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NEWS ARCHIVE - OPINION AND ODDITIES
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Once again, a President Bush saves the U.N. from its friends 09/30/2002 Wife Goes On Strike While Husband Goes Fishin' Woman Wants Simple 'Thank You'... 09/30/2002 Will Deterrence Work with Saddam? The Dems’ new favorite word... 09/30/2002 Whose Side are They on? Congressman Jim McDermott has just accused president Bush of wilfully lying to the American people... 09/30/2002 Vision of World War IV Wake up America, you are already in World War IV... 09/30/2002 The Saddam menace The cause for war in Afghanistan was simple... 09/30/2002 For the homeland It now has been more than three months since President Bush sent Congress his bold proposal... 09/30/2002 Profound misreading Al Gore is not president of the United States... 09/30/2002 Support tort law reform In the casino that tort law has become, wild wagers are becoming routine... 09/30/2002 Clinton's economic legacy The most recent recession was not as mild as some popular economic statistics have indicated... 09/30/2002 Better to act than act shocked In the past year, layoffs, rising unemployment, and escalating health-care costs, have increased... 09/30/2002 Man in Wheelchair Scales World's Tallest Tower Canadian paralympian Jeff Adams climbed the 1,776 stairs of the world largest tower in a wheelchair... 09/30/2002 Democratic Fog of War Daschle, Gore, Dopey, Sneezy, et al... 09/27/2002 U.N. rights committee rejects French dwarf tossing appeal 09/27/2002 Taking Sides Saddam Hussein likes to use as envoys men who are sick with fear and humiliation, and whose families are hostages... 09/27/2002 Gore's Glass House Why didn't the Clinton-Gore administration go after this fifth-rate military power? 09/27/2002 Arm-to-Arm Against Bioterrorism Smallpox is the most deadly disease in our species’ history... 09/27/2002 A debate worth having What a week the Democrats have had... 09/27/2002 The new San Francisco democrat The New Republic may think this was a new Gore, but to me it was the same old Al... 09/27/2002 Daschle politicizes Iraq The Senate should be deliberately debating the threat Iraq's weapons of mass destruction pose against the United States... 09/27/2002 Backfire Why else would a typically unruffled Daschle humiliate himself publicly? 09/27/2002 Hitchens: We Must Fight Iraq Anybody with any sense must confess that there can be no return to the security posture adopted before September 11, 2001... 09/27/2002 Rods for Real Pro fishing is a cash cow... 09/27/2002 Mr. Bush, Stop the Insanity This is not the country we want to be... 09/27/2002 Perception of Doors When I was a kid, if I saw an artist I admired doing a commercial, I'd think, 'Too bad, he must really need the money'... 09/27/2002 Buffy, the U.N. slayer Without Buffy, the council is nothing more than a debating society... 09/26/2002 Science Looking Beyond the Horizon Prevailing scientific assumptions about the true nature of the universe appear to be 'logically flawed'... 09/26/2002 Scientists Grow Pig Teeth in Rat Intestines 09/26/2002 Daschle's Distortions Talk about Iraq without really talking about Iraq... 09/26/2002 ABC, CBS Justify Daschle’s Tantrum, Distort Reason For It 09/26/2002 Gore on War He raised some legitimate concerns... 09/26/2002 Divide . . . and lose 09/26/2002 Arab News: Waiting for the invasion of Iraq Any new government would be an improvement... 09/26/2002 Al Gore's Political Suicide Mr. Gore's speech was more critical of President Bush than our enemies... 09/26/2002 Why We Hate Them Japanese kamikaze pilots hated us once too.... 09/26/2002 Senate Pouters Hissy fits really are entertaining... 09/26/2002 Look Who's Playing Politics Some notice should be paid to the speech that the formerly important Al Gore delivered... 09/26/2002 Senator's Poke at President a Score for '04 Tom Daschle could rip his own party apart... 09/26/2002 The Genocidal Hamas Charter Yasser Arafat and co... 09/26/2002 Addicted to cigarette tax revenues Let us stipulate that the world would be better without cigarettes... 09/26/2002 Focus on Talent Missouri contest could tip the Senate to the GOP — at least temporarily... 09/26/2002 'Politicizing' the War The most obvious way to gain political advantage is timing it to coincide with elections... 09/26/2002 The truth be told The United States has heroically supported Israel in the face of almost worldwide condemnation... 09/26/2002 Al Quaeda vs. Iraq The question of which is the bigger threat... 09/26/2002 Post-Saddam Iraq The millions of people who reside in the Kurdish safe haven believe that they are today living in a golden age... 09/26/2002 Simple cures for what ails corporations Enron, WorldCom, and company failed by making unusually bad business decisions... 09/26/2002 Elderly housewife bashes to death violent husband 09/26/2002 Beyond Deterrence What are we waiting for? 09/25/2002 Radical Conservatism Radical revisionism in basic governmental philosophy and structure engineered by President Bush... 09/25/2002 Litigation: The death of democracy Small and extreme groups are finding it increasingly easy to bypass and subvert the democratic process... 09/25/2002 The perils of polling Polling is in trouble. Big trouble.... 09/25/2002 Gore-ing Iraq Speech was one no minimally decent politician could have delivered... 09/25/2002 Hackwork by Gore? He was certainly being less cynical than the Democratic leadership in Congress... 09/25/2002 The ethically challenged Erskine Bowles 09/25/2002 Who Needs Jesse Jackson? A declaration of independence... 09/25/2002 Not Getting America Technically speaking, we aren't actually the boss of the world... 09/24/2002 Democrats should take on Bush rather than avoiding big issues 09/24/2002 Al Gore's selective amnesia 09/24/2002 I Fought the Future for the CIA 09/24/2002 The Unchurched A new study puts Washington as the second most irreligious sate. I’m not so sure... 09/24/2002 Miami road hogs will drive you crazy I am sure that the drivers in your city are all homicidal morons... 09/24/2002 Freedom is a powerful weapon against terror It's disturbing that so many Americans seem willing to give up essential freedoms to wage the war... 09/24/2002 Doctoral Candidates of the World, Unite! The United Auto Workers think that graduate students should fall under their jurisdiction... 09/24/2002 Now the fun begins for Herr Schroeder Yogi Berra would understand the German elections.... 09/24/2002 Now We Know I wonder what Al Gore's champions in the 2000 race must think now... 09/24/2002 Al Qaeda Camp in Oregon Prosperity may have bypassed this corner of the Pacific Northwest, but self-styled entrepreneur Earnest James Ujaama sensed opportunity... 09/24/2002 Won’t Get Fooled Again Same story. Different season. (Some) much wiser... 09/24/2002 Germany the day after Scandals involving comments about President Bush and Hitler paved the way for one of the most unusual elections... 09/24/2002 The Taxpayer's Addendum We have 535 grown men and women who can't seem to perform the basic function of establishing a budget... 09/24/2002 Homeland security veto bait Today, Sens. Zell Miller and Phil Gramm will introduce a critical compromise amendment... 09/24/2002 Letter From Egypt I don't understand anything about America's culture. What could I hope to learn about Egypt's? 09/23/2002 Era of Big Government Has Just Begun The forthcoming war for Baghdad is likely to change the government here in the U.S. as well... 09/23/2002 Intelligence? What intelligence? To have Congress investigate intelligence failures is like asking the Madame to check her employees for VD... 09/23/2002 Fox vs CAIR A leading lobby group for Muslim Americans has put the Fox News Channel in its crosshairs... 09/23/2002 Ground Zero is not a battlefield A battlefield is hallowed ground... 09/23/2002 92-year-old woman gets 30-year mortgage 09/23/2002 Democrats line up as Bush moves forward Not too long ago, most Democratic leaders were criticizing President Bush's intentions to topple Saddam... 09/23/2002 The Iraq Debate The vice president argues that we must remove from power an irrational dictator... 09/23/2002 Not Peace-Loving, After All Is Islam itself a threat? 09/23/2002 Stock drains and Social Security Social Security's current "pay-as-you-go" financing will inevitably require reform as hordes of Baby Boomers retire... 09/23/2002 Greenpeace pushes old answers Greenpeace is striving aggressively to place the burden for homeland security on the chemical and energy industries... 09/23/2002 The Odd Couple Bush-Blair synergy - why? 09/23/2002 Small business in credit crunch The National Bureau of Economic Research decided that it is still not sure when the recession ended — or if it has ended... 09/23/2002 The Bush Doctrine Revolutionary in several respects... 09/21/2002 Death Dances Are all the Iraq contingency plans in place? 09/21/2002 Israel's destructive powers could flatten Iraq 09/21/2002 Undies against culture, dancers told 09/21/2002 The War And Iran Foreign minister of Iran interviewed by Washington Post columnist Lally Weymouth... 09/21/2002 Oh No! The Germans Don’t Like Us Why are they so opposed to a war in the first place? 09/20/2002 Dr. Know No one at the Pentagon has ever wrestled with the limits of knowledge as ferociously as Donald Rumsfeld... 09/20/2002 Restoring suspense to election night Florida has raised election-day disaster to an art form... 09/20/2002 Is This the Way To Decide on Iraq? When the case is the abstraction of strengthening the House of Kofi, the Democrats are ready to parachute into Baghdad.... 09/20/2002 The New Space Race? Chinese nuclear-powered space craft a possibility... 09/20/2002 Bush suckered the Democrats What happened between September 1st and 6th is that the Democratic Party woke up... 09/20/2002 Remember Rick Rescorla U.S. intelligence could learn from his valor and leadership... 09/20/2002 Why don't they fear us? Even in defeat, Hussein found victory... 09/20/2002 Vichy Thought Police 09/20/2002 Nothing worth waiting for Unfortunate typo in the letter to the United Nations, wasn't it? 09/20/2002 Evangelist Told He Needs License To Sell 'Miracle Water' 09/20/2002 Hawks offer no proof to justify attack on Iraq 09/20/2002 Iraqi Interrogatories The usual questions about Iraq... 09/20/2002 Let’s Have More Teen Pregnancy It’s not a problem... 09/20/2002 The Motivations for War Buildup to war has come at an extremely convenient time for Republicans... 09/20/2002 Daschle's tirade on economy 09/20/2002 Deliver us from 'evil' An astonishingly philistine, know-nothing posture for those who preen as the guardians of intellectual standards... 09/20/2002 Broken Window Gone Iraqi Can Iraq benefit from a U.S. attack? 09/19/2002 Adventure in Asmara A Report on the Sudanese Resistance... 09/19/2002 So three Arabs walk into a bar... A prank in Florida... 09/19/2002 The death of outrage The kids are back to school, but we adults remain out to lunch... 09/19/2002 Bush Adjusts His Priorities As War on Terror Evolves 09/19/2002 Joe Biden was Right About Scott Ritter... 09/19/2002 Cooling as the Clock Ticks The further we get from Sept 11, 2001 the harder it gets to make a case for war... 09/19/2002 Hit the Road, Jack Let me see now, wasn't this about the time that everybody in urban America would have shucked their filthy automobiles? 09/19/2002 Gun-Toting Musician Forces DJ to Play His Album 09/19/2002 My Mafia Memories In this column I shall not mention any of my young friends' real names... 09/19/2002 Democrats do Bush a real favour They wanted him to 'make the case' for war - now their issues don't matter... 09/19/2002 War and circumstance Von Clausewitz reminds us, in war even the simplest of things can go wrong... 09/19/2002 College's use of meat for tuition draws fire 09/19/2002 Power play We have just witnessed one of the swiftest and most effective exercises of presidential power ever... 09/19/2002 The Boy Scouts in the front lines A sobering reminder that 9/11 did not, in fact, change 'everything' 09/19/2002 Weighing the risks Does the U.S. have the resources and the will to win a war? 09/19/2002 Bush: Three for Three Calling the bluffs of the Democrats, the international community, and Saddam Hussein alike... 09/18/2002 All or Nothing This poorly baited Iraqi trap doesn’t cut it... 09/18/2002 Iraqi deja vu This, to put it mildly, and in the words of an old and apt phrase, shall not stand... 09/18/2002 The bizarre odyssey of Scott Ritter 09/18/2002 The Sky Didn’t Fall So far, the naysayers were wrong about the war on terror... 09/18/2002 A clear call to arms, and men follow 09/17/2002 Bush's steely resolve pays dividends again So far, history is on his side... 09/17/2002 The president's intentions are clear President's seemingly clear speech to the United Nations converted into a document of Delphic ambiguity... 09/17/2002 Saddam Blinks Well, that was easy... 09/17/2002 West has gone along too often with Saddam's lies The Iraqi dicatator played then-president Bill Clinton like a trout on a line... 09/17/2002 Bad decision by Bush administration on smallpox vaccinations 09/17/2002 Majority Report Will House become Speaker Gephardt's graveyard for the president's priorities during the remainder of his term? 09/17/2002 While Bush Leads World Against Iraq, Democrats Dither 09/17/2002 History Shows Us Midterm War Talk Works Flashback to 1962... 09/17/2002 Study: Universe may collapse in 'mere' 10 billion years 09/17/2002 Orwellian 'Peace' Movement SPAN tutors students on United States policy's responsibility for all the troubles of the world... 09/17/2002 'Mile High Club' Forces Airplane Refit 09/17/2002 The Greening of McKinney Defeated demagogue may find political resurrection... 09/17/2002 Blaming Jeb for voting mess is a pitiful Democratic deceit 09/17/2002 Democrats have only themselves to blame for new voting fiasco 09/17/2002 Why Liberals Oppose Unilateralism Attempt to eliminate all power must lead to the concentration of all power in a global totalitarian state... 09/17/2002 Saddam's Little Helpers Radical academics and Hollywood celebrities trying to resurrect the old '60s anti-Vietnam War coalition... 09/16/2002 Freedom Denied State shuns efforts to help free Pat Roush’s daughters... 09/16/2002 One click away from humiliation New York woman mistakenly sends e-mail to date... 09/16/2002 Man Divorces Quarrelsome Wife for Mute Woman 09/16/2002 Boston transit police use music to deter loitering teenagers 09/16/2002 The gates of hell and all that Here's some news: They've already opened... 09/16/2002 West Nile Paranoia Senator Leahy doesn't think Saddam is a threat, but he does think West Nile virus could be the work of terrorists... 09/16/2002 A Presidential Wannabe’s Selective Amnesia Al Gore forgets his eight years at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue... 09/16/2002 More globaloney from UN...and a ray of hope 09/16/2002 Tell-tale slip of an al Qaeda tongue? Osama bin Laden referred to in past tense... 09/16/2002 'Badass' added to Oxford English Dictionary 09/16/2002 Bush vs. the United Nations Let's get one thing straight from the outset: The U.N. sucks. 09/13/2002 Public Service Announcement: People for the Ethical Treatment of Alec Baldwin 09/13/2002 Just what is it with Florida and elections? 09/13/2002 This president has failed to make a clear case for war 09/13/2002 Donahue a Disaster 09/13/2002 Remember the Cassandras who predicted disaster before the Gulf War? 09/13/2002 'We Don't Know Anything' INS has problems... 09/13/2002 Oldest Known Penis Is 100 Million Years Old 09/13/2002 Finally, George W. speaks for himself 09/13/2002 Microsoft researcher unearths first ever smiley :-) 09/13/2002 Fictional rift So much for the great Republican split over Iraq... 09/13/2002 Bystanders It has been a long time since this journal felt so despondent about the Democratic Party... 09/13/2002 The Dems' war plan If they are forced to choose sides on war with Iraq now, Democrats will be trapped... 09/13/2002 Military morale for the long haul It's very good now, but we can't take it for granted... 09/13/2002 Neville Chamberlain's Grandchildren No one would sleep a quiet sleep for another seven years courtesy of European cowardice, fear, and fantasy... 09/13/2002 Nothing New Under the Web Opinions are like Dershowitzes (my term for a portion of the human posterior not printable in magazines of this caliber…you get the point): 09/13/2002 The bigotry behind opposition to school choice 09/13/2002 Bubba is Dubya's man President Bush sent in the only man in the world who might help: Bill Clinton... 09/13/2002 The Americans' president In his speeches yesterday, George W Bush did what he does best... 09/12/2002 Closure, with grace An amazingly compact speech that may have been the briefest major presidential address since Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg... 09/12/2002 Political anguish for the Democrats The White House, after a somewhat feigned reluctance, was only too happy to submit to weeks of debate on war... 09/12/2002 Dems' huge gift to W Asking President Bush to explain his Iraq policy was the Democrats' first real political mistake since 9/11 - and it was a huge one... 09/12/2002 Shame on you American-hating liberals America is this country's greatest friend and our staunchest ally... 09/12/2002 The Psychology Underlying 'Liberalism' My basic proposal, then, is that most (but not all) Leftists/liberals are motivated by strong ego needs... 09/12/2002 Australian police investigate 'scary' wrestling 09/12/2002 Iraq is not the problem Would overthrowing a secular ruler help or harm radical Islam? 09/12/2002 A trumpet amid tin whistles Among the most thoughtful commentaries have been those by Victor Davis Hanson... 09/12/2002 What’s So Funny about Peace, Love and Understanding? Post 9/11 humor... 09/11/2002 Laying the foundation for victory Four large presidential accomplishments that have received little positive comment.... 09/11/2002 The imperial era begins Our relation to the world has changed, probably forever... 09/11/2002 What were they thinking? How could they have misjudged America so badly? 09/11/2002 So we fight Cultural relativism was incinerated by burning jet fuel... 09/11/2002 Iraqi roulette We must never get caught flat-footed again... 09/11/2002 No Truer Friend Blair stands alone in resisting the weak-kneed, appeasement-minded ways of fellow European elites... 09/11/2002 Behind the Hate The enemy’s problem... 09/11/2002 America does not stand alone We at the Sun are with the United States against terrorism... 09/11/2002 The second Judas U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter's very public turnaround... 09/11/2002 A better America 9-11 attack provided many Americans with a moral and political clarity... 09/11/2002 The bin Ladens’ Great Escape How the U.S. helped Osama's family leave the country after 9/11... 09/11/2002 President's interview may surprise some His only TV interview this week — on 60 Minutes II Wednesday at 8 p.m. 09/10/2002 The Bush Doctrine began on Flight 93 09/10/2002 Lunar landing skeptic says Buzz Aldrin attacked him outside LA hotel 09/10/2002 Suiting up for war with an odd couple It's not easy being the tough guy trying to make nice with the old women of Europe... 09/10/2002 New solidarity with an old Nordic friend Denmark is among the biggest allies of the United States... 09/10/2002 American evils forgotten as country remembers Sept. 11 Tomorrow is Sept. 11, but I will not be joining the blathering voices... 09/10/2002 Malevolent Anti-Americanism 9-11 violently exposed the destructive consequences of cultural relativism... 09/10/2002 The elite war on our 'bigotry' During the last year, it has rarely been clear which war we were fighting... 09/10/2002 Why liberals are not in talk radio 09/10/2002 A model for Iraq? Bush's successful withdrawal of U.S. from ABM treaty... 09/10/2002 The Hilarious Dilemma of Liberal Patriotism 09/10/2002 The reeling left Rethinking responses to Sept. 11... 09/10/2002 A shattered diamond Remembering Barbara Olson... 09/10/2002 Thank you, New York by TONY BLAIR 09/09/2002 Remembrance and resolve Whenever I hear Sept. 11 referred to as just a tragedy, I wince... 09/09/2002 More Americans have been killed by militant Islamics than any other enemy since Vietnam 09/09/2002 Never mind the dossier, just leaf through 'Iraq for Dummies' 09/09/2002 Our Insane Focus on Iraq We're not talking about Hitler... 09/09/2002 Loch Ness sighting: New Nessie pictures spark debate 09/09/2002 Twin shadows of Election '02 May blot out the light of every other issue our nation faces... 09/09/2002 Saudi Arabia: Friend or Foe? 09/09/2002 A trail of terror Since the Munich Olympics, the world has buried its head in the sand... 09/09/2002 Homeland security vs. union power Since 1978, the executive branch has had the authority to exempt certain agencies from union control... 09/09/2002 Congress' cloaked power grab No wonder the president wants to retain this prerogative... 09/09/2002 The tyranny of the 10 Senate Judiciary Committee has exhibited again its selective contempt for the Constitution... 09/09/2002 Wall Street Still Insane About Tech Stocks It's still alot of hype... 09/09/2002 Act Now George Shultz: The danger is immediate. Saddam Hussein must be removed. 09/06/2002 The Objectors Daschle, Carter, and Clinton.... 09/06/2002 9/11 'Overkill' Get the mute button ready... 09/06/2002 Bon temps on the Seine: Security courtesy of U.S. Europe's capitals are the most relaxing places on Earth... 09/06/2002 Primary problems for Dems Division between blacks and Jews continues to grow... 09/06/2002 Conservatives are wrong: War is not the answer By JIMMY CARTER 09/06/2002 Jimmy Carter rides again Former president deluding himself rather massively... 09/06/2002 Democrats for Regime Change The president has some surprising allies.... 09/06/2002 Indulging in the luxury of blame Important new book debunks "romantic notion that all evil is a product of society..." 09/06/2002 Pet cockatoo may avenge owner's murder 09/06/2002 Sickening specter of a smallpox attack 09/06/2002 Democrats Kill Again This time, they sink the Priscilla Owen nomination... 09/06/2002 Genocide with a Harvard patina Is the multicultural campaign really about diversity? 09/06/2002 The Day Whitey Died 09/06/2002 Not grasping the signals on Iraq The rules don't seem to apply to Colin L. Powell... 09/06/2002 Religious Wars The intensifying crisis in the Mideast has opened many Jewish minds... 09/06/2002 Hunting 'Chicken Hawks' Like most slurs, it works because it is both ugly and faintly amusing... 09/05/2002 Check the science It's not just the economics: Highlight the problems with Kyoto science and let Canadians decide for themselves... 09/05/2002 Card to 'Grama in the blue house' gets delivered 09/05/2002 War: What Is It Good For? Quite a lot, actually... 09/05/2002 Arabian nightmare State Dept. helps Saudis keep kidnapped American children... 09/05/2002 After Sept. 11: Still waiting for the other shoe to drop 09/05/2002 9/11 Outrage In Colorado Osama Bin Laden was apparently not available to address the students at Colorado College... 09/05/2002 Uneasy rest of appeasements past 09/05/2002 Can NJ Republican Douse the 'Torch'? 09/05/2002 The Feds' fib about low-fat 09/05/2002 Murder for fun and prophet The paper of record gives terrorists a pass... 09/05/2002 Waiting for 'allies' to line up Katie Couric says Jordan is a country "America needs desperately" 09/04/2002 The Washington Post gets religion? 09/04/2002 It’s a War, Stupid Understanding and misunderstanding the detainees... 09/04/2002 Iran, according to the Times All the nonsense that's fit to print... 09/04/2002 Weighing gestures before the strike The point now is to 'bolster the case' 09/04/2002 Moralist mite in a miter One would think that having experienced evil up close and surviving it, Archbishop Williams might have some insights... 09/04/2002 GOP should triangulate Entire Democratic agenda for 2002 could be crippled if the GOP simply abandoned its refusal to meet the Democrats halfway on these issues... 09/04/2002 Score One for the Ethnic Grievance Industry 09/04/2002 These Are Traitorous Times During wartime there were no Nazi sympathizers permitted to proselytize and preach against Uncle Sam’s efforts... 09/03/2002 Seeing through the Saudi PR effort You've got to hand it to the Saudis; they've one-upped the Soviets.... 09/03/2002 Don't Dianafy 9/11 For some, anniversary is about righteous anger; for others, coping and healing... 09/03/2002 Senate Watch What to look for this fall - an update of the 12 hottest races... 09/03/2002 The rousing chorus of Nervous Nellies What if George W. does the usual Republican turn, and climbs meekly down from the confrontation? 09/03/2002 Thoughts from a traveling man This was the third time in a year that I've driven across the country... 09/03/2002 New Reality Saddam, Clinton, and the Real Lesson of 9/11.... 09/03/2002 Regulatory spending escalation Government spends your money to come up with rules that force you to spend more of your money to obey those rules... 09/03/2002 Nature can get ugly People who don't recognize this often pay the consequences... 09/03/2002 A litmus test for judicious senators Priscilla Owen's appeals court nomination will reveal the health of the confirmation process... 09/03/2002 Baghdad death trap? Saddam's troops are not Russians, nor even Vietnamese... 09/03/2002 Iran and al Qaeda 08/30/2002 Three months to Baghdad Bush administration probably needs to make its final decision on war by November... 08/30/2002 The Song Remains the Same - as in 1990 Déjà vu on Iraq... 08/30/2002 The Wisdom of Inaction Being wrong means never having to say you’re sorry... 08/30/2002 Penetrating Saddam's web Cold gambit — human and cultural shields — designed to thwart U.S. advantages... 08/30/2002 The Chickenhawk Defense There may be a multitude of lucid reasons why the United States should avoid a preemptive military strike against Iraq... 08/30/2002 Reparations divide 08/30/2002 Introduction of the flush toilet deplored at Earth Summit 08/30/2002 Battered Republican Syndrome Bush has repeatedly set himself up as the test case of what happens when you try to play nice with a Democrat... 08/29/2002 A Summer of deviance Are we losing the very words to describe such despicable acts and the moral code by which to judge them? 08/29/2002 For the sake of Danielle It's time to arrest the others who helped facilitate Westerfield's access to her... 08/29/2002 Why Arabs lose wars The impact of culture on military effectiveness... 08/29/2002 Let's misbehave If giant corporations insist on hiring these pinheads, then we should shun the companies... 08/29/2002 If Churchill were alive today, he would strike at Saddam 08/29/2002 Call For Attack Vote Could Backfire On Dems There's zero doubt a vote would strongly back Bush... 08/29/2002 The Terrible Logic of Nukes Saddam is not crazy to want them. That's the reason he must go... 08/29/2002 Improvised war etiquette The administration is conscientiously groping for a way to do something morally defensible... 08/29/2002 Where's the anger? One reason why, increasingly, the skeptics are seizing control of the debate over how America should respond... 08/29/2002 Bush’s So-Called Friends Polls suggest the president loses support he never really had.... 08/29/2002 Pensioner fights off bear with right jab 08/29/2002 The Women the Taliban Couldn’t Take Jane magazine doesn't like Lisa Beamer.... 08/29/2002 Lesson Plans for 9-11 NEA agenda for classroom reflects not lack of patriotism, but modern liberal culture's shallowness... 08/29/2002 Incumbent lacks depth in Missouri Mrs. Carnahan attained her Senate seat on a wave of public sympathy in the 2000 election... 08/29/2002 Sore losers McKinney and Hilliard made common cause with radical Arab elements hostile to the United States and Israel... 08/29/2002 Paycheck withholding: A con on taxpayers When it comes to 'cooking the books,' our elected leaders are regular Bobby Flays... 08/29/2002 Jonah and the Man Real-life police drama: My run in with South Dakota law enforcement.... 08/28/2002 Grizzly mauls animal rights activist 08/28/2002 'Sustainable growth' is not sustainable solution Few groups, aside from the Flat-Earthers and fans of Carrot Top, have been more consistently wrong in their basic assumptions... 08/28/2002 Horowitz: Take off the gloves!! 'If Republicans ever get really serious about politics, they can easily change the world!' 08/28/2002 Let the Hannitization Begin Listen to him. Watch him. Now, read him... 08/28/2002 A Summit Hard To Stomach It's hard to commiserate about dire poverty when lodging at a $500-a-night, five-star hotel in Aspen... 08/28/2002 A call to new arms Congress and the public alike have been put on notice of a significant evolution in U.S. national security strategy... 08/28/2002 Shakedown history Asking for money is profoundly different from demanding equality... 08/28/2002 Secrecy, case by case Did government act unlawfully in adopting a blanket policy to close hundreds of deportation hearings? 08/28/2002 Papal succession Whispers seem to increase with each week of the Holy Father's faltering footsteps... 08/28/2002 Estrich Concedes She Defended Clinton's 'Indefensible' Behavior 08/28/2002 Making monkeys out of critics What do evolutionists fear? 08/28/2002 Nothing silly about cooling a frenzy You can't blame George W. for being a little spooked by the Nervous Nellies, the Reluctant Rubies, the Equivocating Eunices... 08/27/2002 How Kissinger the hawk was twisted into a false dove What is going on at the New York Times? 08/27/2002 Muslim extemism: Denmark's had enough 08/27/2002 McAuliffe's options Why has DNC Chairman suddenly become so touchy about his Midas touch in the financial markets? 08/27/2002 Bush not attending the UN-sponsored 'bash Amerika' conference?! 08/27/2002 Man accused of 'wedgie' killing 08/27/2002 Beware 'consensus leadership' There has been a subtle change in the unsolicited advice George W. Bush is receiving... 08/27/2002 Gore travels U.S. dressed as hobo Honing populist image, former veep rides rails, eats beans from can... 08/26/2002 Potent words, softly spoken, rock Saudi-US relations 08/26/2002 Chrétien: Hamas Isn't a Terrorist Group It was another shameful Canadian moment... 08/26/2002 Waging class warfare Democratic party morality play has opened to mixed reviews thus far... 08/26/2002 The NEA's sensitivity tutors Makes one wish the NEA would stick to misleading legislators... 08/26/2002 Reno spins her promises while Jeb Bush just waits Republicans aren't even covert in their support for Reno over her primary opponent... 08/26/2002 Goose tracked for research purposes found in hunter's freezer 08/26/2002 Turning boys into men A week at Boy Scouts camp... 08/26/2002 Zimbabwe in black and white A glaring example of how much damage a corrupt, hate-mongering leader can wreak on a country... 08/26/2002 Don't isolate Israel, use it Israeli involvement in conflict is inevitable... 08/26/2002 Want to win votes? Mind your mouth Voters are turned off by poisonous political rhetoric... 08/26/2002 Crusading to keep children clueless Public education monopoly can't stand the thought of 'unqualified' parents teaching their own children... 08/26/2002 Policeman 'radioed colleagues to bring toilet roll' In poorly equipped public toilet... 08/26/2002 California caves on Kyoto 08/26/2002 Who's Afraid of U.S.-Russian Friendship? Is America's honeymoon with Russia over? 08/23/2002 Pre-emptive war debates The debate about regime change through pre-emptive war is reaching a rolling boil... 08/23/2002 Tenure for Terror? Sami al-Arian is, in a word, despicable... 08/23/2002 It's a Vision Thing Bush believes that freedom, democracy, and an open society are the aspirations of everyone born into this world... 08/23/2002 Money makes the world go 'round So much money is wasted by the federal government... 08/23/2002 Bush's ranch hands Military transformation is shorthand for an emerging series of changes... 08/23/2002 Good riddance Mr. Al-Arian has been in detention since November 2001... 08/23/2002 Let's keep 9/11 'simplistic' America's youth need more complex answers than the simplistic fare they've gotten so far... 08/22/2002 The Cruel Calculus Once we launch any ground attack, many lives may be lost... 08/22/2002 Economic tune-up The leading economic indicators are pointing to second-half economic growth... 08/22/2002 Global Warming, Global Scepticism All you ever needed to know about the global warming debate... 08/22/2002 The Communist-Iraqi Fifth Column The Soviet Union and Iraq were related militarily... 08/22/2002 What Happened in Berlin There is already a rush to condemn the five brave Iraqi freedom fighters... 08/21/2002 Take Saddam out . . . . or take care? President George W. Bush told reporters that the public debate over what action to take is "healthy..." 08/21/2002 Observations on the Iraq War Debate 08/21/2002 August Al The former vice president has barred the press from his keynote speech... 08/21/2002 Side effects of the war on pesticides The mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus has captured the nation's attention... 08/21/2002 Advice to Bush: Take out Saddam soon We now have another opportunity to forestall perhaps even worse assaults on our people... 08/20/2002 Uncle Sam wants you...fat Scientific evidence suggests low-fat, high-starch 'food pyramid' is a sham... 08/20/2002 Donald Trump Buys 15-Hole Golf Course Lost three holes when part of it slid into the ocean in 1999... 08/20/2002 A dead mouse on the sawdust trail The most prominent Muslim clerics shout 'bigot!' at anyone who notices the Muslim silence... 08/20/2002 For the NEA, history is farce 08/20/2002 Rumsfeld to the Rescue The Pentagon chief is a bastion of common sense... 08/20/2002 The enemy has been singled out Calling a spade a spade, Bush tore away the veil of hypocrisy that colored the world's attitude to Middle Eastern dictators and terrorists... 08/20/2002 What to Do About Iraq The Iraqi threat is enormous. It gets bigger with every day that passes... 08/20/2002 To Iraq . . . or not to Iraq? Great strategic endeavors hold immense risks and grave uncertainties... 08/20/2002 The 'doubts' of GOP elders on Iraq attack have been overstated 08/20/2002 Wishful Democratic thinking? Deep-thinking Democrats have come up with a new theory... 08/20/2002 Multiculturalists are the real racists There are millions of Muslims in Scandinavia, and four Scandinavians in Syria... 08/20/2002 In Bush Country A visit to Crawford... 08/19/2002 How Now, Brown Cloud? Lest anyone think the U.N. has learned anything about its environmental misrepresentations... 08/19/2002 Fast food lawsuits are a trial lawyer's dream 08/19/2002 Democrats worry about Iraq as issue Debate on war seen as diversion from economy... 08/19/2002 New York Times misrepresents Kissinger on Iraq A willfully misleading front-page story... 08/19/2002 The Trouble with Tolerance In defense of simplistic answers... 08/19/2002 The case against war on Iraq Flagrantly violates both international law and common morality... 08/19/2002 U.S. has reason to attack Saddam 08/19/2002 The case he's making Why do the president's critics say he hasn't 'made the case' for war in Iraq? 08/19/2002 A Heston to remember 08/19/2002 Buffoons On the Washington Mall "I don't want to talk about bin Laden....I want to talk about a terrorist called George Washington..." 08/19/2002 Study: Alcohol makes opposite sex appear better-looking 08/19/2002 Media hypes investment jitters 08/19/2002 Are We Owed an Apology? Muslim leaders remain mute on 9/11... 08/16/2002 Male workers wear skirts to protest ban on shorts 08/16/2002 The Moral Heart of Capitalism You can't make money without it... 08/16/2002 A woman's work has to be done It's tough when a good-looking American woman is a bigger, smarter, tougher man than you are... 08/16/2002 So Far, So Good? Where are all the purported American blunders? 08/16/2002 Coulter stirs up a storm The following are excerpts from a recent speech given by lecturer, writer and TV pundit Ann Coulter... 08/16/2002 Outta 'Time' A careful read of the article however reveals that the former administration did little to nothing to stop bin Laden... 08/16/2002 |
Rounding out a roster of villains A toast to fat people... 08/16/2002 The Complainers Unlike past administrations, the Clintonites won't go away--and they won't stop criticizing President Bush... 08/16/2002 Internet radio station for cats returns to air 08/16/2002 Hollywood's slide into the sewer Children flooding to movies packaged as family fare but which are anything but that... 08/16/2002 The ghosts of Mogadishu Every time you think Bill Clinton has sunk low, he surprises you... 08/16/2002 The politics of despair Betting against the economy and American workers might not seem like a winning game plan... 08/16/2002 Ashcroft overrun by liberals Gets an 'A' for high-level appointments and an 'F' for the mid-level bureaucracy... 08/15/2002 Mineta's war on what? Unquestionably has been effective in protecting us from grumpy old men, wisecracking pilots, and lactating mothers... 08/15/2002 The ideological war within the West it is entirely possible that modernity will witness not the final triumph of liberal democracy... 08/15/2002 Telling the truth isn't torture Those present later told me that while I was under, I was interrogated... 08/15/2002 So, why is there no 'Jews for Jihad'? You have got to hand it to the Israeli left... 08/15/2002 Brazil to U.S.: Send money Taxpayers to get the bill... 08/15/2002 Alien Nation Relentless drumbeat of anti-American rhetoric from within U.S... 08/15/2002 Waco Double Standards Bush cconomic summit gets brutal treatment from mainstream media... 08/15/2002 Make Liberals Safe, Legal and Rare 08/15/2002 Terry 'Stonewall' McAuliffe Investigation of Global Crossing deal can't be avoided much longer... 08/15/2002 War comes closer Political and philosophical mobilization continues... 08/14/2002 Properly provoked Iraq fits the bill, and then some... 08/14/2002 With Eyes Wide Open A strategy for war with Iraq... 08/14/2002 Hot Time in the City Saddam's war plan unveiled... 08/14/2002 Civil society, PA-style Apparently all they could agree on was that terrorism is fantastic.... 08/14/2002 Pre-election party projections Professional football is in its pre-season and so is politics... 08/14/2002 What happened at Jenin Not very strange that many Jews have started to suggest a resurgence of anti-Semitism... 08/14/2002 Hillary aide in bra-zen romp Thrown out of Ritz-Carlton after stripping down to her bra in the hotel bar... 08/14/2002 Sorry State State Department is obstructing President Bush's plans to liberate Iraq... 08/14/2002 Terrorists at the gate Fundamental reforms of PA are needed before return to peace process... 08/14/2002 The Perils of Recycling It is clear that Gore will continue to beat his populist drum... 08/14/2002 How the nuclear family became controversial Groups and ideologies denying that it is best for a child to be raised by a father and mother... 08/14/2002 The 'phony war' of sweet summer Gripe session for the military, Saudi punishment and the pathetic Norman Mineta... 08/13/2002 Introduction to Politics Everything you already suspected about American politics but thought was too ridiculous to be true... 08/13/2002 Analyze This Most of the corporate misdeeds happened on Clinton's watch... 08/13/2002 A Scoop Jackson Democrat Mr. Lieberman deserves commendation... 08/13/2002 First we take Baghdad What dictator wouldn't be tickled by being 'monitored'? 08/13/2002 America, Be Angry This is no time to 'get over' Sept. 11... 08/13/2002 Aquarium urged to drop fish from menu 08/13/2002 Big Labor's Enron Self-dealing benefits union bosses at the expense of workers... 08/13/2002 Doves In Wonderland Evidence threshold on Iraq is reasonable suspicion... 08/13/2002 Memo to Europe: Grow up on Iraq Americans are used to Europeans instinctually opposing any use of military force... 08/13/2002 Tell us what you really think, Ann Coulter The country's hottest conservative tele-pundit and columnist... 08/13/2002 Survey finds 17 million Americans have impersonated Elvis 08/13/2002 When the last taboo is broken The nuclear threat is back... 08/13/2002 Smart People Believe Weird Things Education by itself is no paranormal prophylactic... 08/13/2002 Democracy: No Panacea Tendency of modern democracies to foreswear war against each other stems from some shared quality... 08/13/2002 Tales from the metal detector Here at the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, we regard these as important victories... 08/13/2002 Senate has 'the slows' on security Underscores the return to business as usual in Washington... 08/13/2002 'Without Provocation' Latest slogan of the camp agitating for the appeasement of Saddam Hussein... 08/12/2002 Forgetting 9-11 I wonder if America gets the magnitude of the struggle our civilization is waging... 08/12/2002 Postmodernism kills The academic frontlines in the war on terror... 08/12/2002 Our Saudi friends, so eager to help Rarely, if ever, has the straight-shooting Mr. Rumsfeld choked on such argle-bargle... 08/12/2002 Slicing into DLC's tax cut position If John F. Kennedy could speak to ultraliberal Sen. Paul Wellstone about tax rates and economic growth, what would he tell him? 08/12/2002 Baghdad Is Not Mogadishu Iraq will be nothing like the Somalia debacle... 08/12/2002 The Clintonistas' economic reality gap Falsely reported surging profits from the second half of 1998 through the first half of 2000... 08/12/2002 If Mugabe were white, would we let him get away with such brutality? No one outside Zimbabwe seems to care... 08/12/2002 Shut the Doors Terrorism-related alien-removal hearings should not be public... 08/12/2002 What's bugging the greens? Most community leaders are clamoring for their local governments to step up mosquito eradication plans... 08/12/2002 Bats in the Saudi belfry Invading Saudi Arabia to secure its oil fields could trigger Milton's whirlwinds of tempestuous fire... 08/12/2002 It's not Iraq the U.S. needs to worry about The correct answer: North Korea... 08/12/2002 It's the money, stupid First principle of politics is to never give up a dollar once it is in your hand... 08/12/2002 Cheney and the CEOs It's open season on VP... 08/09/2002 Jousting with Rumsfeld "You know that you're in the Pentagon, not the White House, don't you, Clarence?" 08/09/2002 Ich Bin Ein Slacker The demise of the German work ethic... 08/09/2002 Fried Twinkies will be the newest dessert at the State Fair Too good to pass up... 08/09/2002 A Summit of Sorts U.S. and Iraq. State and Defense.... 08/09/2002 Scowcroft's cloudy crystal ball Destroy the war on terror? 08/09/2002 Selig is out in left field 08/09/2002 Hollywood goes La-La Nobody will bring himself to mouth the words that accurately describe the pernicious threat we face now... 08/09/2002 Yasser Arafat: Nazi trained President Bush is right... 08/09/2002 If it's April, it must be Gurbansoltan for Turkmens Eccentric president has suggested renaming the 12 months of the year after himself, his mother and other national heroes... 08/09/2002 The AOL Time Warner debacle In the annals of American business history, it is difficult to imagine a more lopsided, wealth-destroying merger... 08/08/2002 Study finds urban birds prefer rich neighbourhoods 08/08/2002 Mail me the money! The solution is to spam is to put a price on your mailbox... 08/08/2002 Saddam may be using inspection moves to avert attack Making it harder for the Bush administration to make the case for a military invasion... 08/08/2002 The GOP's pro-investor lifeline If the Republican Party suffers this fall, the unexpected stock-market plunge will be why... 08/08/2002 'I tracked Iraq's biological weapons' "It was like looking for a needle in a haystack..." 08/08/2002 Transvestite Sues Beauty School over Rejection 08/08/2002 Knave of Torts Bogus believes the current tort system is just fine... 08/08/2002 Albino gopher a trophy catch Jim Carrigan knew he'd spotted something special as soon as he laid eyes on the critter... 08/08/2002 A casualty of cowardice The persistence of the terrorist danger is a result of our government's failure to act on the evidence it already has... 08/08/2002 Fat Content As far as fat in your diet goes, the iron taboo is showing tentative signs of easing.... 08/08/2002 Leahy-Kennedy cabal handcuffs FBI, CIA Congressional investigators discovered they risked exposing the harm they themselves had done... 08/08/2002 Very special operations The unruly teen-ager is now a grown-up member of the family of U.S. forces... 08/07/2002 Will They Kill? Democrats appear ready to snuff out a high-profile judicial nomination.... 08/07/2002 Truth be told The parenthetical clause known in the journalism trade as the Full Disclosure.... 08/07/2002 Goldberg file: Don’t Play with Fire What's so cool about people who 'do their own thing'? 08/07/2002 Saddam’s Newest Playmate A deadly alliance with Syria... 08/07/2002 Hiroshima and Baghdad Diagrams reveal Japan may have been within days of testing its own atomic bomb... 08/07/2002 It didn't start in September We must remember another date that will live in infamy: Aug. 7, 1998... 08/07/2002 Tipples, trenches and tilts to the Left A week of hilarity in politics... 08/07/2002 He Can't Handle the Truth Clinton talks so tough now primarily because he acted so weakly then -- when it really counted... 08/07/2002 Man Puts Curse on Sewer System 08/07/2002 R.I.P. to the SUV? 08/07/2002 The deafening silence about the death of an affirmative action 'hero' Dr. Patrick Chavis is dead... 08/07/2002 Blocking a new axis of evil Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil... 08/07/2002 The grim summer of abducted children California has turned this terror into a safety ritual... 08/06/2002 American Tragedy as Spin Current issue of Time infuriatingly insulting to every American... 08/06/2002 Beware of High-Fat 'Victims' Parasitic Lawyers Exploit Obesity... 08/06/2002 Sore Loserman Al Gore’s classlessness.... 08/06/2002 Airport security fiascoes We are not trying to avoid being set upon by the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan... 08/06/2002 True Love Waits If you are having a tough time deciding whether to dump a stock you own, don't despair... 08/06/2002 Imus grills Lieberman "I wish you were here so I could get my hands around your neck..." 08/06/2002 For Al Gore: a question of ethics He now brazenly questions the ethics of George W. Bush? 08/06/2002 First Strike Four bad reasons to attack Iraq, and one good one... 08/05/2002 Timber Tom the Hypocrite What's good for South Dakota is apparently not good for the rest of the country... 08/05/2002 Gore v. Bush The former vice president attacks, and the people don’t believe him... 08/05/2002 Fantasy Reporting on Iran The latest disinformation from the Washington Post.... 08/05/2002 The Worm Turns on Sixties' Paradigm What we started to learn as the years passed was that most of the Nurse Ratcheds were now on the left... 08/05/2002 Save the Investors — and Yourselves Some political/economic advice for the GOP... 08/05/2002 Sharon Stalls Coup de Grace for Arafat's Terror Command What is Sharon waiting for? 08/05/2002 No Trophies for Terrorists Israel should keep cameras away from scenes of carnage... 08/05/2002 Mr. Magoo vs. the terrorists Target Corporation has better information systems to track socks... 08/05/2002 Prosecute Them! Bush administration leaves bad deeds unpunished... 08/05/2002 Daschle's Declining Senate As a reporter who covered the Johnson Senate, I can attest it bears little resemblance to the Daschle Senate... 08/05/2002 DLC attitude ambush Angry leaders ganged up on Al Gore... 08/05/2002 How to fix AOL 08/05/2002 Shame not name of golfers' game None of the players showed up in the locker room on Thursday with a piercing or a posse... 08/02/2002 World's Greatest Job, Up for Grabs Calling all chocoholics.... 08/02/2002 Indian scientist blames failure of monsoon on US warplanes 08/02/2002 The road to Baghdad: Get a map right here When the lies fly so thick that every new one contradicts all the others, how can Saddam be sure which lie to disregard? 08/02/2002 Pencil in Iraq for this August Poor old Saddam, who'd wanted to spend this summer on his fourth romantic novel... 08/02/2002 White House puts UN on notice Years of treating Israel as a whipping boy are over... 08/02/2002 Communists, Peace-Mongering Journalists, and Other Abominations Andrew Sullivan on Anti-War Obfuscations, Neo-Pacifists Prepared To Spill Blood, and More 08/02/2002 'Nerd chic' Every age requires its oracles... 08/02/2002 In Europe, talk is cheap If we can just talk things through, the way we do over cucumber regulations, everything will be fine... 08/02/2002 Culture of Hate A racism which denies the history and sufferings of its victims.... 08/02/2002 The economy Bush inherited 08/02/2002 On Being Disliked It’s an America thing.... 08/02/2002 Bubba: I'd fight and die for Israel 08/02/2002 Global-Warming Nonsense An economics journal publishes junk... 08/02/2002 Slay the AOL monster The key to the liberal victory in the 60's was their control of the media... 08/02/2002 Putting the needs of the unions before America's 08/02/2002 America's plan to invade Iraq is just a giant bluff The whole edifice rests on the premise, more readily accepted in Europe, that Bush is a gun-toting bully... 08/01/2002 Let's take him out The prospect of war against Iraq has provided a field day to anti-Americanism... 08/01/2002 Greens the driving force in California politics Gov. Davis has signed into law a remedy for a phantom problem... 08/01/2002 Hamas to Jews: Get out or Die Violence in the Middle East seems to have increased when local economic conditions were improving, not getting worse... 08/01/2002 The European 'Miracle' Cheesy diplomacy and its admirers.... 08/01/2002 Bush on the skids? Its all a load of baloney He has made a career out of being underestimated... 08/01/2002 Torricelli, Daschle and Senate ethics It should hardly come as a surprise that Mr. Daschle would seek to discredit the charges... 08/01/2002 How the British maximize crime Disarmed public now faces outlaws armed with machine-guns... 08/01/2002 Did someone try to jump in to help save the men? What matters is how they came to be beaten to death after crash.... 08/01/2002 Berkeley goes for breast-feeding record It doesn't rank with the Tour de France or World Cup just yet... 08/01/2002 He's dead The media are overlooking an obvious story and a momentous one... 08/01/2002 Sizing up the Iraq war scenario Military victory is not enough... 08/01/2002 Egypt shows true colours The jailing of a prominent Egyptian civil rights campaigner has drawn strong condemnation from the US... 08/01/2002 Working for the Poor from Malibu to East Hampton with Citizen Gore Outrage of ordinary Americans against a small band of Democratic royalists was pointedly ignored in news accounts... 08/01/2002 The Anti-U.S. Tide Turns Knowing that we are living in a hinge moment in history, Bush has already taken four radical and risky actions... 07/31/2002 Lab tricks show dogs can count 07/31/2002 Invasion of Iraq is overdue Democratizing Iraq would benefit world while subverting crapulent tyrannies of the region... 07/31/2002 Who are the rich? And why do the Democrats want you to hate them so much? 07/31/2002 Terrorized by Numbers Since most Israelis serve in the Israeli military it is easy to call an Israeli fatality a 'soldier'... 07/31/2002 Sen. Lieberman's minute is up In Nov. 8 phone call, Mr. Rubin beseeched Mr. Fisher to lobby the credit-rating agencies on behalf of Enron.... 07/31/2002 What or who is 'the market?' If we're going to straighten out this market guy, we should start first by identifying him... 07/31/2002 The Happiest Warrior Milton Friedman's career has been a case study in the thrill and challenge of taking on the conventional wisdom... 07/31/2002 The Times' Anti-War Crusade The New York Times reports that an attack on Iraq would be devastating for the economy... 07/31/2002 How Weblogs Keep the Media Honest 07/31/2002 Leaks or disinformation? Hard to accept that generals and admirals are capable of so wantonly undercutting their commander in chief... 07/31/2002 Whither The Democrats' Plantation? Factors working against Democratic Party dominance 07/31/2002 People in China seek tongue operations to improve their English 07/31/2002 Those who curse the Jews and those who bless them 07/31/2002 Baby-wielding shoplifter 07/31/2002 Springsteen Rising Amazingly complex portrait of Sept. 11 and its aftermath.... 07/31/2002 Method Without Madness? Suicide bombers are not deranged, psychiatrists say.... 07/31/2002 Dems love for big lawyers: Big opportunity Republicans have the facts on their side and should be relentless in deploying them... 07/30/2002 Fundamentally unsound Left Behind, the bestselling series of paranoid, pro-Israel end-time thrillers... 07/30/2002 Old-time religion at bottom of the mine 'Miracle' was a word that even the irreligious were tempted to employ... 07/30/2002 Practicing Intellectual Virtue Back to some basics: Listening, honesty, humility, self-restraint... 07/30/2002 The Jihad Online Mouse clicking your way to martyrdom... 07/30/2002 Why the public is sticking with Bush 07/30/2002 Lieberman's continuing stonewall Refuses to review Rubin's efforts to save Enron credit rating... 07/30/2002 New York Times vs. the War Here's the classic editorial paragraph stuffed into a news non-story: 07/30/2002 You Gotta (Dis)Believe This November a new lobby will be born as atheists unite with the Godless Americans March on Washington... 07/30/2002 Fifth Column Mouthpiece Using the American legal system to advance an anti-American, pro-terrorist, political agenda... 07/30/2002 Islam not inherently evil, but present era is one of its worst 07/30/2002 Restaurant owner offers dog meat for the microwave 07/30/2002 Evil under the sun It’s nearly too late to save Zimbabwe... 07/30/2002 Selling arrows to the Indians ABM system that Messrs. Bush and Putin should consider for all our allies... 07/30/2002 China doesn't understand the war on terrorism PLA does not like to be ignored... 07/30/2002 Sharon serves notice: Two can play at terror 07/30/2002 Gore’s Space-Time Problem Repeat after me: "A then B then C..." 07/29/2002 Miners' plight show us we have the easy life 07/29/2002 Lieberman vs. the Miners Put saving the environment over saving lives... 07/29/2002 Bush not as vulnerable as Democrats perceive "He's doing what he ought to be doing..." 07/29/2002 Robert Rubin's role Why was he so obsessed with Enron's credit rating? 07/29/2002 The Conservative Capital of the World Somerset, PA: UA flight #93 and 'miracle at the mine' 07/29/2002 Torricelli whitewash in the works? Mr. Inouye wants to conclude the case after testimony from one witness — Mr. Torricelli 07/29/2002 A bone to pick: Missing link is evolutionists' weakest 07/29/2002 European paradoxes Gulf in understanding between America and European friends seems to be widening... 07/29/2002 Psychological fluctuations Market fell sharply in 1987 and 1998 without any meaningful impact on the real economy.... 07/29/2002 Patriotism Litmus Test The more negative your view of America, the more positive your view of the United Nations... 07/26/2002 The Enron Cover-up Widens Senate Dems play favorites... 07/26/2002 Enjoy the 'scandal' while you can, lads The butt stops here... 07/26/2002 Bare-handed hippo buster Hippo knocked down his wife and started mauling her... 07/26/2002 What are liberals upset about? It's a little late to pretend they care about ethics in the White House... 07/26/2002 Goose falls in love with outboard motor; guards ferociously 07/26/2002 Stop Saddam from going nuclear 07/26/2002 Woman sues Delta Airlines for embarrassing her over vibrating sex toy 07/26/2002 Why Israel Had to Kill Hamas Sheik Salah Shehadeh 07/26/2002 The tale of grief, as told in two cities Palestinians routinely target women and children, and when they routinely kill a dozen or so they routinely gloat. There was no gloating to Jehovah in Jerusalem... 07/26/2002 It's the economy, stupid Unprofitable companies must die eventually - it is a law of the universe.... 07/26/2002 No-respect politics Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil. 07/26/2002 Questions for Rubin on Enron Perhaps nobody understood better how crucial its credit rating was... 07/26/2002 Killer Cowards Where was the UN outrage when Israelis were mourning their dead children? 07/26/2002 Clear and present dangers in Pakistan A none-too-quiet front in the war on terror could open if India and Pakistan continue their combustible face-off... 07/26/2002 Only time will tell Few speeches in recent memory have been so extensively analyzed, discussed and dissected as President Bush's on the Middle East... 07/26/2002 Dashle has seen the light People - specifically, people who live and vote in his home state of South Dakota - must come before plant life. 07/26/2002 Why no one seems to want Osama Logistical and political problems in tracking him down... 07/25/2002 AOL-Time Warner merger was doomed from the start Steve Case understood that his run was over and that it was time to trade in his stock certificates for those of a company that had genuine assets... 07/25/2002 The Invisible Robert Rubin He's in Citigroup's upper management. Why don't the scandal stories say so? 07/25/2002 Say Goodbye to SUVs California makes it official.... 07/25/2002 Setting the record straight about Bush and Utimco Point-by-point rebuttal of Krugman's assertions by former chancellor... 07/25/2002 Updating the political scorecard Justice Department action would rob the Democrats of campaign issue... 07/25/2002 The Facts About Cheney and Halliburton The vice president has a strong defense... 07/25/2002 Inactivists Manifesto Says Let History Come to You Slacking: It's not just for kids... 07/25/2002 Pope John Paul II in Canada The pontiff's flesh is weak, but the spirit is clearly willing — and sometimes it conquers... 07/25/2002 Raving Lunacy How can we trust our government to spot terrorists when it thinks that glow-sticks are items of 'drug paraphernalia?' 07/25/2002 A lawless culture thrives unchecked in city The sick season of stealing little girls has come to our town.... 07/25/2002 Don't tar all Islam with gang-rape brush Gang rape is nothing new to Australia... 07/25/2002 Rotary lunch nearly ends in a brawl A visitor's questions to attorney general about district's WTC fund lead to a shoving match... 07/25/2002 Man booked with DWI after playing `chicken' with train 07/25/2002 Dead pigs fly from truck, almost hit minivan 07/25/2002 Fat chance: food cops are closing in According to these criteria, I am heavy enough to bend light... 07/24/2002 Chicken Little, Redux The world would be far more dangerous, even than it is today, had the fear-mongering conventional wisdom prevailed in nine major instances... 07/24/2002 I came. I saw. I ate. Seeking out the lonely, the neglected, the unnoticed Fancy Foods of the world... 07/24/2002 Toxic Green 'Organic' celery is far more cancer-causing than the cheaper, unblemished celery bunches at the giant supermarket... 07/24/2002 Big deficit? Blame Congress The irresponsibility astounds... 07/24/2002 Ominous economic rumbling President Bush should act immediately... 07/24/2002 Dog jumps ship and swims ten miles to shore 07/24/2002 Liberals continue war on Bush nominees 07/24/2002 Sunny Cali-fear-nia Alleged catastrophic effects due to man-made greenhouse gases... 07/24/2002 Keep the Tax Cut Establishment liberals are calling for President Bush to end the tax cut. For a variety of reasons, he should ignore them... 07/24/2002 Reality blurred by star-spangled politics A sad indictment of a society where compassion is dependent upon the right aesthetics rather than ideals... 07/24/2002 Do Have a Nice Day Mr. Iverson, you are a fine man and a role model to our nation's youth... 07/24/2002 What did Rubin know? The same Rubin who has the gall to demand a change of course in the current administration... 07/24/2002 Welcome to the big leagues, Al Sharpton's embarrassment over the tape is understandable... 07/24/2002 With adoption plan, Bush adopts a Clinton tactic Touching people in their homes and neighborhoods... 07/24/2002 Reckless Reporting? Loose lips in times of war... 07/23/2002 Cease aid to terrorist regime Continued funding from the United States allows Arafat to further his murderous cause... 07/23/2002 Joe Lieberman’s Cover-Up Why isn't Robert Rubin at the hearings? 07/23/2002 Board room ties with terrorism 300 U.S. and international companies with ties to terrorist-sponsoring states... 07/23/2002 Operation TIPS: Give it a chance Simple knowledge that TIPS is under way may deter terrorists... 07/23/2002 NEA conventioneers plot anti-voucher action Principal goal is to expand jobs that produce dues to the teachers union... 07/23/2002 Bush has struck gold Patricia Owen’s leadership in the Texas judiciary... 07/23/2002 Delay — Then Kill Democrats go after another Bush judge... 07/23/2002 On Defense Where’s the money? 07/23/2002 How to cook your books like the big guys 07/22/2002 Who kidnapped my president? For lack of a better name, we'll just call this wannabe president 'Teddy' 07/22/2002 America reaps the fruit of European impotence EU’s latest humiliation due to European Commission’s blunders during the early days of Spain-Morocco crisis... 07/22/2002 Tour de Force Lance Armstrong is about to win his fourth Tour de France, which, in case you didn't realize it, is a very big deal... 07/22/2002 Anti-Semitism in the states It has never died away in this nation... 07/22/2002 California Cops On the job in Southern Cal... 07/22/2002 Clinton-Gore: See no evil A corporate scandal timeline... 07/22/2002 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Two new reports shed light on China today... 07/22/2002 Amendment: Separation of atheism and state America’s cultural struggle may take many forms, but at its heart, it’s about God... 07/22/2002 Visa Express, History The program is finally shut down.... 07/22/2002 The next step against smallpox Americans must be able to choose for themselves whether to receive the vaccine... 07/22/2002 Do Democrats really want to play the integrity card? Must hope voters have amnesia... 07/22/2002 The More Things Stay the Same Government subsidized Anti-American types lash out at their critics... 07/22/2002 Search is on for nicer shop customers Bonuses paid for courtesy... 07/22/2002 Are We Serious About Preventing Armageddon? 30 or so small asteroids hit the earth's upper atmosphere every year... 07/22/2002 Firefighters rescue girl trapped in computer scanner 07/22/2002 The Democrats' Perry Mason Trial lawyer being groomed to run against Bush... 07/22/2002 Bring on Gore! The Dems’ Bob Dole... 07/19/2002 The dignity of difference The presence of religion has been particularly acute in conflict zones... 07/19/2002 Decision Day in the House Visa power comes to a committee vote... 07/19/2002 Larry Lindsey is right on the mark 1990's abuses "represented breakdown in the basic ethics of the individuals involved..." 07/19/2002 The Parable of the Weed Attacking terrorism at its roots... 07/19/2002 The end is nigh for Iran regime Bush delivered his most under-reported speech last Friday... 07/19/2002 Saudi Opposition Sheikhs on America, Bin Laden, and Jihad The American way can be discerned and defined in one word: war 07/19/2002 Parsley And Pride You half expected Peter Sellers, dressed in drag, to be leading the Spanish invasion... 07/19/2002 Stereotyping and the Decline of Common Sense Ludicrous premise that the propensity to carry out acts of terrorism are randomly distributed in the American population... 07/19/2002 'I love to pick fights with liberals' Coulter's approach is not so much take no prisoners as capture one's opponents... 07/19/2002 All the Hate That's Fit to Print America's poison-pen Muslim press... 07/19/2002 Keeping the Children Safe Even the |