappointed" by the Constitution just drafted by the elected Iraqi Constitutional Assembly. The Arab League is tisk—tisking, but all its members are despotic criminocracies, so that doesn't mean a lot. And our friends the Europeans... More
August 29, 2005
The Company of anonymous heroes
John B. Dwyer
On November 14, 2004 Colonel James H. Coffman accompanied the 3rd Battalion, 1st Iraqi Special Police Commando Brigade as it moved quickly to help out another of its platoons under attack in a Mosul police station. Major General Adnan Thebit's... More
August 29, 2005
What is education for?
Christopher Chantrill
Here we are at back—to—school time, and all across the nation colleges are prodding our children into freshman orientation. Today, of course, that means catechizing the young into the religion of 'anti—racism.' And instead of inducting our kids into the... More
August 29, 2005
Professor Krugman should have his tenure revoked
Noel Sheppard
Fresh from his ground—breaking performance on ABC's This Week last Sunday, New York Times economic fiction—writer, Paul Krugman, has penned an op—ed filled with more insipid economic distortions than most people can take with their morning coffee. In this most recent... More
August 28, 2005
Muhammad and Jesus against Satan
James Arlandson
Few people know that Muhammad says in the Quran that he takes refuge in Allah from evil witches who cast spells. Few people know that early reliable Islamic sources reveal that before Muhammad's ministry went public in Mecca, he nearly... More
August 27, 2005
Eulogy to my father
Clarice Feldman
No one knows another's life. Certainly no child really knows all there is of a father's. But in broad strokes I will try to tell the things which I knew were meaningful to my father. He was born in a small... More
August 27, 2005
Camp Arnold
Matt May
NEW YORK (Nov. 20, 1776) — The grieving mother of an American soldier killed in action during the recent failed defense of Fort Washington is demanding an audience with Gen. George Washington. 'George is the biggest butcher on the face... More
August 27, 2005
China's hidden weaknesses
Brian Schwarz
In recent months the mainstream media has been overflowing with articles discussing the economic threat that China poses to the global economy in industries ranging from textiles to autos. In response to these anxieties and fears, many politicians on both... More
August 26, 2005
Intelligent design redux
Paul Shlichta
Most of the responses I received about my recent article on intelligent design were frankly too irrational to deserve a reply. However, several of them did seem to indicate that I had failed to explicitly state my rationale for regarding... More
August 26, 2005
ID: What's it all about, Darwin?
Dennis Sevakis
My mother says she is a Darwinist. I'm not sure of all the things that could or should imply. I take it to mean the she does not believe that the Cosmos and all that it contains is the result... More
August 26, 2005
More Krugman lies: the Great Unraveling continues
Richard Baehr
Paul Krugman, provides a small correction box at the bottom of his column today in the New York Times, to deal with some of his multitude of errors in his two recent columns on the Florida election controversy in 2000, and... More
August 25, 2005
Shilling for a nuclear Iran
Douglas Hanson
The deception of the mainstream media concerning the military capabilities of our enemies continues unabated. Washington Post staff writer Dafna Linzer has teamed with a mysterious group of scientists hired by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to write a ludicrous... More
August 25, 2005
Intelligent design vs. the black slab
Paul Shlichta
A humorist once responded to a rebuke of his puns by saying 'I don't know if puns are the 'lowest form of humor', but I'm sure that the disparagement of puns is the lowest form of criticism.' In the same... More
August 24, 2005
Why does our media seem to support our enemies?
Noel Sheppard
A front—page story concerning Iran in Tuesday's Washington Post was clearly intended to thwart American efforts preventing that country from obtaining nuclear weapons, as well as to embarrass the Bush administration with more implications of faulty intelligence. In an article... More
August 24, 2005
Cindy and the Pacifrauds
James Lewis
Samuel Johnson famously said that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, and he was right ——— in 1775. But that was long before the rise of the Left. Today, patriotism is treated with contempt. If Dr. Johnson were... More
August 24, 2005
The War is now a three-way split
Herbert E. Meyer
From the moment President Bush set his war policy after the 9—11 attacks, our country has been divided into two factions. The first faction supports the President because it believes he's doing the right thing, while the second faction opposes... More
August 23, 2005
More baloney from Krugman
Richard Baehr
Paul Krugman, tries to respond today to withering attacks on his column from last Friday in which he declared that a full statewide manual recount would have given Al Gore the victory in Florida in 2000. Somebody at the New... More
August 23, 2005
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, The Pan Islamic Leader?
Eric Schwappach
It was recently reported that Islam will be the main source of Iraq's law and her parliament will observe religious principles. Parliament will also be restricted from passing laws that contradict Islamic ideals. This news will not be greeted well by... More
August 23, 2005
The Postmodern New York Times
Diana Muir
The New York Times has apparently abandoned all pretense of representingfacts and events without editorial bias, at least when it comes toarchaeology. Consider this story about the capital of an ancient kingdom, a citywhere the king lived in a palace... More
August 23, 2005
Democrats and Deep Vote fraud
Selwyn Duke
I was contacted recently by a source (who wishes to remain anonymous) who is a local Washington, D.C. community leader and who has 'done some computer work for several candidates over the years in DC.' He is also a man... More
August 22, 2005
Blame Bush for Merck's Vioxx
Noel Sheppard
First it was nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. Then he was AWOL. After that came Plamegate. So, what pray tell will be the next left—wing attack on our president? Potentially, the manner in which the Vioxx story was covered this... More
August 22, 2005
Sharon's Gaza maneuver
Douglas Hanson
The withdrawal of Israeli settlements from the Gaza strip is proceeding as well as could be hoped given the circumstances. Most Americans cannot even imagine the trauma of having their families uprooted and sent elsewhere, so many have seen it... More
August 22, 2005
It's Official: Leftist-Islamist Alliance against the West
Christopher Chantrill
So the hard left and the Islamists have established a coordinating committee, according to Douglas Davis of the London Spectator. In Britain the steering committee of the Marxist—Islamist alliance consists of 33 members — 18 from myriad hard—Left groups, three... More
August 21, 2005
Email dialogue
James Arlandson
I have been getting a somewhat steady flow of emails from Muslims critics, and sometimes they are impolite and abusive—and in some ways this is understandable. They are angry. They just read an article that critically examines their religion. Anger... More
August 21, 2005
America has always found its heroes
Bob Weir
Cindy Sheehan began as one of many grieving parents who lost sons and daughters in the Iraq War. Her grief has now been vaulted onto the national stage because of her determination to force President Bush to meet with her,... More
August 21, 2005
Closing ranks
Paul Shlichta
A bereaved mother of a murdered son has a right to her grief and anger and may even be excused for a certain degree of confusion. The only thing wrong with Cindy Sheehan's vigil is that it's in the wrong... More
August 20, 2005
Krugman's Big Lie
Richard Baehr
Paul Krugman, the former Enron advisor, New York Times op ed columnist, and presumably in his spare time, 'educator' at Princeton, has made a habit of distortion, and half truths in his twice—weekly columns in the 'paper of record.' Several... More
August 20, 2005
Islam Without Camouflage
Andrew G. Bostom
A review of Robert Spencer's, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades, Regnery Publishing, Washington, D.C., 2005, 270 pp. Through the first six decades of the 20th century, a cadre of erudite Christian theologians and scholars wrote illuminating,... More
August 19, 2005
A Future All-Star
Steve Feinstein
One of the secrets to the long—term fortunes of any successful sports franchise is that they consistently develop new home—grown talent from within their organization. While teams can and do achieve momentary triumph by acquiring a high—priced free agent on... More
August 19, 2005
China and the Concept of Global Strategic Positioning (GSP)
Frederick W. Stakelbeck, Jr.
China is taking careful, deliberate and well—coordinated action on a global scale to advance relations with strategically positioned countries possessing both the natural resources and influence to support its ascension in the international community. To accelerate the growth of its... More
August 19, 2005
I tipped
Dennis Sevakis
Today, I tipped. Today I've reached my personal tipping point regarding America's efforts in Iraq. We must either dramatically increase the size and aggressiveness of our presence in Iraq, or. . . get the hell out. I say this not as... More
August 19, 2005
The not-so-golden age of Islamic philosophy
Jonathan David Carson
In 'Christianity and Islam,' a chapter of The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity, Jeremy Johns says that 'the relationship between Christianity and Islam during the Middle Ages is usually seen, in the West, in terms of military conflict, and, in... More
August 18, 2005
The Balkan terrorist connection
Douglas Hanson
The revelations concerning the previous administration's efforts to subvert our anti—terror operations are confirming the worst suspicions of some critics branded as Clinton—haters or conspiracy theorists. Now comes a report from The Cybercast News Service (CNS) that confirms the Clinton... More
August 18, 2005
A broken confirmation process
Christopher G. Adamo
While many conservatives still hold out hope that President Bush will reverse the abominable condition of the nation's courts, prospects look increasingly bleak. Sadly, the situation appears to be locked in its despicable state, not merely because of the autocratic... More
August 18, 2005
Managing the news for Hillary's sake
Noel Sheppard
One hot and humid weekend this past July, America's leading Democrats —— including some of the early favorites for that party's 2008 presidential nomination such as Senator Hillary Clinton (D—NY), Senator Evan Bayh (D—IN), Governor Tom Vilsack (D—IA), and Governor... More
August 17, 2005
Global democratization: the unasked questions
Lawrence Auster
Now that the democratization of Iraq has led to a constitution based on the totalitarian sharia law, perhaps President Bush and his advisors can better understand the truth enunciated by Norman Davies in his 1996 book, Europe, A History: Hitler's... More
August 17, 2005
Use the oil weapon against Iranian nukes
Ed Lasky
As Iran continues its program to develop nuclear weapons in the face of unrelenting appeasement by many Western nations and a feckless International Atomic Energy Agency, various proposals have been presented by 'experts.' Most of these ideas have a fatal... More
August 17, 2005
Conservative Lament
Andrew Sumereau
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' Coming of age politically during the Reagan Revolution, the present leadership of the Republican Party fought the good fight in successfully overcoming the vast inertia of 20th Century... More
August 16, 2005
Israel: The warning shot option
James Lewis
"Iran may now have its Stalin," wrote Niall Fergusan in the Sunday Telegraph of London this week.He is right. The new Stalinist President was "elected" with the active support of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who evidently thought that the... More
August 16, 2005
Why I write hard-hitting articles on Islam
James Arlandson
I've been writing hard—hitting (but fact—based) articles on Islam for a while now, and I just finished a series of articles on sharia or Islamic law, culminating in a top ten list. Maybe a few readers wonder why I bother to... More
August 16, 2005
No more self-flagellation on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
James Chen
Now that our annual self—flagellation over Hiroshima and Nagasaki is over, we Americans owe it to ourselves to look back at the wartime events leading up to the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. For 60 years, opponents of President... More
August 15, 2005
The Trouble with Unions
Christopher Chantrill
The American labor union movement has split again. Led by Andy Stern, the leader of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a rump of private sector unions has split off from the AFL—CIO, the convocation of all American unions. Stern... More
August 15, 2005
Make DARN SURE you put the bad news on the front page!
Noel Sheppard
So, have you noticed that gas prices are heading higher? The San Francisco Chronicle certainly has. In fact, after reading this Sunday's front—page article on the subject, as well a business section cover story on the same issue, one gets the... More
August 15, 2005
All over except for the shouting
Richard Baehr
For the second time in just a few weeks, the left has badly overshot in an attempt to smear Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. The two attempts reflect panic over what has from the beginning appeared to be an easy... More
August 14, 2005
Disabling Able Danger
Dave St. John
There's an old axiom in military circles that states that the first reports that stream in from the field regarding a significant event do not always present the facts as accurately as will a more in—depth evaluation conducted later on. ... More
August 13, 2005
A Useful Death
Russ Vaughn
A mother's anguish turns to ire, Her liquid tears to spears of fire, A useful fool for the liberal Left, All hatred now, no more bereft. The honor which her son embraced, Is now dishonored, now disgraced, As his mother... More
August 13, 2005
Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies
James Arlandson
Traditional Muslims who understand the Quran and the hadith believe that sharia (Islamic law) expresses the highest and best goals for all societies. It is the will of Allah. But is Islam just in its laws that Muhammad himself practiced... More
August 12, 2005
The untold story behind The Great Raid
John B. Dwyer
The Miramax Studios version of an epic World War Two POW rescue mission, The Great Raid, opens today. Five hundred thirteen American prisoners—of—war, including survivors of the Bataan death march, were being held at a place called Cabanatuan on Luzon... More
August 12, 2005
The Great Raid
Thomas Lifson
I really wanted to like The Great Raid. As soon as the television ad campaign began almost two weeks ago, my appetite was whetted. There are a lot of us who are hungry to see the exploits of our military heroes,... More
August 12, 2005
Intellectuals Against Divine Intellect
George Neumayr
No group is more opposed to the idea of intellect behind nature than "intellectuals." The absence of intelligence in the universe —— save the intelligence they find abundantly in themselves and search for eagerly in space —— is a Darwinian... More
August 11, 2005
The Grieving Activist
Selwyn Duke
Cindy Sheehan's son fought under our Commander—in—Chief. Cindy Sheehan fights against him. Cindy Sheehan's son was killed on the front lines. Cindy Sheehan is pushed to the front because she toes the liberal line. We aren't supposed to fight against Cindy... More
August 11, 2005
Too many casualties
Mike McGill
Before I get into this, let me provide a little background. I am a former Marine and served on active duty in a Reconnaissance outfit for several years. I am quite familiar with small unit infantry tactics, MOUT (Military Operations... More
August 11, 2005
No heroes in Iraq?
Dave St. John
The absence of recognized and celebrated heroes whose names should have become household words by now in this war is palpable... and shameful. No one knows what to do with them, I guess. We send them there and then some... More
August 10, 2005
Gaza: Appeasement Redux
Christopher G. Adamo
Among history's most repugnant episodes of multinational capitulation was the cowardly and reprehensible manner in which France, Poland, and England forced Czechoslovakia in 1938 to accede to Hitler's demands to seize the Sudetenland, a horseshoe shaped region surrounding that nation's... More
August 10, 2005
Economic disconnect is all in the reporting
Noel Sheppard
For almost two years since the current economic expansion began to really pick up steam, impartial economists worldwide have been wondering why so many Americans seem to not believe that a recovery is even transpiring. Unfortunately, the cover—story of the... More
August 10, 2005
Troubled thoughts on the War on Terror
Steven M. Warshawsky
The headline on last Thursday's New York Sun read: 'Grim Reminder of War as 14 U.S. Marines Die in Roadside Explosion.' The New York Daily News simply declared: 'Hell Day.' Surprisingly, the New York Times headline was the least evocative: ... More
August 9, 2005
Who's really stealing elections?
Selwyn Duke
As you may know, those big, bad, wascally Republicans have long been stealing elections with a sleight—of—hand that would do Boss Tweed proud. It has gotten so bad that George Bush actually vanquished profoundly intellectual, eminently virtuous, truly great Americans... More
August 9, 2005
Space exploration begins at home
Paul Shlichta
Despite Discovery's successful landing this morning —— and despite brilliant recent successes with the Mars rover and comet impact missions —— the prevalent mood at NASA headquarters this morning may well be frustration. It's as if a vaudeville acrobat were to risk... More
August 9, 2005
Politics and housing prices
Thomas Lifson
High housing prices make people blue. Not just the young first—time home—buyers stunned at what a starter house or condo costs, or the families scrimping to pay an oversized variable—interest mortgage. There is very substantial statistical evidence and logic supporting... More
August 8, 2005
Prince William and the Two Nations
Christopher Chantrill
After all the tragedy and heartache in London over 7/7, at least there is some good news. Now that Prince William has got his degree at St. Andrews University, he's moving back to London and will set up house with... More
August 8, 2005
How to Read an NIE
Herbert E. Meyer
It looks as though quite a kerfuffle is brewing over the new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) about Iran, which leaked earlier this week and which apparently projects that Iran won't have nuclear weapons for another 10 years. Putting aside for... More
August 8, 2005
The Iran - Russia nuclear pact
Douglas Hanson
Iran has rejected an EU proposal offered on August 6th, a proposed pact that the US and the West hoped would at least place some controls on the mullahs' bid to develop special nuclear material (SNM). The deal essentially provided E—3 (France,... More
August 7, 2005
Ill legal jihad in the Quran and early Islam (2)
James Arlandson
Part One may be read here. Classical legal opinions Sharia is Islamic law embodied in the Quran and the hadith. Fiqh is the science of applying and interpreting sharia, done by qualified judges and legal scholars. Over the first two... More
August 6, 2005
Some tough days for the Corps
Dave St. John
Twenty one Marines have been killed in the past three days. Almost all of them were from the same unit, Third Battalion, 25th Marines, and many of them were from the same town and state. The devastating news of their... More
August 6, 2005
Why Was It My Son Had to Die? - a poem
Russ Vaughn
To the families of the brave Ohio Marines Why was it my son had to die,To preserve some truth? To hide a lie?Why did my country ask of me,To sacrifice my hopes so totally?Why must one home give up so much,Among... More
August 6, 2005
Ill legal jihad in the Quran and early Islam (1)
James Arlandson
[Part two of this article will appear tomorrow]Muslim spokespersons who have access to the news media are misleading the public about jihad.The Council on American Muslim Relations (CAIR ) says the following about jihad at the time this present article... More
August 5, 2005
A new bloc emerges?
Frederick W. Stakelbeck, Jr.
In July, permanent members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) , China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, met in the Kazakh capital of Astana to discuss matters of mutual importance which included trade, energy, security and technology cooperation. A... More
August 5, 2005
Politics and CIA forecasts
James Lewis
The CIA's estimate of Iranian nuke development is "absurd," according to Henry Sokolski, director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, as quoted by the Christian Science Monitor. Sokolski notes that the US developed its nuclear weapons in less than a... More
August 5, 2005
Storm Clouds for the GOP?
Richard Baehr
Newt Gingrich is right, I think, that Republicans should be concerned with the results of the special election for the 2nd district House seat of recently appointed trade representative Rob Portman in the Cincinnati suburbs of Ohio. John Kerry never managed... More
August 4, 2005
Federal funding of embryonic stem cell research
Edward L. Daley
Ever since last Friday, when Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced that he would support loosening restrictions on the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, the mainstream media has become absolutely giddy over the prospect of George W. Bush... More
August 4, 2005
Claiming historical priority for Islam
Thomas Lifson
Did you know that the Greeks and Greek Civilization are actually descended from Arabs? Did you realize that the Greek Language is actually 'of an Arabic origin'? Surely you knew that the rituals, poetry and beauty of Apollo were descended... More
August 4, 2005
Darwin's Compost
George Neumayr
'Bush Remarks On 'Intelligent Design' Theory Fuel Debate,' read a front—page headline on Wednesday's Washington Post. President Bush's hum—drum comment — 'You're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is yes'... More
August 3, 2005
London: Jihadis in your face
James Lewis
In London, one thousand radical Islamists held a rally only 100 yards from the latest bus bombing. Tony Blair was accused of 'lies, lies and damned lies' by the leaders of the Hizb ut—Tahrir Party, which has been banned in... More
August 3, 2005
Mullahs intensify crackdown on Iranian dissidents
Roya Johnson
Forceful statements made recently by the Bush administration denouncing arrest of Iranians protesting the ruling regime in Tehran and demanding the immediate release of political prisoners including that of dissident journalist Akbar Ganji are a welcome move. More, however, is... More
August 3, 2005
Asian Americans and Affirmative Action
James Chen
As a civil rights activist and Republican Cabinet member, Arthur Fletcher had a long and distinguished career as an advisor to Republican Presidents from Richard Nixon to George H.W Bush. Fletcher, who died last month at the age of 80,... More
August 2, 2005
Liberal prof gets conservative over Supreme Court
Christopher Chantrill
There was a time, and it wasn't so long ago, when liberals exuded confidence and panache. They proposed sweeping legislation and their pals on the U.S. Supreme Court confidently used the research results of social scientists to justify sweeping decisions... More
August 2, 2005
CIA vs the White House: the leaks go on
Rick Moran
Reading today's story in the Washington Post by Dafna Linzer about a National Intelligence Estimate of Iran detailing the mad Mullah's progress toward achieving a nuclear weapon, one could be forgiven for thinking that we've been down this road before.... More
August 2, 2005
An Open Memo to the Homeland Security Secretary
Herbert E. Meyer
A few weeks ago, when you announced your long—awaited reorganization of the Department of Homeland Security — including creation of a new Intelligence Division — the general reaction was a great big yawn. But the deadly terrorist attack in London... More
August 1, 2005
The Congressional Peter Principle
Noel Sheppard
Have you ever considered the possibility that Dr. Laurence J. Peter's theory of people rising to their own level of incompetence at their jobs applies to politicians? I have. Especially when I watch Federal Reserve chairmen speak before Congress, and one... More
August 1, 2005
Strategy and Saddam
Douglas Hanson
The strategy of the three US administrations conducting the 15—year war with Iraq has been a remarkably consistent.� Our current and past national leadership established deposing Saddam Hussein as our primary strategic objective, rather than achieving total victory over his... More
August 1, 2005
China's weakness
Thomas Lifson
China's rulers face an ongoing crisis of legitimacy. There is abundant evidence that very substantial discontent exists among its population. We must never forget that China's leadership is frightened not just of losing power, but of the disintegration of China... More
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