Hillary Clinton’s Intellectual Bankruptcy

After learning that the Republicans were dumping Trent Lott as Majority Leader in the Senate, Hillary Clinton commented, “What [Lott] did was state publicly what many of them [i.e. Republicans] have stated privately over many years in the back roads and back...

Achievement

“I do my work”. He who in faith can say That simple phrase, is set upon the way To bend the will of Fortune to his will. The world makes place for him whose strength and skill Rebel at doubt and rankle at delay. The visions that hold true, the dreams that...

Death Penalty by the Numbers

This month the Justice Department released “Capital Punishment 2001,” its latest annual survey of death penalty statistics. A prowl through the data prompts a few reflections on the capital punishment debate. 1. It is striking that a controversy so large...

Success

If you want a thing bad enough To go out and fight for it, Work day and night for it, Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it If only desire of it Makes you quite mad enough Never to tire of it, Makes you hold all other things tawdry and cheap for it If...

What Riyadh Buys in Washington

Previously, I contrasted two official U.S. responses to news that the Saudi ambassador’s wife possibly funded the 9/11 hijackers: The Bush administration pooh-poohed it, while leading U.S. senators expressed outrage. I argued that this difference results from a...

World on Fire: Dangerous Democracy?

One of the cornerstones of the war on terrorism is the premise that promoting democracy is a long-run goal for creating a better world, one which will not breed so many terrorists. But a new book, “World on Fire” by Professor Amy Chua of the Yale law...

Growth, Yes. Stimulus Package, no.

Now that President Bush has named his new economic team, he’s expected to turn his attention to a stimulus package. I hope not. Growth, yes. Stimulus, no. “Stimulus” implies a goose to the economy – or, more politely, the quick boost you get...