As war nears, it's become clear that two of its instigators are Jacques Chirac, the president of France, and Hans Blix, the chief United Nations weapons inspector. If Chirac had stood with the United States and other nations in enforcing Resolution 1441 immediately...
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Freedom–Not Democracy–for the Arabs in the Middle East
The Pentagon's plans for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq appear to be freezing out members of the Iraqi National Congress, the lead Iraqi opposition group.A senior Defense Department official yesterday said two or three free Iraqis with special expertise would be brought...
The Reactionary Left
We are in the midst of a radical change in world geopolitics. The twentieth century saw two major geopolitical shuffles that resulted from the world wars. The second world war's effect remained intact through 1989 when the Soviet Union collapsed and since then there...
Thought Control: Government Should Not Have the Power to Legislate Morality
You are jolted awake at 1:00 a.m. by loud knocking on the door. Alarmed, you and your girlfriend rise to answer. The police barge in and arrest you both on suspicion of having had premarital sex. Sound like something that would happen only in a dictatorship like...
They Hate Us, Too
The Sept. 11 attacks on America led many to ask, about the terrorists, "Why do they hate us?" Today, a similar question applies to those who virulently condemn a U.S. war against Iraq--along with a similar answer. It is not actually anti-war views that they are...
The Aims and Prosecution of the War with Iraq
After months and years of unheeded ultimatums, the US stands on the brink of war with Iraq. In his television address last night, President Bush gave Saddam Hussein one last chance to save himself: he and his sons must quit Iraq within 48 hours. It is considered...
The FBI Fumbles
As an FBI agent, Gamal Abdel-Hafiz could have a key role helping America's premier anti-terrorist force protect the United States from harm. But evidence from high-profile terrorism cases suggests that Abdel-Hafiz, an immigrant Muslim, twice refused on principle to...
George W. Bush’s Tax Plan as a Replay of Reaganomics?
One of the favorite liberal myths of the 1980s is that Ronald Reagan and his advisers played an elaborate trick on the American people. They got a huge tax cut passed in 1981 by convincing Congress, the press and the American people that it would lose no revenue....
War with Iraq, the Economy, and the Stock Market
The question I get asked most these days is, "What will be the effect of war with Iraq on the economy and the stock market?" It's a fair question, but it is also disturbing. That's why I was grateful when, during a live discussion Feb. 26 on washingtonpost.com, I...
In Favor of a War Against Saddam’s Iraq
I'm in favor of war on Iraq because I don't want to be killed by terrorists who get access to weapons it's trying to develop. The World Trade Center attack dramatically alerted Americans to the fact that there are some people in the world who want us dead. I was...
The Future of Iraq: Keep the United Nations Out
We stand on the brink of the liberation of Iraq. This liberation is long overdue, delayed by the Administration's attempt to secure the unnecessary support of the United Nations. The President has pledged that there will be no new dictator in Iraq, and I applaud him...
The Bush Contradiction: U.N. Permission for America to Defend Itself?
France and Germany rejected Britain's compromise proposal that listed six disarmament conditions for Iraq. Dominique de Villepin, the French foreign minister, said the proposals "do not respond to the questions the international community is asking." Germany said the...
The Other Filibuster
While Senate Democrats are filibustering against the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the federal appeals court, liberals in the media are filibustering against conservative judges in general. The hallmark of these liberal media filibusters is that they can find little...
Washington, DC, at War
A recent trip to the nation's capital was a sobering and rewarding reality check. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on America, Washington, DC, has endured anthrax-laced mailings to Congress, sniper shootings, and a periodic deployment of missiles to shoot down...
The Effects of President Bush’s Tax-reduction Proposals
The following is TCS Host James K. Glassman's testimony before a hearing on the President's Economic Growth Proposals before the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Honorable William Thomas, chairman, was presiding. Mr. Chairman and...
Privatize the Space Program
When asked how they would "heal" after the loss of space shuttle Columbia, NASA's engineers responded as one: NASA heals by solving yesterday's problems and launching the next mission. So, indeed, does the American nation. Thus, before the grief had fully faded into...
Who’s Bankrolling The Left?
A reader of this column e-mailed an interesting question a few months ago: "We hear all about Richard Mellon Scaife," he wrote, "but we never hear about who funds the left. Who's bankrolling the vast left-wing conspiracy?" It's an interesting question, and you'll...
The Historians vs. American History
It is now obvious that American children know very little about the history of their own nation. This past year the U.S. Department of Education released its History Report Card and the results were predictably awful: 57 percent of high school seniors flunked even a...
End Welfare for Corporations
The 1996 welfare reforms comprised the boldest social policy reform over the last 60 years. Millions of people moved off the government dole and achieved self-sufficiency. Unfortunately, those reforms excluded a rather large segment of society that still considers...
How To Run A Railroad (Or At Least Amtrak)
Many wasteful government programs contribute to the growing federal deficit, but the king of them all is Amtrak. The national passenger rail service incurs two dollars in costs for every dollar of tickets sold. Created in 1971 from a collection of ailing...
Baby Kim Jong’s Secret Weapon Against America
In 1994, when North Korea was on the brink of economic collapse, its leader, Kim Jong II, demanded the help of his reviled enemy, the United States of America. Then-President Bill Clinton agreed to supply food, oil and nuclear power reactors. What did America receive...
“Price Gouging” and Oil Prices
Politicians are talking of "price gouging" and oil. They say Americans are being charged too much for oil (as evidenced by the price for a gallon of gas hitting $2 in parts of the country). What exactly is "price gouging?" No objective definition is ever given. From...
Fidel Batista! Fidel Castro Out-Thugs Fulgencio Batista
Over at the Museo de la Revolucion, Fidel Castro's case against the dictator he overthrew 44 years ago is vividly on display. Fulgencio Batista was evil incarnate, the museum earnestly instructs visitors in room after room of the once-magnificent building, formerly a...
Why Do France and Germany support Saddam?
According to French President Jacques Chirac, the United States is little more than a bully on the world stage, determined to intimidate all who fail to see the need to disarm Saddam Hussein. But we have nothing on Chirac, who can bully with the best of them when...
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