Articles
June 30, 2006
Indicting Treason
Vasko Kohlmayer
The New York Times apparently sees nothing wrong with disclosing the existence of two vital national security programs, but deems the non—outing of a non—undercover CIA agent a grievous threat to this nation's survival. So much so that in the... More
June 30, 2006
Media TKO's Kos to Protect Dean and Warner
Noel Sheppard
Over the course of the past few weeks — and much to the delight of many conservative new media journalists — no less than seven major news outlets have published rather derogatory articles about Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, the highly—successful proprietor... More
June 30, 2006
The Madness of Hamdan
J. Peter Mulhern
For decades presidents of both parties have failed to take action as the attacks on our way of life have grown ever more outrageous. Presidential passivity makes the perpetrators bolder and more dangerous. It also atrophies our capacity to change... More
June 29, 2006
Talking with Iran
Bill Lalor
This April, as we awaited Iran's official response to the IAEA's April 28th 'deadline' to halt its uranium enrichment, Amir Taheri predicted that the Mullahs might offer 'confidence building measures' — namely, a temporary suspension of the enrichment process —... More
June 29, 2006
Gore's Grave New World
Marc Sheppard
Imagine, if you can, a modern society in which scientists positing theories contrary to those accepted by agents of the government are declared heretics and swiftly punished. Ray Bradbury imagined one in his novel Fahrenheit 451, as did Pierre Boulle... More
June 29, 2006
Boeing, Airbus, Aeroflot and the Aerospace Industry
Scott W. Palmer
On May 31st, the U.S. airplane manufacturer Boeing upped the ante in its high—stakes competition with European rival Airbus to secure a $3 billion tendering contract for the construction of 22 passenger aircraft for the Russian airline Aeroflot. In a... More
June 28, 2006
The Aftermath of the Kelo Ruling
Janet Levy
One year ago, on June 23, 2005, the United States Supreme Court opened the floodgates for the abuse of eminent domain by state and local authorities with its Kelo v. City of New London decision. That decision held that private... More
June 28, 2006
Saddam's WMD: Discovery and Denial
Douglas Hanson
Last week, Senator Rick Santorum and Rep. Pete Hoekstra revealed declassified portions of a report by the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) that said Coalition forces in Iraq have recovered several hundred munitions containing degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent. ... More
June 28, 2006
The Trouble with George W.
J. Peter Mulhern
George W. Bush is an inside—the—box guy fated to grapple with an outside—the—box world. That, in a nutshell, is the source of all the political problems that have hobbled his presidency. President Bush isn't likely to change enough to execute... More
June 27, 2006
Gore's Global Warming Snow Job
Marc Sheppard
Phineas Taylor Barnum, the greatest 19th Century showman and huckster, taught the world that by craftily combining equal parts entertainment, science and sensationalism, our natural sense of wonder and curiosity can be exploited to convince the gullible masses of almost... More
June 27, 2006
Speak Progressive, But Win Conservative Reforms
Christopher Chantrill
Whether we like it or not, "we live in a progressive world," writes Jonah Goldberg in National Review. He means that when conservatives go into the public square they must use the language of progressivism. In debates on public policy,... More
June 27, 2006
Airbus Agonistes
Thomas Lifson
Airbus, the European champion of the cause of state—directed enterprise, is in crisis. Even French President Jacques Chirac has been forced to acknowledge "management problems" at Airbus' parent EADS, which is partially owned by the French State. Going into the... More
June 26, 2006
Courting Terror in Britain
Vasko Kohlmayer
There is an important trial underway in London which is getting very little media attention. On the stand are seven Muslims accused of plotting a series of terrorist attacks ranging from poisoning the water supply to crashing a British Airways... More
June 26, 2006
The New York Times on a Swift Boat to Court?
Noel Sheppard
In today's terror—stricken world, which is more vital to the public's interest: being safe, or being informed? This very question has come before the management of the New York Times twice in the past six months. On both occasions, even... More
June 26, 2006
Vigilantes in Baghdad
J.R. Dunn
Recent reports from Baghdad have made passing mention of the appearance of vigilantes in some of the city's neighborhoods. Streets have been blockaded by residents, and only individuals with legitimate business are allowed in. Unofficial curfews have been set, with... More
June 25, 2006
Dialogue with a Saudi Muslim (4)
James Arlandson and Soliman albuthe
See: Part One; Part Two; Part Three. Soliman al—Buthe (or al—Buthi) wrote an Open Letter to Congress in 2005. Then he initiated a dialogue with me, so we decided on this sequence. 1. In 2005, I commented and asked... More
June 25, 2006
Why Americans Don't Like Soccer
Steven M. Warshawsky
Despite decades of strenuous efforts to promote soccer to American youth and sports fans, and despite the phenomenal success of the American women's soccer team in international competition, soccer remains the neglected stepchild of the American sports scene. Indeed, when... More
June 24, 2006
Honoring Just Warriors
Randall Smith
Three squadrons of American Marines are picking their way carefully down a Baghdad street, headed for a meeting with the mayor. The warriors are anxious because attacks in that area have been frequent, and they know that today would be... More
June 24, 2006
Attorney General Gonzales: Indict the New York Times
William Lalor
Within days of the September 11th attacks, the head of Reuters' worldwide news division, explaining the agency's refusal to use the word 'terrorist,' made the famous fatuous remark that 'one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.' Reuters, it seemed, wouldn't... More
June 24, 2006
It's Fish or Cut Bait Time, Mr. Attorney General
Clarice Feldman
In March, Gabriel Schoenfeld wrote a brilliant piece in Commentary in which he argued that the New York Times revelations about the NSA program warranted prosecution under Section 798 of Title 18, the so—called Comint statute. In the article he details... More
June 24, 2006
Why the BBC Hates Lady Thatcher
James Lewis
If you wonder why the Left hates America, take a look at a closely related question in Britain, as asked by journalist Simon Heffer in a column in the UK Telegraph. His question sounds different, but you will see that... More
June 23, 2006
Iran and the World Cup
Stefania Lapenna
Germany escaped an awkward situation thanks to Iran's World Cup tournament defeat last Saturday by Portugal, and its elimination from championship competition. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats against Israel and his open Holocaust denial prompted some Western countries and Jewish groups, such... More
June 23, 2006
Colombians Support Democracy
Ari Kaufman
When the citizens of Colombia went to the polls on May 28 and exercised their civic duty in astutely re—electing Alvaro Uribe with 62% of the vote in a three way contest, the United States was joined by Colombia in... More
June 23, 2006
The New Media is Starting to Look Old
Rick Moran
There are many observers of the New Media who believe that blogs or other on—line communities will one day replace the mainstream media as the best way to transmit news and information to the American public. The rationale behind this... More
June 22, 2006
Buried Successes
John B. Dwyer
'The evil that men do lives after them, / The good is oft interred with their bones,' wrote Shakespeare in Julius Caesar. For the media reporting on Iraq it has been a matter of headlining the efforts of maleficent terrorists and... More
June 22, 2006
The Deflating Democrats
Noel Sheppard
Have you heard that strange sound at night lately? No, it's not cicadas. That's the Democrat bubble deflating, a phenomenon that recurs more frequently than every seventeen years, and sounds like this: Pssssssssssssssssss. The Democrat bubble gets almost no press... More
June 22, 2006
Airbus Roils French Politics
Thomas Lifson
Aircraft manufacturers regularly conduct stress testing of the vital components and systems of their new airplanes, to make certain they can withstand the forces that will come with actual use. Lately, the troubles of Airbus have been applying a stress... More
June 21, 2006
Awakening a Sleeping Giant
Frederick J. Chiaventone
If in the case of Iraq there has been any lessening of resolve among the American electorate, and to read the newspapers and listen to a great many television pundits one might certainly think there has, the events of the... More
June 21, 2006
Charity in Entitlement Era: Speaking Truth to Paupers
anonymous
I've returned from a trip to a southern coastal city battered by Hurricane Katrina. It is my third trip as part of my church's effort to help those who were wiped out and have no means to get back on... More
June 21, 2006
The Beltway Replays the Vietnam War
Douglas Hanson
One would think that a global war against terror and the nations that support it would re—focus both our military priorities and the US federal budget to attain victory. But one would be wrong. The unhinged anti—war behavior of both... More
June 20, 2006
Darfur as a Cause for the Left
Paul Miller
Last month rallies were held nationwide to end the genocide in Darfur. Every decent human being on the planet wants to see an end to the holocaust occurring in the Sudan. As always, ignoring the problem and politics has taken... More
June 20, 2006
Never Again?
Ophir Chador
'Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations . . . The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide . . . is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.' The... More
June 20, 2006
North Korea Rattles the Cage
Thomas Lifson
The important thing to keep in mind about analyses of North Korea's behavior is William Goldman's famous dictum about producing hits in Hollywood: nobody knows anything. Until Madeleine Albright made her journey to Pyongyang in 2000, paying court to Kim... More
June 19, 2006
Republicans celebrate Juneteenth, the end of Slavery
Michael Zak
To this day, Republicans owe their sometimes muddled message and inability to campaign effectively against the Democratic Party to their ignorance about the Reconstruction era. What they think they know is very much the product of history books written by... More
June 19, 2006
The Democrats' Drive-by Politics for 2006
Christopher Chantrill
What a surprise. The Democrats' New Direction for America pdf, their blueprint for capturing control of Congress this Fall, turns out not to be the call to arms, the Democratic Contract with America we were promised, but a bland reassurance to their... More
June 19, 2006
Is Al-Jazeera Less Biased Than The New York Times?
Noel Sheppard
If there were great news out of Iraq, which media outlet would be the least likely to report it? a. An anti—American news network from Qatar b. A terrorist—run television station in Lebanon c. The New York Times d. The Washington Post If you... More
June 18, 2006
A Very Dark Horse
Matt May
With the 2008 presidential primaries well over a year away, John Cox of Illinois is already striding the landscapes of New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina in an effort to generate attention and support for his campaign for the White House.... More
June 18, 2006
The Coming Muslim Takeover of Europe
Andre Zantonavitch
(Book review of While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West From Within, by Bruce Bawer; published February of 2006; 237 pages; $23.95) This stunner of a book about Continental Islam has two main themes. The first... More
June 18, 2006
Bienvenidos America!
Dennis Sevakis
Twenty years have come and gone since the passage of IRCA — The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. If legislation is to be judged by the successful implementation of its title, then IRCA should probably be considered an... More
June 17, 2006
Dialogue with a Saudi Muslim (3)
James Arlandson and Soliman albuthe
[James Arlandson has been enagged in a frank and mututally respectful dialogue with a Saudi Muslim religious authority, Mr. Soliman al—Buthe (aka AlBut'hi), prompted by an Open Letter to Congress Mr. al—Buthe wrote. Part One has a brief Introduction, and Part... More
June 17, 2006
Have the Presbyterians Lost Their Conscience?
Brigitte Gabriel
The Israeli/Palestinian conflict continues to be played out on the world stage of politics in a theater of highly charged emotions influencing public opinion. In the latest act the world has suddenly realized that western civilization is now fighting the... More
June 17, 2006
What Men Want: Women Who Want Them
Nicole Russell
About this time of year, amid summer vacations and grilling hot dogs, the talk once again turns to dads. Father's Day is tomorrow. Columnists feverishly exclaim the need for dads to be active in their kids' lives, citing the effectiveness of... More
June 16, 2006
Divest Hate
Jerry Gordon
On June 14th a doughty band of Israel divestment protesters organized by StandWithUs and the American Jewish Congress stood outside the Northern Trust building in Chicago, rebutting another group of Israel divestment advocates at the annual shareholder meeting of The... More
June 16, 2006
The big difference between Vietnam and Iraq
Greg Richards
A couple of days ago Senator Kerry clarified his position on the Iraq War. At the Democrats' Take Back America strategy conference, in Washington, he said that his vote for the war was a mistake and that we should bring... More
June 16, 2006
Hamdaniya: the Real Outrage
Clarice Feldman
There is almost an epidemic of incidents in which�American military forces are accused of atrocities in Iraq, and virtually tried and convicted in the media before the evidence is heard, based on shaadowy and inconsistent sources. Even worse, some politicians... More
June 15, 2006
Ann Coulter Hurts the Cause
J.R. Dunn
Let me ask you this: when, prior to last week, was the last time you heard of the Jersey Girls? I can't give a definite answer, which in itself is telling. Not that I was paying any large amount of... More
June 15, 2006
In the Aftermath, Forward Together
John B. Dwyer
The aftermath of Zarqawi's death has seen ongoing follow—on operations, both Baghdad specific and countrywide. In his June 12 press briefing Multi—National Force Iraq spokesman Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell stated that 'in the last 48 hours coalition forces conducted 140... More
June 15, 2006
Moby Jet?
Thomas Lifson
Airbus crashed this week. Not an actual airplane, but the stock price of its parent, EADS, which fell by almost a third yesterday, before recovering and posting a mere 26% loss in a single day, making it down a third... More
June 14, 2006
A Grand Old Flag
Rick Moran
It was the first day at the Battle of Gettysburg and things were not going well for Abe Lincoln's boys in blue. Robert E. Lee's Johnny Rebs had arrived on the battlefield almost behind General Oliver Otis Howard's 11th Corps... More
June 14, 2006
Media Owe Rove an Apology - or at Least a Few Hugs
Noel Sheppard
In America, people are innocent until proven guilty, unless of course they are Republican. No finer example of such legal relativism has occurred in recent memory than the case of President Bush's top advisor, Karl Rove. For months, virtually every... More
June 14, 2006
The Jihadi Network's Fatal Flaw
J.R. Dunn
Almost overlooked in the celebrations surrounding the elimination of Zarqawi is a considerable body of evidence that the Lion of Anbar was seeking to dramatically extend the range of his operations. The day before Zarqawi was at last struck down,... More
June 13, 2006
Foreign Law Fuelling Judicial Activism
Seth Cooper
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld is expected to be handed down this month. The case could quite likely become the most high—profile instance of justices redefining the U.S. Constitution using contemporary foreign law. Hamdan would thereby... More
June 13, 2006
Ann Coulter and the Myth of Liberal Tolerance
Marc Sheppard
In the very first chapter of her 2002 book, Slander: Liberal Lies About The American Right, Ann Coulter exposed the duplicitous character of those who 'demand[ed] campus speech codes, an end to 'intolerance,' and 'hate speech' laws' while continually bearing—down... More
June 13, 2006
Haditha: When a Picture Cannot Tell the Whole Story
Clarice Feldman
I have no inside knowledge of what happened in Haditha, of course, but I can examine media stories for sourcing and quality of reporting. When the reports in Time Magazine and others are subjected to close scrutiny, there is much... More
June 12, 2006
Is It Bush We Are Testing to Destruction?
Christopher Chantrill
The good thing about the reelection of President Bush in 2004, according to Matthew Parris this week in the London Times, is that it gave a chance for the neoconservative project to be tested to destruction. He refers back to... More
June 12, 2006
Media's Conveniently Changing View of Zarqawi
Noel Sheppard
If Osama bin Laden, Ayman al—Zawahiri, and all of al Qaeda's leaders in Iraq and throughout the world laid down their arms and surrendered to American forces, would the media report it as good news? Judging from the press's reaction... More
June 12, 2006
Putin, Iran and the Caucasus
Douglas Hanson
The antique media and the punditry continue to dismiss or ignore the overall geo—strategic picture concerning our stand—off with Iran over the development of nuclear weapons technology.� Largely unnoticed is the US and Coalition's successful�maneuvers to establish an outer cordon... More
June 11, 2006
Celebrating an American Original
Shawn Black
Every June, I am reminded by the life and death of a man who became an Integral part of not only our family, but America as well. On June 11, 1979, America mourned the passing of John Wayne. The life... More
June 11, 2006
Killing Zarqawi
John B. Dwyer
Hibhib lies several miles northwest of Baquba, Iraq, which is about 40 miles north of Baghdad. As the reliable site Iraq the Model tells us 'Most of its people are from the Azzawi tribes,' and it is 'famous for producing... More
June 10, 2006
The Duke Rape Case Travesty
Ari Kaufman
In the days after the alleged rape in Durham, North Carolina occurred, now—infamous District Attorney, Mike Nifong, must have believed he had died and gone to litigators' heaven. There he sat, weeks from a city election, in a town unmatched... More
June 10, 2006
Haditha in Context of History
Vasko Kohlmayer
As the Soviet armies marched across Europe during World War Two, the continent's civilian populations trembled with fear. Justifiably so, since rape, mass executions, looting and pillage were the order of the day. Horrible as it was, the Soviet terror... More
June 9, 2006
Haditha, Just War Theory and the Press
Don Crawford
Leftist media, congressmen, and elitist groups have already committed premature evaluation concerning the role of members of the Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. The left and our drive—by media have already pronounced our troops guilty of murdering 24 men,... More
June 9, 2006
Spinning Their Way to Defeat
Rick Moran
The first reaction that most Americans had to news that the Jordanian born terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi was killed in a precision bombing raid by the United States Air Force yesterday was one of elation mixed with a grim... More
June 9, 2006
Brother to Dragons
J.R. Dunn
Spin — as in media spin, of the kind that we experience too much of — can be used not only to impart a desired meaning; but to deprive an event of any meaning whatsoever, to rob it of the... More
June 9, 2006
Haditha: Is McGirk the New Mary Mapes?
Clarice Feldman
Evidence accumulates of a hoax in Haditha. The weblog Sweetness & Light has done an estimable service gathering together the articles which cast substantial doubt on the charge of a massacre of civilians at Haditha . Because the blog is... More
June 8, 2006
Eye on Somalia
John B. Dwyer
Rapidly unfolding events in Somalia are grabbing more and more media attention. The country of Black Hawk Down now seems poised for a climactic battle in the capital city of Mogadishu between rival militias who have been fighting one another... More
June 8, 2006
Canada's New Attitude
Paul Jackson
One of the first things Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper did after the weekend arrests of 17 suspected Islamic terrorists in Ontario was to pick up the phone and thank President George W. Bush for American assistance in tying the... More
June 8, 2006
Bilbray: The Shot Heard 'Round the Capitol
Noel Sheppard
Did you hear that sound early Wednesday morning? That was millions of Democrats gasping when Brian Bilbray beat Francine Busby for the open House seat vacated by newly imprisoned Randy Cunningham in California's 50th Congressional District. What's that old saying... More
June 7, 2006
I Had a Dream
Herbert E. Meyer
I've read that as you get older, your dreams become less exciting. Not mine. Earlier this evening, after another of my wife's spectacular suppers, I was sitting in my La—Z—Boy —— with my feet up and my hand wrapped around... More
June 7, 2006
The Dutch Adrift
Alvino-Mario Fantini
AMSTERDAM—For the past semester, I've lived above one of this city's notorious hash—and—marijuana coffee shops, on a corner in the this city's famed Red Light district. Legalized drugs and prostitution are generally what Americans think of when they think of Amsterdam, but... More
June 7, 2006
The Haditha Stratagem
J.R. Dunn
We face an Islamist enemy for which no deception, no cruelty, no inhumanity is too low in battling the infidel. I have previously �argued that the Jihadis (among others) were fabricating incidents pointing to American involvement in massacres of Iraqi... More
June 6, 2006
Give 'em More Rope
J.R. Dunn
One thing can be said for Iranians — they've sure come up with a novel method of running a secret nuclear program. The U.S. ran the Manhattan Project (more in hope than execution, it turned out) as one of the... More
June 6, 2006
Why We Can't Deter Iran (because we aren't)
LTC Joseph C. Myers
The Iranian nuclear program crisis is currently presenting the greatest challenge to the national security strategy of the Bush Administration. Strategists, diplomats and policy makers are all hard at work trying to craft a course of action and an international coalition... More
June 6, 2006
Giuliani Time?
Richard Baehr
The rubber chicken circuit can be brutal. So one of the best indicators of how likely it is that a potential candidate will in fact run for national office is how much effort he expends to campaign for his party's... More
June 5, 2006
Oil Is Not the Problem
Timothy Lennon Buckley
John Robinson is the sort of man whose views on matters scientific and environmental must be taken seriously. His conclusions on oil spills, based on long experience, do not comport with environmentalist orthodoxy, to say the least. A member of... More
June 5, 2006
A Case of the Economic Shivers
Christopher Chantrill
The financial markets gave a convulsive shiver a month ago when the Fed raised its Fed Funds rate to 5 percent and allowed as how it might well pause in its monthly quarter—point increase action. 'Oh no you don't!' came... More
June 5, 2006
Deriding Ms. Pelosi to Republican Victory in November
Noel Sheppard
Summer is about to begin, but according to the drive—by media, it is winter for Republicans who almost certainly will lose one chamber of Congress, if not both. In fact, you can't swing a Democrat pollster lately without hitting some... More
June 4, 2006
A Dialogue with a Saudi Muslim (2)
James Arlandson and Soliman albuthe
Part One may be read here. It introduces Mr. Soliman al—Buthe's Open Letter to Congress. James Arlandson responds today. JA: Greetings. I am finally getting back to you after a long time. I have been occupied with posting articles on... More
June 4, 2006
Talk About the Naked City
Bob Weir
It was one of those brisk autumn mornings that make you wish you could stay in bed and soak up some more zee's. My partner and I had just picked up a couple of containers of coffee and were heading... More
June 4, 2006
Dhimmitude and The Doyen
Andrew G. Bostom
Recently, multiple deserving tributes to Bernard Lewis' career as a scholar, and public intellectual, have been written in celebration of this remarkable nonagenarian (see here for example )—the latest by Reuel Gerecht appearing in the Wednesday May 31, 2006 online... More
June 3, 2006
The Coming Muslim Takeover of Europe
Andre Zantonavitch
[Book review of While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West From Within by Bruce Bawer; published February of 2006; 237 pages; $23.95] This stunner of a book about Continental Islam has two main themes. The first is... More
June 3, 2006
Presbyterians Bearing False Witness
Diana Appelbaum
Last October, American soldiers serving in Iraq stripped the dead body of a young man, tied it to the back of a humvee, and dragged it through the city. No such incident ever happened, of course. To publish such... More
June 3, 2006
A Dialogue with a Saudi Muslim (1)
James Arlandson and Soliman albuthe
On April 3, 2005 Mr. Soliman al—Buthe (aka AlBut'hi), a Saudi Wahabi, wrote me a letter in order to open a dialogue. Included was An Open Letter to Congress, in which he explained a gentler and kinder Wahabi movement that... More
June 2, 2006
Islam, Christianity, Classical Civilization, and Modernity
Jonathan David Carson
Western apologists for Islam are wont to say that the Islamic world of a thousand years ago was far advanced of Christendom, militarily, economically, and culturally. This is a curious claim because the implicit standard of judgment is that of... More
June 2, 2006
Al Gore and the Limits of Recycling
Rocco DiPippo
Have you noticed the drive—by media's blossoming love affair with Al Gore? Like so many springtime infatuations, this one is likely to end badly. Faced with polls indicating Hillary's un—electability in 2008, and fearful of her energizing effects on the... More
June 2, 2006
Some Thoughts on Haditha
John B. Dwyer
As the news stories and reports about Haditha pile up, as Judge & Jury Murtha declares that it was cold—blooded murder, and as the worst possible outcome seems to be inevitable, remember: We Don't Know What Really Happened. If the worst... More
June 1, 2006
The Disgraceful Boycott in Britain
James Lewis
One British professor emailed and called it "monstrous." Another wrote that "We live at a time of insane politics." And distinguished retired professor in London writes that "just because we (as also in your country) have dangerous fanatics, please do... More
June 1, 2006
DePaul University Political Correctness Faces Trial
Thomas Lifson and Richard Baehr
Over a year ago we alerted readers to a very significant case involving outrageous abuse in the name of political correctness. Thomas Klocek, who taught at DePaul University for 14 years, was summarily fired for the 'crime' of speaking to the... More
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