by C.S. Miller | Dec 30, 2001 | POLITICS
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... by Daniel Pipes | Dec 29, 2001 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
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... by Ben Gutierrez | Dec 29, 2001 | Intellectual Property, POLITICS
I’ve held my mouth shut for some time concerning Napster and file-sharing in general. Mostly because I did not wish to offend people close to me that are participating in this activity. I realize that this has been a mistake. As a music-lover, I completely... by George F Smith | Dec 29, 2001 | POLITICS
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.... by Walter Williams | Dec 28, 2001 | POLITICS
Major media people have values unlike most other Americans. Former CBS correspondent Bernard Goldberg documents that in his best-seller, “Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News.” Eighty-nine percent of Washington journalists voted for... by Daniel Pipes | Dec 27, 2001 | POLITICS
The man once known as H. Rap Brown, whose antics in the 1960s earned him a reputation as the violent left’s least-thoughtful firebrand, is now in the dock for murdering a policeman, with a trial scheduled to begin in January. It promises to be one the... by Daniel Wahl | Dec 27, 2001 | POLITICS
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... by Jeff Jacoby | Dec 26, 2001 | POLITICS
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... by Daniel Pipes | Dec 26, 2001 | POLITICS
‘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...