From Flanders Fields to Roberts Ridge

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...

The Strange Phenomenon of Black Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism in America, according to a survey commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League, stands at an all-time low. But alarmingly, the survey found blacks three to four times more likely than non-blacks to be anti-Semitic.

Who Says Government Programs Have to Work?

Sex education abstinence programs do not work. Or so the government now tells us. For the last five years, the government spent $500 million on educational programs pushing sexual abstinence. With the program set to expire, Congress recently debated whether to extend...

Reparations: America’s New Slavery

Reparations for descendents of slaves is picking up steam — not among the 80 percent of the population who (according to polls) oppose it; but with big name politicians in one of our two major parties. (Guess which party?) The Governor of California, Gray Davis,...

Sexism in Hollywood?

Does sexism explain the “underrepresentation” of women in Hollywood? “If you look at the number of women working behind the scenes,” said Martha Lauzen, a San Diego State University professor, “they’re dramatically underrepresented...