“Affirmative Action” Quotas on Trial

Now that the Supreme Court has agreed to rule on affirmative action in college and university admissions, will this issue be settled at long last or will the justices come up with some murky compromise, like the Bakke decision of 25 years ago, which has led to a...

Politically Correct Tax Talk

There’s a big tax debate coming, with President Bush scheduled to announce a package of new tax cuts today. And it looks like we’re not going to be able to talk about it without falling into the morass of politically correct speech. I’m not talking...

Arafat the Magnanimous

In light of the most recent twin acts of barbarism deliberately directed against Israeli innocents (twenty-two dead, scores injured–many missing body parts–so far) and proudly claimed by Arafat’s own Fatah al- Aqsa affiliate, it’s time to take...

What Does the Arabic Word “Jihad” Mean?

What does the Arabic word “jihad” mean? One answer came last month, when Saddam Hussein had his Islamic leaders appeal to Muslims worldwide to join his jihad to defeat the “wicked Americans” should they attack Iraq; then he himself threatened...

Dangers Ahead–From the Right

This year may be long remembered as the year when either the wisdom or the lack of wisdom of our leaders decided the fate of Americans yet unborn. The undeclared war against this country by nations harboring and fostering terrorists sworn to our destruction became...

The “Roadmap to Peace” in the Middle East

With whom are the Israelis supposed to make peace? The proposed “roadmap to peace” in the Middle East has an intrinsic unknown. Peace must involve at least two parties. On one side we have the Israelis who are genuinely interested in peace, but who is on...