Our Statue of Liberty stands stalwart in New York harbor, her head unbowed and torch aloft. For more than a century, she has generously welcomed the tired, poor, and huddled masses. But now, with the ashes of anti-American terrorism at her feet, it is time for Lady...
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We are all Israelis Now
The day after last Tuesday’s bombings, the headline of the French newspaper Le Monde declared: “We are all Americans now.” It was an extraordinary gesture, especially from the French and especially from Le Monde. But the more appropriate headline,...
International Coalition Against Terrorism is a Terrible Idea
President George W. Bush is right to speak of the need to gather a global coalition to fight terrorism. He already is meeting with some success. The Pakistani government has said that it will cooperate, including allowing U.S. warplanes to use Pakistani airspace....
Letters: Its Time to Defend Capitalism
It’s time to defend capitalism The sworn enemy of the terrorists who destroyed the World Trade Centre and murdered thousands of innocent people is capitalism . The virtues and values of capitalism — individual rights, free trade, advanced technology,...
Remember the Constitution
“In every generation, the world has produced enemies of human freedom,” President Bush reminded us in his remarks at the National Cathedral. “They have attacked America because we are freedom’s home and defender, and the commitment of our...
A New Yorker Remembers the World Trade Center
“That particular sense of sacred rapture men say they experience in contemplating nature- I’ve never received it from nature, only from. Buildings, Skyscrapers. I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York’s skyline. The...
American Phoenix: The World Trade Center Must Rise Again
Re: A Green Light for Terrorists Contrary to widespread opinion, it is wrong to conclude that such deadly terrorist attacks are unavoidable, or that the U.S. should wait until “all the evidence” is in and then “bring the perpetrators to...
More Than a “Warning Shot”
To get a good idea of how the United States should respond to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, consider what happened to the terrorists who bombed the U.S.S. Cole as it lay in port last October in the Middle East country of Yemen. Nothing. A...
What a Real War Looks Like
Everyone acknowledges that Tuesday’s terrorist attacks on New York and Washington were acts of war. But, liberal commentators have been quick to object, we do not know whom to attack, how to attack, or how to escape a so-called “cycle of violence.”...
What Must America Do Now
Why on earth have we been giving tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid to an unrepentant state sponsor of terrorism that continues to harbor one of our worst enemies? The facts: Osama bin Laden has long been one of America’s most wanted fugitives from...
We Dare Not Tempt Them With Weakness
While the casualties in the terrorist attacks are expected to run into the tens of thousands, in a larger sense the casualties run into the millions because we are all affected now and will be as long as we live. People from all over the country have kept the phone...
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...
A Necessary Response to the Attacks of Sept 11th
The worst mistake that the United States could now commit is an insufficient retaliation against the Islamic terrorist world. This is a real concern because Americans have a sorry history of failing to commit to the destruction of our enemies. Indeed thousands of...
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...
Microsoft: Out of the Fire and Back Into the Frying Pan
First the good news: The new administration’s officials in the Department of Justice have decided not to murder the Microsoft Corporation and carve up its corpse. Now the bad news: They have chosen the more humane option of slow torture. The Justice...
What is Economics?
To know what economics is, we must first know what an economy is. Perhaps most of us think of an economy as a system for the production and distribution of the goods and services we use in everyday life. That is true as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough....
A Really Bad Case of Gas
President Bush showed spirited common sense on environmental policies — before he got elected. “I don’t believe in command and control out of Washington, D.C.,” Bush said during the second presidential debate last fall. “Not all wisdom is...
A Usable Black History
John McWhorter, linguistics professor at the Berkeley campus of the University of California, has written a compelling essay in the summer 2001 issue of City Journal titled, “Toward a Usable Black History.” Last year, he wrote “Losing the Race:...
The President Has Spoken: No Microsoft Breakup
What inspiring, bullish news. It’s the dawn of a great new era. I can feel my animal spirits rising. That’s right. Didn’t you feel the same way yesterday when you heard that the Department of Justice wouldn’t seek the break-up of Microsoft?...
Property Rites or Rights?
With police on hand to try to maintain order, the Loudoun County (Virginia) board of supervisors recently imposed severe restrictions on the building of homes, despite angry protesters. The board’s plan allows only one house to be built for every 10 acres in...
Teachers, Guns, and Zero-Tolerance Tyranny
When the new school year begins, Deena Esteban will not be among the legions of educators welcoming students back to class. That’s because Mrs. Esteban, a 43-year-old art teacher in Prince William County, Va., lost the job she loved after being convicted of a...
The United Nations of Reparations Hypocrisy
Perhaps Secretary of State Colin Powell’s decision to pull the American delegation out of the so-called U.N. World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, will be just a footnote in history. But we can at least hope that it may be a turning point...
Dealing with the Media: Getting This Behind You
The predictable media reaction to Gary Condit’s bobbing and weaving has been to say that he should be candid, come clean and “get all this behind you.” It is the kind of advice that they have offered repeatedly over the years to people in trouble,...
Gangs — Society’s Fault?
“Society pushes you back into the same pile of s— you came out of.” Chino, a “hardened gang member,” offered this excuse as his rationale for joining a gang. Gang violence is up, says a chilling new Time magazine article on Los Angeles...
Supply Chain 103: EMC
Previously, I told you that I would offer up my opinion of the one technology company to watch for evidence of a broad recovery in the economy and the markets. Today I make good on that promise. I told you that my choice would surprise you. It’s not an obvious...
Too Much Safety?
There’s the old admonition: It’s better to be safe than sorry. The fact of life is that one can be both safe and sorry — that’s if we acknowledge the consequences of having too much safety. Let’s look at it. National Transportation Safety...
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