"Iran's Hardliners Renew Calls for Rushdie to Die"--headline, The Independent (UK), 2/15/2003 In 1989, the government of Iran sentenced author Salman Rushdie to death for writing arguments offensive to their interpretation of Islam in his book, The Satanic Verses....
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The essence of capitalism’s foreign policy is free trade–i.e., the abolition of trade barriers, of protective tariffs, of special privileges–the opening of the world’s trade routes to free international exchange and competition among the private citizens of all countries dealing directly with one another. – AYN RAND
High Noon with Iraq
In his address before the United Nations Security Council, US Secretary of State Colin Powell made it absolutely clear: instead of dismantling its weapons of mass destruction in plain sight of the world, Iraq has engaged in a deliberate program of deceit and...
The United Nations Against Individual Rights
The American delegate put a brave face on it. "This is not a defeat for the United States," US Ambassador Kevin Moley said after Libya was elected to the chairmanship of the United Nations' highest human rights panel on Monday. "This is a defeat for the Human Rights...
Disarming a Country: The Parallels Between Hitler’s Germany and Hussein’s Iraq
History does not literally repeat itself, but sometimes it comes awfully close. Iraq is not the first dangerous dictatorship that international agreements tried to keep disarmed. Nor is it the first where that effort failed. Back in the 1930s, Germany's military...
The Moral Cowardice of France and Germany
France and Germany will pay a woeful price for their cravenness. They have tipped their hand. Their Muslim populations now know that these governments will crumble before them; it’s only a matter of time before the “domestic disturbances” start.
The Iraq Charade
The headline of an Associated Press report from Tuesday declares, "Gaps Appear to Widen over Iraq within UN Security Council." The wording is, perhaps unintentionally, precise: the gaps only appear to be widening. The report informs us -- to no one's surprise, I hope...
Europe vs. America
Things looked so clear in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, when the forces of civilization stood on one side and the barbarians on the other. The very evening after the attack, President Bush announced that "America and our friends and allies join with all those who...
Israeli Restraint Empowers Terrorists
Even by the grim standards of recent years, the suicide bombings in Tel Aviv last week were horrific. The terrorists, members of the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade (a wing of Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization), positioned themselves at opposite ends of a busy street and...
The Palestinian Utopia: A Road to Nowhere
The farfetched utopian state it contends to deliver, however, is a delusion.
Snow Job in the Iraqi Desert
That's it. The dog ate Saddam Hussein's homework. Just as no self-respecting teacher would accept this lamest of excuses, so the U.N. Security Council surely will not accept the pathetic explanations that are being served up by Iraq's representatives to the United...
The Case for Invading Iraq
With each passing day the United States comes ever closer to launching a new war against Iraq. And yet, before it has even begun, thousands of people are already marching in the streets demanding that our government not take any forceful action against Saddam's...
Hope for Iran
Americans who care about Iran had something to be grateful for this Thanksgiving: The State Department finally came out foursquare in support of the hundreds of thousands of Iranians who have been demonstrating for an end to their country's ruthless Islamic...
A United Nations World Order: Building the Capitol Building of the World
The UN is the protector of the innocent, the poor and the hungry. I know it's true because I read it in United Nation's propaganda. And, pity the unappreciated UN, with its noble mission. Because greedy nations like the United States just won't pay their "fair share,"...
America’s Two Wars: Strong on Iraq, Soft on Islamic Terrorists
Has anyone noticed the difference in the way America's two wars are approached? When the subject is Iraq, the U.S. government is proactive, articulate and specific. But when it comes to militant Islam, officialdom is reactive, awkward and vague. Take the issue of...
Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein’s Shop of Horrors
As a boy, writes Kenneth Pollack in his masterful new book on Iraq, "The Threatening Storm," Saddam Hussein would heat an iron poker until it was white-hot, then use it to impale cats and dogs. Years later, when he had boys of his own, he would take them into prisons...
North Korea Building Nuclear Bombs? Perish the Thought
Our leaders express incredible shock that North Korea is building nuclear bombs. This emotion of shock betrays the reasons why we have the whole problem with terrorism in the first place. We are victims of terrorism because too many of us -- and all of our leaders --...
Do you want your child to die fighting in Iraq?
"Do you want your child to die fighting in Iraq?" This type of question is one of the subtle, insidious ways by which pacifists try to undercut the war against Islamic terrorists. To understand how this is done, we must first take an honest look at our enemies....
When will Africa Discover Capitalism?
Wade and other African leaders who are trying to create conditions favorable for investment do need Western assistance, but they don’t need handouts. They need trade-friendly policies, not the usual song and dance on foreign aid. It’s the only way to steer them off “the wrong road” — and put them on the path to prosperity.
Another United Nations Sham: Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi to Head the U.N. Human Rights Commission
Hollywood loves using the "it takes a thief to catch a thief" plot in its movies. But even the most creative scriptwriter couldn't top the real-life plot twist the U.N. Commission on Human Rights will have concocted when Libya becomes its chairman. That's right --...
The Case for Action Against Iraq
There is no honest question that Saddam is evil. Saddam is a dictator in the classic Stalinist model and Iraq is the antithesis of a free republic. Rather than make reason, persuasion and individual freedom the hallmark of its regime, Iraq relies upon the systematic...
Black Leaders Silent Over Mugabe’s Destruction of Zimbabwe
Mugabe has created a disaster for both white and black Zimbabweans in the name of reparations and land redistribution.
Ayn Rand Institute’s “In Moral Defense Of Israel” Released By Candian Government
IRVINE, CA--After a three-day detention, Canadian Customs released today a shipment of newsletters from the Ayn Rand Institute titled "In Moral Defense of Israel." Dr. Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, said "The detainment at the Canadian...
Q & A on Going to war with Iraq
A reader from a major news network writes in: Reader: Going to war with Iraq is so stupid for so many reasons that I can't take the time to address them all. Needless to say, there is NO evidence of weapons of mass destruction. Dr. Hurd: So it doesn't count that...
Allowing Israel to Destroy the PLO Helps Defend the U.S.
It is time that the United States recognize the true nature of Yasser Arafat and his regime. The PLO has been engaged in a terror campaign against Israel for decades, and today supports fanatical suicide bombers, who deliberately target and murder innocent civilians....
A Declaration of Independence…from the United Nations
Imagine the following scenario: if on the eve of American independence, the founders had asked the world's permission before they revolted against the English crown. Imagine if the question of American independence rested not in the minds of the patriots, but with the...
Yet More Tears for Africa
In a report in the Washington Times, the Bush administration said in August that it no longer considers President Robert Mugabe to be the legitimate leader of Zimbabwe and called upon "the body politic" of his country "to go forward and correct that situation."...
Bureaucratic Leftism: The United Nations vs. American Sovereignty
In the debate over Iraq, the Democrats and most allied governments are demanding United Nations Security Council endorsement of a military campaign - or they are against it. This is a strange position. The U.S. government, with an over two-century record of forwarding...
U.N. Inspections in Iraq — Clinton vs. Clinton
" . . . We ought to give that inspection thing one more shot." Former President Bill Clinton, on "Larry King Live," recently offered this advice to President George W. Bush. "If he has chemical and biological agents, and I believe he does," said Clinton, who opposes...
Why We Must Take Out Iraq
After September 11th, most Americans have sensed the need of defense against the Islamic nations that are waging a war of terror against the West. The Iraqi regime is one of our most prominent enemies, and must be dealt with before it's too late. Our policy in the War...
The Arab-Israel Conflict on Campus
Last week, two prominent Middle Easterners traveled to two North American campuses to deliver speeches mainly about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Both met protests. One succeeded in giving the speech; the other did not. Therein hangs a tale. On Monday, former Israeli...
America’s Real Robber Barons: The Congress of the United States
As we write, both Democrats and Republicans are introducing legislation to seek a moratorium on re-incorporations to tax havens -- and some of the bills include a retroactive repeal of the right of companies that have already accessed havens. But Congressional action...
Taiwan is not China
The diplomatic storm that blew across the Taiwan Strait last month is over now, but it is only a matter of time until the heavy weather returns. Sooner or later, Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian, will again say something that suggests Taiwan ought to be regarded as...