by David Harsanyi | May 27, 2002 | Middle East & Israel, United Nations, WORLD
In true U.N tradition, Annan ignores the action of gunmen that murder five-year old girls in cold blood, of teenage bombers programmed to indiscriminately kill Jews and of the Palestinian soldiers that cower in teeming population centers, allowing woman and children to suffer the consequences of their actions — all clear violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
by Robert W Tracinski | May 27, 2002 | POLITICS
Memorial Day is always a solemn occasion, but especially so this year, because we have so recently experienced this day’s meaning first-hand. We have seen it in two different ways: we have seen the courage of our troops on the battlefields of Afghanistan —... by Nina Owcharenko | May 26, 2002 | Healthcare, POLITICS
Simple is usually better, right? So it’s not surprising to hear some members of Congress agreeing with syndicated columnist Molly Ivins on how to reduce the number of Americans without health insurance. “The answer is universal health insurance, a... by Dr Michael Hurd | May 25, 2002 | POLITICS
There are serious reasons for criticizing President Bush’s war against terrorism. One reason involves his refusal to support Israel’s self-defense against the openly terrorist organization, the P.L.O. What’s good for the Taliban should be good for... by Thomas Sowell | May 25, 2002 | POLITICS
Wars usually end with both sides sitting down at a table and signing a peace agreement. From this, some people seem to think that the way to get peace is to start sitting down at a table and beginning negotiations. In other words, start “the peace process”... by David Harsanyi | May 24, 2002 | POLITICS
The April 1 edition of Newsweek carried the ominous headline: How will Israel survive? Most of us thought we’d never have to hear the question again. But with psychopaths cashing in on Iraqi-sponsored life insurance policies at the expense of innocent Israeli... by Don Luskin | May 24, 2002 | POLITICS
Standard & Poor’s announced this week that it’s taking the revolutionary step of including the expense of employee stock options when it calculates companies’ operating earnings. This is revolutionary because current accounting rules don’t... by Daniel Pipes & Jonathan Schanzer | May 23, 2002 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
How to break the Arab-Israeli impasse? Increasingly, one hears, not just from Palestinians, but from the universities and from media commentators, that things would improve markedly if only Israeli forces immediately left the West Bank and Gaza. Would such a move help... by Michelle Malkin | May 23, 2002 | POLITICS
To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. — John McCrae, “In Flanders Fields,” 1915 We cherish, too, the poppy red That grows...
