May 2002 Archives

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American Politics

God's Justice, And Ours
(05-30-2002) In an appearance earlier this year, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was asked how he could reconcile his Catholic faith with decisions to uphold the death penalty. In his answer, he disputed any conflict. In a longer article adaped from remarks at the University of Chicago, Justice Scalia elaborates.

What Will McCain Do?
(05-29-2002) John McCain describes himself as a "Goldwater-Reagan-Roosevelt" Republican, which seems a nonsensical combination given Roosevelt's Progressive leanings. But considering McCain's mix of conservative and liberal positions, it may be more accurate than one would think. Robert Robb sheds some light on McCain's evolving political philosophy. (via RCP)

Newark Exploitation
(05-28-2002) Republicans frequently murmur about Democratic exploitation of blacks for political purposes, even if they are not as vocal about it as Peter Beinart contends. After the Newark mayoral race, when the challenger was blasted by the bumbling incumbent for not being black enough, even the editor of the left-leaning New Republic has come to think the GOP may have a point.

What Carter Ignores
(05-28-2002) After his cursory "inspections" in Cuba, Jimmy Carter announced that he is satisfied Cuba is not pursuing biological weapons of mass destruction. He further intimated that a State Department official was grossly misinformed even to suggest it. As Robert Novak points out, once again it is Jimmy Carter who is grossly misinformed.

Bush's Court Choice Cleared With Democrats' Help
(05-24-2002) The Senate Judiciary Committee--with Joe Biden (D-DE), John Edwards (D-NC), and Herb Kohl (D-WI) joining the Republicans--approved the appellate court nomination of D. Brooks Smith. Liberal interest groups opposed Mr. Smith and Senator Biden had previously sworn to stop him. His sin? He belonged to an all male fishing and hunting club.

The Phoenix Memo
(05-23-2002) Richard Behar of Fortune has seen the memo, written by Phoenix FBI Special Agent Kenneth J. Williams, on Osama bin Laden's ultimately successful effort to use American flight schools to train al Qaeda terrorists. Mr. Behar says that what he read therein is "chilling".

The Next War
(05-21-2002) After Richard Gephardt's ill-advised charges last week, the White House ably defended itself. But perhaps the most chilling remarks came from Vice-President Cheney, who suggested the war has only just begun and further attacks are nearly certain. Defense policy expert Frank Gaffney considers the likely shape of future attacks.

Right Questions, Wrong President
(05-21-2002) In response to recent criticism of President Bush, Lawrence Kaplan writes, "So maybe President Bush can't predict terrorist attacks better than any other elected official in Washington. At least he knows how to respond to them once they've happened. Ultimately, that may turn out to be the most important knowledge a president can have."

The Crusader
(05-21-2002) The Army's Crusader weapon would be great for fighting the Battle of the Bulge. Unfortunately, 21st century warfare is likely to be a bit different, as Jed Babbin describes. Will Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld win his high-profile battle against certain Congressmen on the issue?

Incumbent Protection
(05-19-2002) John McCain and friends gave the game away recently in documents filed in federal court. As George Will writes, "By explaining why they should have standing to defend in court the constitutionality of BCRA--why overturning it will injure them--McCain et al. reveal that the supposed concern about corruption is itself a sham, a form of corruption that the First Amendment should prevent. BCRA's aim is the convenience of its enactors, incumbent lawmakers."

Niccolo Nixon?
(05-19-2002) The National Archives continues regularly to release batches of Richard Nixon's secretly recorded tapes, which continue to reverberate even though the former President is no longer among us. As historian Chris Beam puts it, "Nixon was relentlessly political; a reactionary genius, a master.... Listening to the tapes is like reading Machiavelli."

We Know Very Little
(05-17-2002) President Bush's Middle East diplomacy, among other policies, has been criticized lately by conservatives. They may even be right. But as Lawrence Henry argues, most pundits just aren't in a position to know authoritatively. It often leads to foolish commentary.

There He Goes Again
(05-17-2002) Jimmy Carter is often called a model ex-President by infatuated media elites who still can't quite believe the Reagan landslide over the hapless Georgian. However, his sojourn to Cuba is only the latest in a long history of meddling in foreign policy that is unbecoming a former President. Jay Nordlinger takes exception to the conventional wisdom on Carter, post-Presidency. (More) (More)

The Return Of Big Government?
(05-15-2002) Francis Fukuyama and George Will are correct in the observation that the conservative fight against the state is faltering. But this need not signify the end of that fight. Rather, contends Claremont political theorist Charles Kesler, it signifies the need for conservatives to reconsider the standard libertarian critique.

McCain As A Dem?
(05-14-2002) David Broder, the "dean" of D.C. journalists and consummate purveyor of liberal conventional wisdom, has a bone to pick with two pundits who would draft McCain into the Democratic Party. McCain has moved left, Broder concedes, but has hardly abandoned his party's principles, and has hardly embraced the Democratic establishment's. But is the notion as laughable as Broder contends? (More)

The Trouble With Shrum
(05-12-2002) At the state level, Democratic political consultant Bob Shrum has overseen some impressive campaigns. He has not replicated that success at the national level, but will still likely have his pick among Dem Presidential contenders. Clinton biographer Joe Klein argues that his "people versus the powerful" economic populism will continue to be tough to sell nationally.

Slavery And The Black American Family
(05-12-2002) The large number of single-parent African-American families is well established, but anyone who considers the problem runs the risk of getting labeled ideologically, or worse. Nonetheless, noted social theorist James Q. Wilson analyzes the problem and its potential causes.

What About Cow-Tipping?
(05-12-2002) Some conservative commentators have a low-key analytical and rhetorical style. And then there's Ann Coulter. The fiery columnist takes aim at Senator Patrick Leahy's intolerable delays of Bush judicial nominees, in particular his notion that Miguel Estrada isn't qualified. Some criticism, Coulter contends, from a Senator who prosecuted cow-tippers!

Missile Defense Micromanagers
(05-08-2002) On 14 June, the United States will complete its withdrawal from the ABM Treaty. Liberal critics of missile defense in the Senate may have the power to slow deployment, however, another result of the Jeffords switch that has also stalled Bush judicial appointments. Defense policy analyst Frank Gaffney makes the case against Senate micromanagement of missile defense.

Newark, Zimbabwe
(05-08-2002) "In the 1960s," writes John Fund, Newark's "white Democratic machine . . . used thuggery and intimidation to keep blacks from taking power." Now, Newark's black Democratic machine is employing similar tactics to beat back a mayoral challenge from a maverick Democratic councilman. As in Houston's recent mayoral election, turnout (and maybe fraud) will likely decide the race.

On The Fringe
(05-05-2002) Media elites are quick to report criticism to the Right of President Bush, especially among conservative "extremists." The extremists on the Democratic Left get far less attention. But as Ross Mackenzie points out, they are likely to cause more problems than the fringe Right causes the GOP in upcoming elections.

Hearts, Minds, And The War On Terror
(05-05-2002) When the NY Times (mis)reported the charge of the Office of Strategic Influence as foreign disinformation, the hysterical reaction that followed quickly prompted Donald Rumsfeld to shut it down despite that its real mission was public relations. With the demise of the USIA, that leaves the US without an effective public diplomacy organ. Joshua Muravchik thinks that's a mistake.

Foggy Bottom Blues
(05-05-2002) The State Department's Arabists are up in arms over the direction of American foreign policy. Not since Harry Truman has a U.S. President been so prone to depart from Foggy Bottom's conventional wisdom on the Middle East. Paul Greenberg wonders how long it will last.

Big Brother's Eyes
(05-02-2002) Recent efforts to install "speed" cameras and surveillance equipment capable of positive identification have provoked an outcry from civil libertarians. But is the spread and implementation of such technology necessarily insidious? William D. Eggers and Eve Tushnet argue to the contrary.

Pickup Truck Diplomacy
(05-02-2002) Elite media will likely scoff at the notion of Bush's version of personal diplomacy, since most of them are not from Texas or the South. But as Kathleen Parker puts it, Bush's drives with world leaders in his truck are a variant of a tested presidential approach to diplomacy: get personal, then get down to business. At the very least, it makes for amusing photo-ops.

Green Demagogues
(05-01-2002) Count environmentalists as one more fundraising group in the amalgam of liberal special interest groups known as the Democratic Party. The left-leaning New Republic argues that despite obvious progress on the environment and an administration that actually has a decent record, "the green lobby and their Democratic allies put environmental demagoguery before environmental progress."

International

Anti-Semitism, Euro Style
(05-29-2002) Troubling reports of resurgent European anti-Semitism have been well documented of late, from synagogue burnings to government warnings that Jews should protect themselves by trying not to wear "identifying" garb. Jack Kemp describes "a hateful anti-Jewish climate in Europe not seen since the end of the Third Reich."

NATO, RIP
(05-28-2002) In the days when the Soviet Union forcefully pursued a global agenda, NATO was a military alliance that, along the lines of the strategic thought of Spykman and MacKinder, effectively checked the expansionist heartland power. That military alliance died in the past week, as Charles Krauthammer points out, although a reconfigured NATO can still serve a useful political function.

Bravery and Breakdowns in a Ridgetop Battle
(05-25-2002) On the third day of Operation Anaconda, the firefight at Takur Ghar mountain turned into a seventeen hour ordeal that left seven Americans dead--the greatest loss of life for the U.S. military since the events recounted in Black Hawk Down. Bradley Graham, of the Washington Post, examines what went wrong.

Day Of Reckoning
(05-19-2002) Angola is one of the world's prolific oil producers, yet 70 percent of its people live in abject poverty. For many years, government elites could line their pockets with oil revenues and blame the poverty on the civil war with Jonas Savimbi's UNITA. With Savimbi's passing, the government is going to have to come up with a better accounting of the nation's oil wealth.

Culture Of Martyrdom
(05-15-2002) Prior to 1983, suicide bombing was virtually nonexistent in the Islamic world. Since then, it has gained general acceptance, even among Muslims who should be religiously opposed. What most outsiders don't understand is the extent to which suicide bombing is a communitarian enterprise. David Brooks considers this culture of death. (More)

Tales Of The Tyrant
(05-12-2002) Saddam Hussein reads voraciously, and even fancies himself an author. He maintains a serious workout schedule, in order to help hide his age. He tests his food for poison, and rotates his sleeping locations. The tyrant views himself as Arabia's chosen leader, and that explains much of his behavior. Mark Bowden profiles Saddam Hussein in intimate detail. (More)

Iran's Oil Problems
(05-07-2002) In Iran, the oil industry may well factor into regime change in the near to medium term. As Guy Dinmore notes, the nation's economic lifeline is in trouble: investors are increasingly disappointed, development is lagging, and consumption may soon pass production. None of this bodes well for a government dependent on oil revenues.

Nepal's Insurgency
(05-07-2002) Almost mirroring the rise of insurgency in Uzbekistan, Nepal's Maoist rebel movement has grown from a handful of disaffected Maoists in 1996 to an organization that controls half the countryside and regularly terrorizes the government. Maura Moynihan reflects on the situation in Nepal.

Myanmar's Democratic Activist
(05-05-2002) 18 months ago, Myanmar's democratic activist Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest by the nation's totalitarian government. In 1998, the same totalitarian government stranded her on a countryside bridge, surrounding her cars with tanks. Her ongoing struggle against the military junta continues to win national support, even if progress is slow. (More)

Elian's "Grandpa" Fidel
(05-05-2002) Nearly two years ago, Elian Gonzalez was returned to Cuba shortly after then-Attorney General Janet Reno ordered him forcibly removed from relatives so he could be sent back to the totalitarian state. Cuban authorities promised that Elian would lead a normal life, outside of politics. As Daniel Schweimer reports, they lied.

Indonesia Challenge
(05-02-2002) In 1999, the United States Congress severed American military links with Indonesia after reports of human rights abuses committed by the Indonesian military in East Timor. With an emerging threat from radical Islam to regime stability in Indonesia, Theophilos Gemelas argues that the U.S. should reconsider its decision. (More) (More)

Books and Arts

Arkansas Cave Art
(05-30-2002) Arkansas is known as the Natural State for its outdoor splendor. But it's also blessed with an abundance of caves, many of which contain Native American rock art. As Paul Thacker reports, that art is finally being documented, photographed, and archived on the web.

Postmodernist of the 1600's
(05-26-2002) An NYU symposium last week asked the question: "Was Athanasius Kircher the coolest guy ever, or what?" Who was this German Jesuit polymath and why is he suddenly back in fashion?

Keep Hope Alive
(05-22-2002) People go to doctors seeking hope and that provision of hope remains a powerful tool in the therapeutic arsenal. So what happens if the assisted-suicide movement requires doctors to extinguish first those hopes and then the patient? Sherwin B. Nuland extolls the virtues of a new collection of essays that addresses such questions.

The Gambler
(05-19-2002) Few followers of the American stock market have ever doubted former fund manager Jim Cramer's abilities. But the manic CNBC commentator's ethics have been assailed publicly recently. In Confessions of a Street Addict Cramer responds to his critics. Or at least sets them straight, since he takes plenty of shots at himself. (More)

Sinister Science
(05-19-2002) At the height of the evil empire, the Soviets hailed their scientific programs as among their greatest achievements. Like every other aspect of Soviet society, it was controlled by the state and perverted to Communist Party ends. Vadim Birstein's Perversion of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science analyzes the subject.

Reconsidering Mussolini
(05-19-2002) Most English-language histories of Mussolini tend to dismiss the fact that he governed a modern Western nation for 20 years, with enthusiastic support most of those years. R.J.B. Bosworth's Mussolini reaches the same judgment of many of his predecessors, but as Jonathan Sumption notes, his historical research is a significant improvement.

Pseudo-Intellectual
(05-19-2002) Richard Posner's outlook, writes Wilfred McClay, "represents the most recent incarnation of one of American social thought's recurrent tendencies--its quest to overcome the inherently divisive and coercive considerations of moral judgment ... by reducing social conflicts to neutral, value-free problems." That worldview guides Posner's Public Intellectuals.

Hermits And Solitaries
(05-19-2002) In A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits and Solitaries, Isabel Colegate writes: "Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or character ... but in the modern Western world solitude is undervalued, and the need for it forgotten. To wish to be alone is thought odd, a sign of failure or neurosis...." It hasn't always been so. (More)

After God
(05-19-2002) Rüdiger Safranski's Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography is nearly as interesting for what it doesn't say as what it does. As review Claudia Roth Pierpont points out, Safranski's "silences loom large in a work addressed to the general reader, and make one question whether it will ever be possible for Nietzsche to be released from the history that he inherited and helped to shape."

Feminism v. Sports And Science
(05-12-2002) Jessica Gavora's new Tilting The Playing Field is an invaluable study of the effect of the Title IX amendment of the 1972 Civil Rights Act on collegiate and high school sports. Gavora notes that the same feminist mentality is now being trained on the numbers of women in science, driven by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.

Ecce Homo, Ecce Homosexual?
(05-06-2002) In the cleverly titled Zarathustra's Secret, Joachim Kohler sets out to prove that Nietzsche was gay. Instead, argues Noel Malcolm, the result is "a game of hunt-the-symbol, a Nietzsche for psychosexual-biographical monomaniacs. By the end of the book most intelligent readers, gay or straight, will conclude that Zarathustra's secret, even if it contains an element of truth, hardly seems worth knowing."

The Presidents' Brains
(05-06-2002) For roughly four decades, intellectuals have played an increasingly large role in Presidential politics. Surprisingly, few writers have analyzed the phenomenon. In Intellectuals And The American Presidency: Philosophers, Jesters or Technicians, Tevi Troy takes on the task.

Femme Fatale
(05-01-2002) Since 1970, Phyllis Chesler has been challenging the "patriarchy" both in speech and in print. But her latest effort backs away slightly from the radical feminist themes of her past to consider just how nastily women can treat each other. Kay Hymowitz reviews Woman's Inhumanity To Woman

Texana

Green's Day
(05-29-2002) Pat Green isn't the deepest songwriter. His guitar doesn't remind anyone of Stevie Ray. He just sells record numbers of cds to a demographic group that allegedly prefers to download music for free, and works the Lone Star state harder than anyone. As Skip Hollandsworth writes, "It is hard not to like Pat Green."

Repentance Is Futile
(05-21-2002) A number of bands captured momentary fame during the mid-90s swing movement; Squirrel Nut Zippers and Cherry Poppin' Daddies come to mind. And then there's Reverend Horton Heat, which did not. But they've survived over a decade by taking their self-described psychobilly swing across Texas. Paula Felps checks in with the band.

Houston Cuisine
(05-12-2002) Houston isn't known nationally for its cuisine. That's a shame, according to Rick Bayless. "Why aren't we reading about Houston in the national food press?" he asks. "I want to come back here on vacation just to eat all these cool ethnic foods." Robb Walsh writes about his Houston dining experiences with the cooking show host.

Evading Hopwood
(05-12-2002) The Hopwood ruling, as interpreted by former Texas Attorney General Dan Morales, prevents Texas state universities from using racial preferences in admissions and scholarship decisions. The racial-quota crowd has not gone quietly, however, devising any number of ways around the decision. Ultimately, a Supreme Court decision may have to settle the matter.

The 311 Mayor
(05-05-2002) The ongoing deterioration of Houston city services and infrastructure despite record revenues led a majority of voters to reject incumbent Mayor Lee Brown in the last general election. He narrowly won the runoff against Orlando Sanchez, with his supporters arguing that he would do better if given one more term. It's not working out that way so far. (More) (More)

A Competent Jerry Jones?
(05-01-2002) When he fired Jimmy Johnson, Jerry Jones boasted that with the team's talent and ownership, 500 coaches could win Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys. It didn't exactly work out that way. But as Peter King points out, Jerry Jones may finally have emerged from the shadow of Jimmy, with fine moves in free agency and an excellent draft.

Society

The Science Of Artificial Societies
(05-30-2002) Most people are familiar with the computer-generated societies in the various Sims games. But computer modeling and a healthy dose of rational-choice theory are allowing social scientists to investigate all sorts of interesting questions and assumptions in the real world. Segregation is one of many areas of inquiry.

Dragnet for Barbie
(05-25-2002) Since authorities in Iran declared her "un-Islamic", police have been confiscating Barbie dolls from store shelves. Disappearing the curvaceous American icon is a way for religious conservatives to lash out at reformist President Mohammad Khatami.

X Files, RIP
(05-21-2002) The X-Files was not the best show of the 1990s, but it reflected the zeitgeist for a number of years. As Jesse Walker notes, it was a show during a "period when pop-culture paranoia went postmodern." And Andrew Stuttaford finds something eerily fitting about the show's 1993 debut date: September 10.

Anchor Steam
(05-12-2002) The formula for network news is simple: 17 minutes of "news" broken down into 9 or 10 minutes of summaries of major events with cynical comments from the reporter and/or anchor, and 6 or 7 minutes of "feature" reporting/editorializing with the apparent purpose of browbeating viewers into sharing the outrage of the moment. Rob Walker thinks it's all rather inane.

Why Economists Are Not Popular
(05-12-2002) Economists have a fairly regular habit of reminding people -- especially politicians -- that all actions have costs, and consequences. People have been bidding against each other for resources for centuries, notes Thomas Sowell, and the free lunches promised by politicians, especially in the 20th Century, have never materialized. Still, it's unpopular to point out such matters.

Human Nature
(05-08-2002) The question of human nature is one of political philosophy's oldest, dating back to Plato's dialogues at least, and perhaps even to Thucydides's Peloponnesian War, if some Straussians are to be believed. Contemporary social science, of course, regards that concept (and the concept of tyranny, for the matter) with some disdain. The recent biotech debate has resurrected the old questions, at least for political theorist Peter Lawler.

Sans Nothing
(05-07-2002) The so-called "greatest generation" aged gracefully, almost heroically. Don't look for the Baby Boomers to follow their example -- not that they have in any other respects. As John Lloyd finds, the generation that taught us to rock and shop is not going gently into advanced age.

Everything But The Pope
(05-02-2002) For the first time in history, a documentary film crew has gone inside the Vatican to report on the inner workings of the 2000 year-old institution. Financial Times columnist Tessa Boase comments on the efforts of American filmmaker John Bredar, who laments his limited access to the Pope.

Other Headlines

Will: Don't Arm Pilots

Al Qaeda/Taliban Operating In Pakistan?

Safire: Al Qaeda's Gambit

Tyrrell: Fear And Loathing In The Press

Rushdie: The Most Dangerous Place In The World

Damas: Speaking Spanish Is Not Pandering

Shas Returns To Sharon Government

Kelly: Serious Time

Baker: Callow Cowboy Stumbles In Europe

Steyn: (Not Quite) The End Of The World

Mildred Wirt Benson, RIP

Morris: 2004 Looks Tough For Liberals

Joffe: Lessons For Bush From Bismarck?

Greenberg: Arm The Pilots

Gerecht: Losing The Intelligence War Overseas

Crowley: John Kerry's Makeover

Steyn: Dems Won't Let Go

African Oil Grows More Important

Military Uneasy In Venezuela

Freund: End The West Bank/Gaza Occupation

Pipes: State Department Terror Untruths

Kotler: Hurculean Tasks Ahead In Colombia

Barone: Our Enemies The Saudis

Albom: Airport Insecurity

Beschloss: Fact-Finding and Its Limits

OBIT: Sam Snead

Nordlinger: A Cuba Policy To Cheer

Saletan: On Predicting After The Fact

Bockhorn: Dems Dodge A Bullet

Morris: What Clinton Knew

Logomasini: Is PBS Making You Sick?

Myanmar's Long, Quiet Ethnic War

Godwin: Hollywood v. The Internet

Feroli: Superfools On Superfund

Fukuyama: The Clone Traders

India, Pakistan Tense

Anti-Americanism In Argentina

Pruden: Democratic Panic Button

Skinner: Bellesiles's Ongoing Misadventures

Bozell: Chomsky, Loony Linguist

Steyn: Sweet Land Of Liberty

Rumsfeld: On Killing The Crusader

Peters: Big Gun, Big Lies

Tyrrell: Bethlehem PLO Revelry

Fund: Judicial Intrigue In A Racial Preference Case

Henninger: Meltdown Into The Moronic

Pipes: Not Friend Or Foe

Will: Bellesiles's Troubles

Goldberg: In Defense Of Elitism

Gray Davis Tax Blunder?

Mexican Political Stalemate

Cyberpeeping As Art

Corry: The Usual Suspects

Chait: Israel's War Is Working

Varadarajan: Three Cheers For Turkey

Bockhorn: History In Crisis

Will: Vegas Looms Large For November

Kling: Yay For Deep Links

Lynch: Family Matters

Sample: The Anti-Liberty McCainiacs' Next Stop

Hannaford: Some Good Education News

Moshe Kohn Reviews The Reckless Mind

ICC, RIP

Christopher Hitchens Reviews David Brock

Kimball: The Intifada Curriculum

Leo: Running Away With The Law

Steyn: Hypocrisy

Caesar: America Ascendant, Europe Despondent

Rose: The Sharansky Plan

Bush Wins Civil Rights Panel Ruling

York: Schumer's Conspiracy Theory

Noonan: The Crying Room

Lowry: Let's Make A (Secret) Deal

Happy Birthday Cato

Indonesian Tied To Al Qaeda?

Goldberg: The Cloning Debate

Novak: Gore In 2004

HP-Compaq: Good Governance

Pryce-Jones: That 30's Feeling In Europe

Freund: Fortuyn's Folly

The New HP

D'Souza: Two Cheers For Colonialism

Danger Square: Enabling Arafat

Friedman: Thinking About Indonesia

Kelly: Some "Partner"

Podhoretz: Middle East Endgame

Starr: The Big Jenin Lie

Whalen: Forget California

Pleszczynski: Modern (Miserable) Man

New Members For US Terror List

Yates: Fill 'Er Up, With Diesel

Sharon Links Saudi Finances To Terror

Hugo Banzer, RIP

Hannaford: California Schemin'

American Diplomacy's Bipolar Disorder

Charen: Refugee Camps, Over The Decades

US Renounces Treaty On War Crimes Court

Pipes: Seeds Of Hope From Arafat's Failure?

Musharraf's Empty Victory

Robbins: Arafat, Leader For Life

Sowell: Peace Processes

Harris County Cronyism

Homo Perfectus

Dewar: Daschle's "Grueling" First Year

Colin McGinn Reviews Our Posthuman Future

Goldberg: The Clinton Show

Menem Plots Comeback

Gizzi: Bush Bets On California

Pleszcysnski: Chauvinistic Gore

Noonan: Will Clinton Talk?

Podhoretz: TV News Loves A Liar

Krauthammer: The "Jenin Massacre" Hoax

Neumayr: Bill Simon's Winning Numbers

Tapscott: "Open" Government, Democrat Style

Kudlow: The Recovering Economy

Will: Anti-Semitism's Boom

Novak: Dodd's Anti-Reich Vendetta

Rubin: In Bad Company

A Cuban Petition

Khilani: A Proper Basis For Indian Stability

Satter: Is Putin's Government Legitimate?

Jenin: The Massacre That Wasn't

Smith: Killing Isn't Medicine

Walters: The Myth Of Harmless Marijuana

Miller: Abolish The Civil Rights Commission

Fiorina's Real Battle Begins

Arafat A Spent Force

Thomas: A Prince Of A Fellow