Articles

September 30, 2007
President Thompson
J. Peter Mulhern
Conventional wisdom is hardening around the proposition that Fred Dalton Thompson is too lazy, ill-prepared, tired, old, lackluster, inexperienced, inconsistent and bald to make a successful run for President. More

September 30, 2007
Sorry, Fred, I'm Sticking With Rudy
Kyle-Anne Shiver
Frankly, there is nothing in this world that would make me happier than to cast my Republican Primary vote early next year for Fred Thompson. More

September 30, 2007
Bob Weir for President
Bob Weir
I've decided to throw my hat in the ring and make a run for the White House. More

September 29, 2007
Al Qaeda's Man in Saddam's Iraq
Ray Robison
Then-Secretary of State Collin Powell made the case in 2003 in front of the United Nations that Saddam was providing al Qaeda safe haven in Iraq. For those who want to chastise the invasion of Iraq as misdirected, it became important to establish that Secretary of State Powell and the Bush Administration were "lying" More

September 29, 2007
Faith and Liberal Fundamentalism
James H. Gammon
In human society, there are many elements of behavior and philosophy that contrast with one another. In this essay, the subject is an element I refer to as "faith in the future". More

September 29, 2007
Archaeology and the Synoptic Gospels: Which way do the rocks roll?
James Arlandson
Archaeology and the Bible have an uneasy relationship. Many textual scholars have little use for archaeology. Discoveries happen often, whereas the written text is stable by comparison. More

September 28, 2007
A Quiet Triumph May be Brewing
Ray Robison
There are signs that the global Islamic jihad movement is splitting apart, in what would be a tremendous achievement for American strategy. More

September 28, 2007
Regressives
Bookworm
Language is anything but static, something for which we must be grateful. There's the word "liberal." It comes from the Latin "liber," meaning free, so the word "liberal" originally referred to one committed to freedom More

September 28, 2007
GOP Albatross Is Dems' Tar Baby
Rick Moran
Judging by the answers given by Democratic presidential candidates on Wednesday night, it seems certain that the mission will continue in one form or another Bush or no Bush. More

September 27, 2007
The Long Petard: The New York Times and Sarbox
Thomas Lifson and John Berlau
Having dug itself into a hole with inept handling of the MoveOn.org ad, the New York Times may soon find itself unable to put down its shovel. Few ironies approach the richness of the mess the firm may face with the regulatory requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox). More

September 27, 2007
Financial Woes for the New York Times
Christopher J. Alleva
New York Times Company's reported financial results, outlook, and stock price keep getting hammered by poor business performance. More

September 27, 2007
Will Pinch Sulzberger be 'The Man Who Lost the New York Times'?
Thomas Lifson
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., known all but universally as "Pinch" may well be the last member of the Sulzberger/Ochs family to run the world-famous newspaper company. More

September 26, 2007
As the Surge Succeeds
J.R. Dunn
One of the benefits of Petraeus-Crocker hearings is the way they've cleared up the miasma of defeatism and futility that settled over the topic of Iraq since the beginning of this year. More

September 26, 2007
Muslims, Footbaths and the Common Good
R. John Matthies
"Washbasins" (read: Muslim footbaths) are back in the news. These refer in particular to washing stations installed in public restrooms to accommodate the five-times-daily ablutions More

September 26, 2007
Banning Boyhood
Selwyn Duke
Huck Finn must be spinning in his literary grave. Just recently a Colorado Springs, Co., elementary school banned tag during recess, joining other schools that have prohibited this childhood pastime. More

September 25, 2007
Feeding the Hand that Bites You
Michael I. Krauss and J. Peter Pham
Israel's hopes for Gaza when it withdrew have turned to literal ashes. Hamas, a terrorist group whose charter explicitly calls for the destruction of Israel, won legislative elections More

September 25, 2007
Al Qaeda Targets Our Schoolchildren
Marc Sheppard
Al Qaeda's blatant threat to exterminate 2 million American kids remains unheeded. And it will likely continue to be, notwithstanding mounting evidence More

September 25, 2007
War and the Progressive Mind
Miguel A. Guanipa
The enormous social, economic and spiritual toll that war takes upon humanity should give sufficient pause for anybody -- despite personal ideological inclinations -- to see war as a most undesirable state of affairs. More

September 24, 2007
Who is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
Amil Imani
To understand Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's mindset and behavior require close scrutiny of the elaborate and intricate theology of Hujetieh Shiism, perhaps the most fundamentalist of the numerous Shiite sects. More

September 24, 2007
A 'Reasonable' Man Visits
James Lewis
"Bow down or burn in the fury of nations." is one of the little slogans coming from this week's creepy little visitor from Iran. More

September 24, 2007
Defeating the Terror Bombers
J.R. Dunn
At last, eight months after the surge began and three months after it went into high gear, we have the first Jihadi response: a bombing. More

September 23, 2007
Political Correctness in Rural America
Janet Levy
The longing for communities holding fast to old-fashioned values may actually be wishful, anachronistic fantasies of nostalgic Americans. More

September 23, 2007
Novice Congressman Needs to be Relieved from Duty
Lori Lowenthal Marcus
Congressman Joe Sestak (D-PA), a former US Navy Admiral, recently revealed that he is indifferent about the well-being of US veterans of the Iraq war, that he is either careless or clueless about domestic security concerns, and that he would be grateful if voters dumped him from office. More

September 23, 2007
Gorgeous Asashoryu
Sidney Raphael
Unlike pro wrestling in the United States and many other countries (including Japan), the ancient Japanese sport of sumo is steeped in dignity and restraint. More

September 22, 2007
The Iran Conundrum
Amil Imani
Underneath all conquests and expansions, underneath all the frivolous wars over religious differences, underneath all the oppression and tyranny, underneath all the wars over injustices, lies one single drive: the will to dominate. More

September 22, 2007
Where Bush Went Wrong in Iraq and How He Can Correct It Now
Dan Friedman
It was precisely at his triumphant moment when George W. Bush lost Iraq, along with America's momentum in the war on terror More

September 22, 2007
Q & A on the Historical Reliability of the Gospels: Introduction to a Series
James Arlandson
Christianity has always been the religion of the Book, the Bible. There is no pleasant way to put this: In the past decade the Gospels have been assaulted by the Religious Left or liberal scholars and by other critics. More

September 21, 2007
Nightmare at Ground Zero
Rick Moran
I just woke up from one of the worst nightmares I've ever had. You're not going to believe this but I dreamed that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in New York City and decided to take a side trip to Ground Zero. More

September 21, 2007
Is Al Qaeda Iraq a Threat to Sweden?
Walid Phares
The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq recently offered a bounty encouraging the assassination of a Swedish cartoonist and his editor for having published drawings deemed insulting to the religion of Islam. More

September 21, 2007
Death fears of the Boomer Left
James Lewis
A lot of the loss of political sanity we see today reflects the death fears of the Boomer Left. More

September 20, 2007
One More Reason to Distrust Global Warming Predictions
Jerome J. Schmitt
I was astonished to see the assurance with which climatologists writing about global warming report Global Mean Temperature over Land & Ocean as far back as 1880. More

September 20, 2007
Patients without Doctors: The Flawed Plan of Governor Schwarzenegger
Linda Halderman, MD
Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to terminate the problem of uninsured Californians needing better health care. There is one problem his proposal fails to address, however: More

September 20, 2007
Why We Should Not Arm Saudi Arabia
Gamaliel Isaac
When one reviews the history of Saudi-American relations, one sees a relationship based not on friendship but on oil for protection and money. More

September 19, 2007
That Bush 'Strategery'
Christopher Chantrill
It's a long time since we all joked about President Bush's "strategery." Things have gotten a lot more serious since those days in the early 2000s. More

September 19, 2007
Why Iraq Matters to Me
Brett McCrea
During the last few weeks there has been a visceral discussion about the US's prospects in Iraq. Much of it has centered on assertions that President's surge plan and Iraq policies are a failure More

September 19, 2007
Dissenting Thoughts on President Bush's Latest Iraq Speech
Steven M. Warshawsky
Last week during a national prime time television address, President Bush offered the latest defense of his Iraq policy. I wholeheartedly agree with his stated goals. It does not follow, however, that the current War in Iraq is the best way to promote them. More

September 18, 2007
Homeland Security Implications of the Holy Land Foundation Trial
Joseph Myers
The on-going Holy Land Foundation trial has established important facts about the resident domestic Islamic jihad threat inside the United States. Evidence brought forward in documents and testimony has explosive implications for US Homeland Security More

September 18, 2007
What's in a Name? 'Jihad' vs. 'Hiraba'
Patrick Poole
What's in a name? When it comes to identifying what we are fighting against in the war for our civilization, quite a lot. More

September 18, 2007
When Hypocrisy is a Good Thing
Selwyn Duke
Many leftist partisans are licking their chops over the revelation that Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig solicited sex from a male undercover detective More

September 17, 2007
Pinch Sulzberger's Achilles Heel: The Bondholders
Christopher Alleva
Shielded by a two class system of shareholding allowing his family to elect a majority of the board of directors, New York Times Company CEO Pinch Sulzberger's hold on his job hasn't depended on keeping ordinary shareholders happy. More

September 17, 2007
Why Did FDR Invade North Africa?
James Lewis
One of the clichéd questions of the Left is "Why did Bush invade Iraq? We were attacked by Saudi Arabians on 9/11 !" Or so goes the customary narrative. More

September 17, 2007
Brian De Palma and Rape in Iraq
Ben Voth
Famed film director Brian De Palma (Scarface, The Untouchables) has completed and publicly screened a new film, Redacted, detailing allegations of a rape by US soldiers in Iraq. More

September 16, 2007
Will Quebec Decide to 'Reasonably Accommodate' Islam?
R. John Matthies
As religious prescriptions for living lately have come to be infused into daily life in novel and provocative ways, the question is often posed: Has the presence of Islam changed the face of social relations in the West? More

September 16, 2007
Julian Huxley And The Idolatry Of Evolution
Gary Wolf
The idolatry of evolution, or the transformation of a scientific theory into a quasi-religious cult, has contributed to the erosion of intellectual life in the West. In the thinking of many Darwinists, evolution has a quasi-mystical quality. More

September 15, 2007
The Judeo-Christian Values of America
Ronald R. Cherry
Judeo-Christian Values have a foundational role in America, beginning with the Declaration of Independence More

September 15, 2007
General Petraeus' Congressman
Kieran Michael Lalor
All politics are local. But sometimes, local politics are a national bellwether. More

September 15, 2007
Sometimes 'Peace' is a Four-Letter Word
Burt Prelutsky
We have wound up with a society, not of useful idiots, but of useless ones More

September 14, 2007
What Kind of Person Calls Himself 'Progressive'?
James Lewis
We all want progress. We may disagree whether gay marriage or drug legalization constitutes progress or not. But we all want better things for the world More

September 14, 2007
Nominate Olson - Then Stand Up and Fight
Marc Sheppard
To Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, Ted Olson is an unrepentant Republican, uniquely unqualified to succeed outgoing Alberto Gonzalez as U.S Attorney General. More

September 14, 2007
One Iraqi Life
Miguel A. Guanipa
Reporting any news of G.I.s killed in Iraq is a proven way for the media to stir up the American public's feelings of exasperation with the war. More

September 13, 2007
Hillary Clinton: I Will Change Our Country
Steven M. Warshawsky
In a 1993 speech, Hillary Clinton reiterated the theme that has been at the heart of her political vision from the start: "We are at a stage in history in which remolding society is one of the great challenges facing all of us in the West." More

September 13, 2007
Child's Play In Iraq
Michael J. O'Shea
We attacked Iraq when it invaded Kuwait and the world applauded: we defend Iraq from foreigners invading it and the world, Senate and House leaders included, spits in our face. More

September 13, 2007
Women are Fickle, You Say?
Christopher Chantrill
Listen to the ladies in Iowa. Stephen Spruiell did, and what he heard isn't good news for Republicans. More

September 12, 2007
Iraq as Qaeda Bait
James Lewis
The Left thinks Iraq is a killing field for Americans. Actually, it is a killing field for our enemies More

September 12, 2007
The New Years Gift from Hamas
Richard Baehr
Word came yesterday that a rocket fired from Gaza injured 69 Israeli soldiers at their Negev base located but one kilometer north of the Gaza border, where the soldiers were in basic training. More

September 12, 2007
All the best, Tony -- God Bless You
John B. Dwyer
Tall, telegenic, affable Tony Snow first took the podium in the James S. Brady briefing room on May 16, 2006. More

September 11, 2007
Six Years Later
J.R. Dunn
In September, 2001, I was working for a company two blocks off Wall Street, just a five-minute walk from the World Trade Center. More

September 11, 2007
Why the Left Must Deny 9/11
James Lewis
In the endless Summer of Love there is no 9/11. And to tens of millions of dreamy folk on the Left, the Summer of Love never stopped. More

September 11, 2007
The Way We Were
Rick Moran
In that late summer of 2001, there was no shadow moving across the land, no premonition of danger, not a clue the America we had gotten so familiar with -- omnipotent, invincible, striding confidently toward a fat, happy future -- would be brought so low. More

September 11, 2007
Remembering the Unforgettable
Amil Imani
It is said that "powerlessness frustrates and absolute powerlessness frustrates absolutely; absolute frustration is a dangerous emotion to run a world with." Sometimes I wonder why I am so restless, why I cannot cease thinking! It seems like the world we... More

September 11, 2007
Why We Are in Iraq
Rick Richman
A review of Norman Podhoretz's World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism More

September 10, 2007
The 'Bin Trotsky' Video and the Jihadi Failure in Iraq
Walid Phares
Has Osama bin Laden turned into Osama bin Trotsky? As I was watching bin Laden reading carefully from his prepared speech, I couldn't help but notice the dramatic drifting in the rhetoric from Salafi Jihadism to a new brand of neo-Wahabism More

September 10, 2007
Employment Discrimination against American Muslims: Myths and Realities
Patrick Poole
A groundbreaking study published late last week finds that repeated assertions of a post-9/11 backlash against Muslims in the workplace are pure fiction. More

September 10, 2007
Senator Tom Harkin, School Nutritionist
Jeffrey Schmidt
The latest newsworthy assault by the Nanny State on freedom and federalism is Senate Bill 771, or The Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007 More

September 9, 2007
Richardson's Ploy to Lead the Surrender Party
Jeffrey Schmidt
In a gambit to end-run Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) is calling for a complete withdrawal of American troops from Iraq More

September 9, 2007
Britain Demands More Muslims
James Lewis
The new Foreign Minister of Britain is either a brilliant liar or a fool. The trouble is, even he may not know which it is. More

September 9, 2007
Leadership through tears?
Doug Powers
In Robert Draper's new book, Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush, the president admits to crying quite a bit -- mostly in private -- ever aware that the troops, not to mention the enemies of America, are watching him. More

September 8, 2007
Heads-Up: The Threat of Airborne Terrorism
Peter B. Martin
Security personnel tend to look around them for trouble, they look behind, in front of them and to the sides but hardly ever up. And the next terrorist threat could be airborne. More

September 8, 2007
The Hollywood Blacklist Revisited
Burt Prelutsky
Lately, I've been reading even more books than usual about a period that's always fascinated me; namely, the late 40s and early 50s, the time of the Hollywood blacklist. More

September 8, 2007
Cabbies, Dogs, and Ritual Purity
R. John Matthies
First the good news: The sightless Bruce Gilmour, denied service "a hundred times, maybe 150 times" by Muslim cab drivers since he acquired his first guide dog in 1984, was awarded $2,500 by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. More

September 7, 2007
Football and the Soul of Berkeley
Thomas Lifson
The University of California is basking in the news that its Golden Bears have returned to the ranks of the top ten college football teams this week. But not everyone is pleased More

September 7, 2007
After the Surge
J.R. Dunn
The surge was not going to work. But the surge has worked. But that doesn't matter anymore. The surge is irrelevant, because there's no "political settlement". More

September 7, 2007
Beware the Irish Conspiracy?
James Lewis
As every conspiracy theorist knows with certainty, hidden hands manipulate the innocents of the world. Jews have a commanding lead over all other groups as the target of suspicion. But this tradition should not blind us to other dangers. More

September 6, 2007
Testing Congress: The Price
Michael J. O'Shea
What's in it for us if we leave Iraq now? What would we gain? Not peace. Not in the Middle East. How could Iran not be emboldened, Syria not be more disruptive, Saudi Arabia not counter them both, other Arab nations not leap in, Al Qaeda not bait them all More

September 6, 2007
Magazine Madness
Robert Stacy McCain
Al Gore is a victim of media bias and advocates of low taxes are "crackpots." These are two of the counterfactual theses advanced in major magazines this week. More

September 6, 2007
The Attorney General Double Standard
Jerome J. Schmitt
Both John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales were pilloried by liberals in the left-wing press More

September 5, 2007
When the Left Cares, and When It Doesn't
Denis Keohane
Left wing artists love to portray themselves as avatars of compassion. But theirs is a highly selective compassion, often ignoring the victims of the groups they supported. More

September 5, 2007
The Withdrawal Crowd is in Retreat
J.R. Dunn
One welcome by-product of the surge is the way it has put all the cries for "withdrawal" into perspective. More

September 5, 2007
Fund Raising Corruption in the Land of Second Chances
Clarice Feldman
"Is this a great country, or what?" was the not terribly original opener with which a politician of my acquaintance regularly began his stump speeches decades ago. More

September 4, 2007
Labor and Leisure
Christopher Chantrill
They are having a problem in the old manufacturing city of Milwaukee these days, writes Patrick McIlheran of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. More

September 4, 2007
Walt, Mearsheimer and the Peace Process
Rick Richman
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt distorted a central event in the Middle East "peace process" in their earlier work, and have now expanded upon it in a new book. More

September 4, 2007
Recounting Abrams' War in Vietnam
Douglas Hanson
There's much talk about the lessons of Vietnam, and plenty of arguments about the relevance of the comparison. But I was going through some old files the other day, and ran across a true historical gem. More

September 3, 2007
Labor Day, Work, and Progress
Thomas Lifson
Labor Day is one of my favorite holidays because it honors work. The history of work is the history of civilization itself. More

September 3, 2007
Texas Governor Goes Wobbly
Bob Weir
Last week, Texas Governor Rick Perry did one thing right and one thing wrong. First, he toured the state promoting Senate Bill 530, which mandates schools to implement physical activity requirements that include fitness evaluations for all public school students.... More

September 2, 2007
Britain's Basra Bug-out and the Future of NATO
James Lewis
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is supposed to be a mutual defense treaty. That has been conveniently forgotten for the last several decades by Europe More

September 1, 2007
Death of a Phony
Thomas Lifson
I must confess that I never liked playwright Arthur Miller's work, even though I never really publicly criticized it. I was supposed to think he was deep. All the right people agreed on that point. More

September 1, 2007
Turkish Antisemitism and Jewish Dhimmitude
Andrew G. Bostom
On August 28, 2007, the same day that Abdullah Gul became Turkey's President, MEMRI published excerpts from a chilling interview given by former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan More

September 1, 2007
The Other Clash of Civilizations
Miguel A. Guanipa
Most people are almost instinctively suspicious of any discipline in the philosophical or scientific realms that bills itself as the purveyor of absolute truth. More