9/10 vs. 9/12 on 11/2

“I can wage a better war on terror than George Bush has.” So speaks Senator Kerry in the U.S. presidential campaign’s final days, again reminding voters that the key issue in this race remains as it was a year earlier – deciding which candidate...

Citizen Change: Voting Zombies

As in years past, the weeks and months leading up to the 2004 presidential election have been laced with stern reminders about the importance of voting. But while every citizen has a right to vote on election day, none has an obligation. In fact, morally, many have an...

Bush the Radical; Kerry the Reactionary

The Middle East has so defined the presidency of George W. Bush that historians will, I expect, judge him primarily according to his actions there. And so, too, will American voters in just more than a week, when they go to the polls. It has not been fully appreciated...

Shall We Dance: An Invitation to the Dance

Though no one will mistake Shall We Dance for a classic Fred Astaire musical, director Peter Chelsom’s romantic dance comedy makes you want to grab a dish and dance ’til dawn. The jovial remake, based on director Masayuki Suo’s Japanese movie of the...

Anti-Bushites for Bush

In the months before the 1972 election, Ayn Rand gave her recommendation for voting in that year’s presidential election: “I am not an admirer of President Nixon, as my readers know. But I urge every able-minded voter, of any race, creed, color, age, sex,...

My Saturday with the Air Force Reserves

While watching on television the horror of Sept. 11, 2001, my radio program engineer, Greg Nercessian — newly married and planning to start a family — felt he had to do something. With the blessing of his understanding and supportive wife, he joined the...

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