by Thomas Sowell | Dec 2, 2003 | POLITICS
It was gratifying news when fans around the country volunteered to donate their kidneys to basketball star Alonzo Mourning, who would otherwise have to cut short his career because of life-threatening medical problems with his own kidneys. However, the head of the New... by Patriots for the Defense of America | Dec 1, 2003 | POLITICS
Recent criticism of the Bush administration has focused on the limitations of American intelligence in failing to predict September 11th, and the shortcomings current plans for homeland defense. In truth, however, these problems are only superficial. If anything, the... by Patriots for the Defense of America | Nov 30, 2003 | POLITICS, Terrorism
We have so far discussed the aims of the war and the weapons used to fight it. Aside from pointing to the proper moral principles that ought to guide the selection of either, we have not said much about the formal process by which foreign policy decisions are to be... by Michael Berliner | Nov 30, 2003 | Terrorism
The fundamental battle we face today consists not of bombs and rockets, but of ideas–the ideas of those who value human life on earth versus the ideas of those who oppose it.
by Patriots for the Defense of America | Nov 29, 2003 | Military, POLITICS
It is presumptuous and impossible for civilian laymen to evaluate the intricacies of military policy. These are details best left to experts in military science. But civilians are in a position to evaluate the overall strategies of military policy, insofar as they... by Daniel Pipes | Nov 28, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Stay the course — but change the course. That was the meaning of the sudden, sharp, and understated change in Washington’s Iraq policy earlier this month. After the American civilian administrator of Iraq, L. Paul Bremer III, made a hurried visit to the... by Patriots for the Defense of America | Nov 28, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
In the preceding sections, we have evaluated the Bush administration’s approach toward America’s enemies, and the supporters of its enemies. In these categories, we have found that while the United States has taken some extremely limited steps to defend... by Larry Elder | Nov 27, 2003 | POLITICS
Last week’s column contained excerpts from my interview with Robert Spencer, author of “Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West.” He makes the case that violent Islam stems from a straight reading of Islamic religious... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 27, 2003 | POLITICS
Many people are incensed that other countries pay less for American medications than Americans pay because that is “unfair.” Of course it is unfair — and all of us like fairness. But there are many other things we also like, and often in life one...