by Keith Windschuttle | Apr 6, 2003 | POLITICS
An excerpt from the second edition of The Killing of History: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past. History is an intellectual discipline which is more than 2,400 years old. It ranks with philosophy and mathematics as one of the most... by Jeff Jacoby | Apr 6, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
In exchange for a withdrawal of US and British troops, Saddam Hussein sends word that he is prepared to share some of his power with a senior member of his Baathist inner circle. Instead of maintaining absolute control over the Iraqi state, Saddam agrees to name Tariq... by Tom DeWeese | Apr 6, 2003 | POLITICS
Today as the United Nations appears weakened by its complete failure to be a serious player in the US-Iraq war, many of our nation’s leaders dismiss concerns that the organization threatens American sovereignty. However, the major threat from the UN lies between... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 5, 2003 | POLITICS
If you would like to be taller than you are, do you think that joining a basketball team would help? After all, statistics prove that members of basketball teams are taller than other people. If this seems like a strange way to reason, it is the same kind of reasoning... by Eugene Volokh | Apr 5, 2003 | POLITICS
Here’s a thought experiment: Let’s say that somehow — through being more diplomatic or offering more concessions or through performing a miracle — the Bush Administration had managed to persuade the U.N. Security Council, including France and... by Charles Josh | Apr 5, 2003 | POLITICS
FrontPage mag published leftist Nat Hentoff’s piece explaining what he did not march to protest the Iraqi war. In his article he quotes himself from a newspaper interview: “There was the disclosure . . . when the prisons were briefly opened of the gouging... by Joseph Kellard | Apr 4, 2003 | POLITICS
When the United States first bombed Iraq last week, initiating a self-defensive campaign against Saddam Hussein, I cried a tear of joy.When the US first bombed the Taliban in Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, my joy wasn’t as great. Given that... by Don Luskin | Apr 4, 2003 | POLITICS
It’s back to last December 31, and we’re playing a New Year’s Eve guessing game. The country is heading for recession and war — so what will the stock market do in the first quarter of the new year? If I told you that Amazon.com and Yahoo!... by Peter Schwartz | Apr 4, 2003 | POLITICS
In war, a country convinced of the rightness of its course expects its forces to subordinate all considerations to the objective of military victory. Our government, however, has adopted the indecisive policy of “balancing” the goal of defeating the enemy...
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