by Michelle Malkin | Jul 4, 2003 | POLITICS
Thousands of people from around the world will raise their right hands, swear allegiance to the United States, and become proud American citizens this weekend. They will become Americans because they choose to do so, they love what we stand for, and they are willing... by Don Luskin | Jul 4, 2003 | POLITICS
When President Bush first announced his plan last January to cut taxes on dividends, capital gains and personal income I sang his praises (first here, here and also here and here). Now Bush’s plan has been law for over two months. While the critics have had no... by Daniel Pipes | Jul 3, 2003 | Education
The U.S. Congress broke with a 45-year tradition last week: It permitted a dissident to critique the federal funding for the study of foreign language and cultures – to suggest that the program often serves the very opposite of academia’s goals or the... by Robert W Tracinski | Jul 3, 2003 | POLITICS, War with Iran
The Bush administration has been right in recent weeks to focus attention on Iran–but not because of the threat that Iran might build nuclear weapons. Iran is the source of a much more powerful weapon of mass destruction that has already been unleashed against... by Michelle Malkin | Jul 3, 2003 | POLITICS
To civil-liberties alarmists, Viet Dinh is a traitor. To me, he is an American hero. Dinh, 35, is widely known — and reviled — as the primary architect of the Patriot Act. Until May, he was an assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy in... by Alan Caruba | Jul 2, 2003 | POLITICS
I have a friend who says America needs a new Declaration of Independence. Specifically, he says the United States needs to declare its independence from the United Nations. There is little the US gains from being tied to the dictates of the UN and much to lose as it... by Thomas Sowell | Jul 2, 2003 | POLITICS
Denials of media bias seem to have become more frequent or more vehement lately. Some in the media try to dismiss the accusation as old stuff. But the only real question is whether it is true, because the truth doesn’t wear out with the passage of time. Media... by Walter Williams | Jul 2, 2003 | POLITICS
In last week’s U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision, Justice Clarence Thomas’ dissent included a quotation from an 1865 speech by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. “What I ask for the Negro,” Douglass said, “is not... by Bruce Bartlett | Jul 1, 2003 | Europe, POLITICS
In the 15th century, a young woman named Joan rallied the people of France to revolt against their English oppressors. Today, another young woman, named Sabine Herold, is trying to do the same thing. Only she is not trying to save France from foreign invaders but from...