by Tom DeWeese | Jul 12, 2003 | POLITICS, United Nations
The international community cried crocodile tears when the United States withdrew its support of the UN’s International Criminal Court (ICC). Supporters of the court laughed when the US expressed concern that our soldiers could be prosecuted for war crimes.... by Ralph R. Reiland | Jul 12, 2003 | POLITICS
An Associated Press photo was flashed around the world last week showing President Bush standing in “The Door of No Return,” the doorway of a slave warehouse on Goree Island, in Senegal, the place from which millions of able-bodied Africans, centuries ago,... by Frank Spearman | Jul 11, 2003 | Literature
On the West End we had all night to prepare, and at five o’clock next morning every man in the operating department was on edge. At precisely 3.58 A.M. the McWilliams Special stuck its nose into our division, and Foley-pulled off No. 1 with the 466 — was... by Thomas Sowell | Jul 11, 2003 | POLITICS
In an era when so many uninformed people act as if they know it all, it is refreshing to get requests from people who want to educate themselves on particular subjects or just to get the basic education that they feel they missed when they were in school or college.... by Hannes Hacker | Jul 11, 2003 | Environment, Space
Now that a dramatic new test has confirmed that a piece of thermal insulation flaking off of space shuttle Columbia’s external tank during launch was the most likely cause of its destruction during reentry, the typical second-guessing in the press has focused on... by Michelle Malkin | Jul 11, 2003 | POLITICS
Every summer, the stories come. And the tiny bodies pile up. “Toddler trapped in hot van dies.” “Kids die from heat in SUV.” “Baby boy dies in hot van.” Some of the tragedies involve outright parental neglect — a father who... by Frank Spearman | Jul 10, 2003 | Literature
It belongs to the Stories That Never Were Told, this of the McWilliams Special. But it happened years ago, and for that matter McWilliams is dead. It wasn’t grief that killed him, either; though at one time his grief came uncommonly near killing us. It is an odd... by Daniel Pipes | Jul 10, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
In an agreement brokered last month by U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Palestinian terrorist groups agreed to a temporary cease-fire on condition that Israel ceases its practice of “targeted killings” (executing would-be terrorists before... by Thomas Sowell | Jul 10, 2003 | POLITICS
From time to time, parents write to ask how they can counter all the steady diet of slanted political correctness their children are getting in the schools and colleges. The summer vacation is probably as good a time as any to get them something to read to let them...