A Declaration of War Against Terrorism

On December 7, 1941, America was the target of an unprovoked, unmitigated and unjustified attack that left thousands dead and many more wounded. Americans understood the meaning of this day of infamy and responded appropriately–the sleeping giant was awakened....

A New Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is the only thing in this century that can compare to the terrorist catastrophe that has struck the United States. With all its shock and tragedy, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ended our naive innocence about the dangerous world we live in and...

The “Great Satan” Arises From Its Sleep

On Dec. 7, 1941, Winston Churchill called President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “What’s all this about Pearl Harbor?” the prime minister asked. “It’s quite true, they bombed us,” FDR replied. “We’re all in the same boat...

How To Make a Real War on Terrorism

In the past, the United States has always tried to be “proportional” in its response to terrorism. A terrorist group blows up a U.S. embassy somewhere, and we make a measured response: We blow up a terrorist training base or we hit a bomb factory. And...

How To Make a Real War on Terrorism

In the past, the United States has always tried to be “proportional” in its response to terrorism. A terrorist group blows up a U.S. embassy somewhere, and we make a measured response: We blow up a terrorist training base or we hit a bomb factory. And...

NAACP Doesn’t Understand Hollywood

“There are practically no people of color at the top,” said NAACP President Kweisi Mfume. “There aren’t any African-Americans who can green-light a show, hire and fire a director or make any real decisions.” A genie suddenly appears. With...

The Mufti’s Message of Hate

In the summer of 1997, a young Israeli art student named Tatiana Susskin drew a caricature portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a pig and tacked up copies of it on Arab storefronts in Hebron. She could hardly have devised a more inflammatory insult. The crude leaflets...

“Protectionism” Stinks

Free trade across international borders is not just good for business or good for job-creation. It is good — period. So said President Bush in a remarkable speech earlier this year, when he made the case for free trade on unabashedly moral grounds. “Open...