U.S. Intelligence is not to Blame

The next time you hear someone blame our intelligence community for the attacks, remember how many attacks they *did* stop. Then think about the fact that even given the best intelligence in the world, if you stop the terrorists time and time and time again and foil...

Social Security and the Budget

No news is good news, the saying goes. But for many politicians in Washington — especially those who oppose the Bush tax cut and the movement to create personal retirement accounts for Social Security — bad news is good news. Specifically, bad news about...

Stop Scapegoating Tax Havens

Thanks to President Bush’s strong leadership, America and its allies are preparing to wage a relentless war on terrorism. This means settling the score with the thugs who organized the Sept. 11 attacks and forcing changes to the rogue regimes that harbor...

Economy Demands a Bigger Tax Cut

Congressional liberals seem to have come down with a bad case of “buyer’s remorse.” They’re using the prospect of a smaller-than-expected budget surplus to say they wish they could take back a portion of President Bush’s tax cut. But if...

Pacifism Begets Violence from Terrorists

This was George Bush’s warning to the international terrorists and their sponsors: “The United States will be firm with terrorists. We will not make concessions…. If we find states supplying money, weapons, training, identification, documents,...

The Boy who Cried “Muslim”

This is the story of the boy who cried “Muslim.” It’s a story about the obscene exploitation of tragedy, the abuse of public sympathy, and the trashing of truth and honor under the guise of promoting tolerance. But this is no fable. It’s a...