Murderous thugs of the world, rejoice. Once again, Ramsey Clark has come to your aid — whether you want him to or not. Now, if only Clark would permanently move himself and his “Terrorists ‘R Us” law practice to a sand dune outpost in Kandahar,...
POLITICS
Modern Moralists Condemn Terrorism But Don’t Ask Them Why
Do you support our government’s actions for the attacks of 9-11? Can you explain why or why not, with reasonable precision? In particular, can a follower of Jesus provide a consistent argument for supporting military strikes against the terrorists? Certainly not...
Ted Kennedy Wants Your Money
In a demonstration that the more things change, the more they remain the same, Senator Ted Kennedy called last week for expanding the public sector at the expense of the private one. His speech at the National Press Club in Washington drew a lot of media attention...
Dealing with Terrorism
Q: How are people coping with the aftermath of the events of September 11th, so that the psychological impact of the terrorist events does not overwhelm them? A: In many different ways. At first, some found an oddly kind of pleasant escape in focusing on events in the...
Loving Thy Enemy
From a FoxNews.com report: Shackled, blinded and bound, 30 Al Qaeda and Taliban detainees stepped off a U.S. Air Force C-141 cargo plane in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday after an all-night flight from Afghanistan, halfway around the world. Sixty gun-toting Marines...
“Diversity” as Doublespeak for Ideological Conformity
Diversity is simultaneously an important and contemptible term in today’s climate of political correctness. According to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, diversity means: diverseness, multeity, multifariousness, multiformity, multiplicity, variousness. Its...
Colin Powell “hooks up” with MTV
This month, sandwiched somewhere in between Britney Spears’ videos, Trojan condom ads, booze-drenched Mardi Gras parties, soft-porn soap operas, and reruns of vulgar stunt shows, MTV will broadcast a “global town meeting” featuring Secretary of State...
In Search of DNC Chairman McAuliffe
“Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe wants to appear on your show,” my producer excitedly told me. A staffer of the DNC chairman called — not once, but three times — to arrange the chairman’s appearance on my radio show...
“Multilateralism’s” One-Way Street
A few weeks ago, many liberals were crowing that the War on Terrorism had forced the Bush administration to abandon “isolationism” and embrace “globalism” by seeking out an international coalition. This is part of an effort to make independent,...
The Collectivist Notion of “Giving Back to Society”
Addressing the World Economic Forum meeting in New York last week, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said, “I think it’s a healthy sign that there are demonstrators in the streets. They are raising the question of ‘is the rich world giving back...
The “Rent Control” Housing Farce: Part II
Too many people who talk about a lack of “affordable housing” seem to think that this is something the government must build or subsidize. It never seems to occur to them that government activity is itself one of the biggest reasons for housing being...
Message to Congress: A War on Terrorism Does Not Mean a War on Liberty
President George Bush’s State of the Union address told us that legislation passed, expenditures made and troops deployed are just the beginning of our war on terrorism. But shouldn’t we begin to confront the hard-minded question: How much should we...
De-mystifying Democracy
The United States should not be fighting for a democratic Afghanistan. In fact, it should not be fighting for democracy at all–not in Afghanistan, not in China, and not even in America. Democracy and dictatorship are not rivals; they are brothers. In...
Campaign Finance Reform: Wrong Target
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, R-Ariz., makes a lot of political hay portraying himself as the hero for campaign finance reform and against influence-peddling. He’s for restrictions on the “soft money” millions that flow into the campaign coffers of the...
The Source of Al Qaeda Terrorism: Saudi Arabia
The newest source of tension in the increasingly strained Saudi-American relationship is the revelation that nearly two-thirds of the 158 Al Qaeda terrorists being held at Guantanamo are citizens of Saudi Arabia. Prince Nayef, the Saudi interior minister, is demanding...
Activism Alert: Campaign Finance Regulation vs. Free Speech
The House Republican leadership announced that on Wednesday, February 13, 2002 campaign finance regulation legislation will be brought to the floor for a vote. A similar bill has already passed in the Senate and if passed by the House, this legislation threatens a...
Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene
One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain. Sometimes it seems as if love songs are being replaced by sex songs. I am going to stop procrastinating — one...
A Nation of Sheep: “Dependent on D.C.”
“The shift from personal autonomy to dependence on government is perhaps the defining characteristic of modern American politics. In the span of barely one lifetime, a nation grounded in ideals of individual liberty has been transformed into one in which federal...
Bush Should Fire Colin Powell
America’s war policy faces a deadly roadblock. The problem is partly the recalcitrance of our so-called allies, from the quavering Europeans to the increasingly hostile Saudis. Most of our “coalition” wants us to declare victory in Afghanistan and go...
Bush’s Un-American and Immoral call for ‘National Service’
Though he has pledged to defend America’s freedom against terrorists, President Bush, in his State of the Union address, gave his unequivocal support to a different threat against our way of life: the “national service” movement. Adding his voice to...
Education Reform: Half a Loaf
Time for a quick pop quiz. Can you identify the speaker? “Today, and for generations to come, America will benefit from this law, which expresses our national commitment to quality education for all children.” President Bush, who just signed a highly...
Pat Buchanan’s Quest for a Religious Dictatorship
“But when I am the stronger, I shall persecute you; for it is my duty to persecute error.” — Lord Macaulay A scoop from Pat Buchanan: America has an established religion. No, it’s not Christianity, to his excruciating frustration —...
Invasion of the Anarchists: The “Anti-Capitalist Convergence”
As if New Yorkers don’t already have enough to deal with, they must now brace for the arrival of pie-throwing, critter-liberating, bomb-building, arson-setting, spell-casting, utensil-stealing cop-haters wearing giant puppet heads. This disruptive freak show...
Journalists and Economics 101
Is deficit spending “a potent recession cure when administered properly”? A newspaper business writer made this assertion in an article entitled “The Budget Deficit Faced by Many States.” But is it true, that it’s a good thing when...
Alex Haley’s “Roots”: Fact or Fiction?
“Roots” was the only book I knew my teenage son to read, aside from assigned school books, computer manuals and chess books. He was thrilled to receive a copy autographed by Alex Haley, courtesy of George Haley, his brother, whom I had met. Alex Haley...
More Investing Lessons from Enron
When shares of Enron plunged from $84 earlier this year to practically zero, thousands of the company’s employees lost not just their jobs but also most of the value of their 401(k) retirement accounts. For the average employee, Enron stock represented...
Enron Ethics
Over the coming weeks, eight congressional subcommittees will hold at least 10 hearings on the collapse of Enron. Rarely has there been such a profligate and irresponsible distortion of congressional priorities during a time of national crisis. Even in peacetime,...
Fidel Castro: The Charmer and the Torturer
A gaggle of gullible women from Seattle flew to Havana last week to meet with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. They found him “charming” and “eloquent.” They were especially flattered that Castro — the head of one of the world’s most...
Invalid Abstractions
Most people have to deal with the reality that confronts them. They start with that reality and try to do the best they can within its limitations and within their own limitations. But there are large and growing numbers of people — especially among the...
Speaking Safely on Political Issues: A Guide for the “Modern” Politician
I offer the following guide for those Americans who may be asked to speak on political issues but are confused about what to say. Since issues can be annoyingly fickle — hot one day, dead the next — I’ve tried to keep the commentary confined to the...
Hate Speech from the Left
“It’s hard not to notice that political discussion over the last decade has increasingly degenerated into name-calling,” Brian Anderson wrote in the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal last year. “The insults most often come from the left:...
South Africa After Apartheid: Black Rule Alone is No Guarantee for Black Freedom
Moral crusaders have the habit of heading off to their next crusade without bothering to see whether anything went wrong on their last one. During the ’80s, TransAfrica, NAACP, Black Congressional Caucus, Hollywood glitterati, college students, and other groups...
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