Israel vs. The Palestinian Dictatorship: Netanyahu’s Speech before the U.S. Senate
These concerns first surfaced with the appearance of a reprehensible moral symmetry that equates Israel, a democratic government that is defending itself against terror, with the Palestinian dictatorship that is perpetrating it.
Campaign Finance Reform Diversions
There’s a story about Catholic priests who contracted to have a new church built for their congregation. When the church was completed, and just before the priests came for their final inspection, the contractor cemented a Buddhist statue in the center of the...Is America Winning?
With the war on terrorism now six months old, it’s time to review the bidding. How goes the war? Let’s grade four areas:* Military: The bulk of the war in Afghanistan was won in two months. Trouble was, to minimize casualties, U.S. troops avoided some of...Live from Ramallah: The Theater of the Absurd
In the late 1940s, a group of playwrights started a movement called the Theater of the Absurd, based on the Existentialist notion that life is rationally incomprehensible. According to one description, practitioners of the Theater of the Absurd sought “to convey...Who is Janis Sposato?
In response to last week’s DeadHijackerVisa-gate, the Immigration and Naturalization Service “reassigned” four managers to replace four other managers — whom the agency refuses to name — in order to “begin the process of...Cuba’s Bravest and Best
HAVANA — “There are no banned books in Cuba,” Fidel Castro declared in February 1998, “only those which we have no money to buy.” Of course, books *are* banned in Cuba; just try to locate one that criticizes Castro. Bookstores and public...The War Against The Intellect by Peter Shaw
It is the radical thesis of this extraordinary book that rationality is under assault by the academic community.
