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Information is a powerful solvent. It can melt away the illusions created by propagandists. The truth is addictive. People with a hunger for news generally crave the rush they get from learning the 'rest of the story' the way a jittery junkie craves a... More
The distressing news footage on our television sets this morning, of swarming Iraqis burning and mutilating Western civilian corpses on the streets of Falluja, are an indicator that Coalition forces have not dealt firmly enough with that hive of... More
The arrest of eight British Muslim terror suspects, and the discovery of half a ton of fertilizer in
Imagine going for a night out to the theatre in
It had already been a two rough weeks for the opposition candidate, with John Kerry slipping and cursing a Secret Service agent on the Idaho ski slopes, and only a Malaysian Jew—hater fessing up to being a foreign... More
In the spring of 2003, the international press corps fell in love with the new Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Abbas was the alternative to Arafat the More
A new phenomenon has been sweeping American in the past year. Boutique ultrasound centers, with names like Fetal Fotos or Womb's Window, have sprung up across More
Democrats, it would seem, have developed a sudden new sense of protectiveness for those who tell tales out of school. Anyone who remembers the name Linda Tripp cannot help but be amused at the Democrats rushing forward to decry the 'trashing' of... More
The American Thinker has caught the BBC in the act of trying to cover up an instance of their bias, which we reported earlier today in an article entitled
The current President of the EU, Romano Prodi, appears to be having an identity crisis. He doesn't seem to know, from one moment to the next, whether he's in charge of the EU or head of the Italian opposition to Silvio Berlusconi. More
Just as the poll tax was Margaret Thatcher's final act of nihilism, Tony Blair's may be the EU Constitution, which he's now indicated he'll push through without a referendum before the next general election. His continued survival after the politically... More
Americans owe a huge debt of thanks to the Toronto Police, for extraordinary work, above and beyond the call of duty. Members of the child exploitation branch of the Toronto Police sex crimes unit managed... More
Everyone expected this presidential campaign to be an acrimonious one, but few thought it would sink to the level of blaming the President for the September 11 attack on More
For Americans who may not be aware of this fact, Tony Blair, the British PM, is not a Conservative. It is perhaps easy to think of him as one, considering his steadfast support for President Bush, and his determination —— much to the... More
President George W. Bush said: "We will bring freedom to others, and we will prevail."
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld suggested that terrorists are being created faster... More
Imagine a huge state broadcasting network in the
The Israeli assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin has provided another opportunity to witness the alarming double standards displayed by the EU in regard to the war on terrorism. More
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In mid—February, President George W. Bush gave a detailed rundown of how Dr. A. Q. Khan, the "father" of More
The German chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has been letting it be known, in a rather forceful manner, that
The European Union has a demonstrated record of corruption, most recently in its statistical agency. Even though it has a 'parliament' which sits in
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Recent events across the world may have inadvertently strengthened Blair's and Bush's hand. Whatever one may think of the Iraq War; any intellectually honest person has to admire the two leaders' staying power and strength of will. As some of the... More
By now the politics of
I hope that someone is collecting a comprehensive list of all the hate crime hoaxes which have been discovered in recent years. It often seems that hoaxes are so common that skepticism should always be appropriate when a new instance of racist, sexist,... More
One of the few 'movements' that the mainstream media have yet to praise and promote is the evangelical movement in
The leftwing British think tank, Demos, has released a report ambitiously named —— of all things —— 'Masters of the... More
How would Americans feel, if Europeans actually controlled the swing vote in a tight
Controlling the terms of a debate is crucial. Take, for example, the debate over partial—birth abortion. Were it to be called the debate over... More
The (PSOE) Socialist party may have won the Spanish elections yesterday, but Al—Qaeda was the real victor and you can bet they've been at the non—alcoholic bubbly all night long. While those of us who support the war on terror need to... More
CBS, the broadcaster of the NCAA basketball championship tournament, has referred to the games by the moniker 'March Madness' for so many years, the term has entered the popular vernacular.
The British media are treating the terror attacks on
Last week, Massachusetts State Representative Elizabeth Malia, speaking on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered community, stated that marriage has never been a rigid, inflexible institution, but has continually evolved and changed with evolving social needs. In her view,... More
Demography is, as the saying goes, destiny.
Senator John Kerry has been making nice with Jewish leaders the past two weeks since he has become the all but certain nominee of his party to run against President Bush. He met with 40 major Jewish... More
Senior executives of a certain large organization faced a problem. They owed the public a periodic report of their results, and the numbers just weren't good enough, jeopardizing future access to money. So, they decided to fudge: change some... More
Mike Farrell, best known for his role as doctor BJ Hunnicutt in the 1970s television series M*A*S*H, is back in the news in California. Farrell is an ardent opponent of the death... More
In a ruling last week, U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton denied the U.S. Justice department access to medical records from... More
The Democrats have hit on a savvy approach to dealing with the appearance of being severely under—funded in the race against President Bush. I say appearance of beingMore
Democrats, including presumptive Presidential nominee John Forbes Kerry, have learned well the art of the Big Lie. Assert early and often something contrary to the truth, and it will be repeated by others (especially by allies in the press). The sheer... More
In the summer of 2003, I served as Chief of Staff in the Iraqi Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), an organization formerly called the Ministry of Atomic Energy. The Ministry had a small staff of Americans and Iraqis, and was one of several... More
