The Morality of War

Ayn Rand once said, “Wars are the second greatest evil that human societies can perpetrate.” Why only second? To understand, we must first do something that few have done since the peace ended on Sept. 11: We must ask what war is. From Webster’s...

Arabs Have Never Accepted Israel

In June of this year, Palestinian television broadcast a sermon in a Gaza mosque in which the imam, Ibrahim Madi, made the following statement: “God willing, this unjust state [of] Israel, will be erased; this unjust state the United States will be erased; this...

Parasite and Host Produce a Second-time Mom

Free-market economists frequently speak of what is seen and not seen when assessing the drivel of government interventionists. While short-term results may benefit some group, in the long run economic meddling invariably hurts everyone, the free-marketers tell us....

History Itself Is About to Become History

History is, generally, a subject that studies what happened in the past and determines why it happened. When historians begin to say that nobody can be certain of anything that happened and that anyone’s guess as to why it happened is as good–meaning as...

The Myth of the Arab Country of Palestine

A common misconception about Arab terrorism against Israel is that it is committed in an effort to derail the “peace process.” President Bush echoed that fiction on Sunday when he commented on a wave of ghastly attacks that had just killed 26 Israeli...

“We’re Going to Conquer America”

‘Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country,” said President Bush shortly after Sept. 11, noting that they are “doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military, entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, moms and dads.” He later...