June 2002 Archives

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American Politics

The Dems' Pledge Concession
(06-29-2002) Following the "pledge of allegiance" decision, the Senate rushed to pass two bills by 99-0 votes. The first was a non-binding resolution expressing support for the pledge. The second was an actual bill, carefully worded to express a certain view of constitutional interpretation, which will be sent on to the House. Byron York explains the significance.

Civic Education?
(06-29-2002) Constitutional scholars may debate whether the San Francisco judge's ban on the recitation of the pledge of allegiance is the logical extension of recent establishment-clause precedent, or is liberal activism gone wild. But there can be no debate, argues Victor Davis Hanson, that it represents an attack on one of the few remaining vestiges of civic inculcation in America.

Spirit Of the 90s
(06-23-2002) "The '90s," writes Paul Greenberg, "added up to a strange combination: sentimentality without emotion, leadership without direction, idealism without sacrifice, ambition to no clear purpose.... It was a decade marked by a self-absorption remarkable even for this remarkably self-absorbed society." What a perfect decade, he adds, for the Clinton Presidency.

The Labor Wedge
(06-20-2002) In earlier times, organized labor was pretty much a monopoly of the Democratic Party. Not any more, reports Donald Lambro. Under James P. Hoffa, the Teamsters have endorsed Republican Senators, donated money to the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Texas, and are on decent terms with the Bush White House -- all bad news for Democrats.

The Liberal Outsider
(06-20-2002) Howard Dean hopes to be the Democratic nominee for President. He's a dark horse, to be sure, but he might just stand out as the only D.C. outsider in the field. And he's already won over critical left-leaning media elites, who refer to him as a fiscal conservative despite his preference to repeal tax cuts and provide universal healthcare. (More)

Back To 1988
(06-20-2002) In 1988, Al Gore and Richard Gephardt were both part of the hapless crowd that lost out to Michael Dukakis for the Democratic nomination. The two rivals may well face off again for the 2004 race. As Seth Gitell notes, Gephardt is already taking aim at Gore. (via RCP)

Stability And State
(06-14-2002) The war on terror has produced alliances with some less than democratic nations, such as Uzbekistan and Pakistan. But the State Department remains loathe to encourage democracy in some of those places, arguing it would threaten stability and American interests. Mona Charen disagrees.

Abolish Television
(06-11-2002) "To say the transition from analogue to digital television mapped out by the US Federal Communications Commission is a little behind schedule is like noting that President Gorbachev’s perestroika has hit a few bumps in the road," writes economist Thomas W. Hazlett in his survey of the mess.

Answers Needed
(06-11-2002) Following military success in Afghanistan, markets surged to post-September 11 highs. They've since declined to post-September 11 lows, despite generally good economic news. Larry Kudlow argues that the markets are rattled by a government that seems confused and contradictory, and that it's time for decisive leadership.

Silly Season In California
(06-09-2002) One would think the California statehouse would be busy wrestling with the serious issues of a looming $20+ billion deficit, aging infrastructure, and lingering energy issues. One would be wrong. As Bill Whalen notes, California legislators make a habit of finding the silliest things to occupy their time.

Civilization Need Not Die
(06-09-2002) As Daniel Patrick Moynihan notes, "[R]eason and careful moral reflection ... teach us that there are times when the first and most important reply to evil is to stop it." The former Senator discusses terrorism, international politics, culture, and the American regime in his Harvard commencement address.

The Dems' New (Old) Track
(06-06-2002) Five months before elctions that will decide control of the House and Senate, Democrats are still scrambling to define their party. A liberal faction has produced a blueprint reminiscent of McGovern and Mondale. Meanwhile, centrist Democrats seem increasingly marginalized. Donald Lambro doesn't think it bodes well for Dems. (More)

Lunch With Carville
(06-06-2002) Nicholas Kralez finds that James Carville, Democratic attack dog and crack political consultant, is far more sedate now that he's retired from running political campaigns, his fiery performances on CNN's Crossfire notwithstanding. Interestingly, Carville fancies a role for himself inundating unfriendly foreign regimes with American propaganda.

Cash In The Heartland
(06-05-2002) Residents of the East and West coasts typically regard their regions as the socia, political, economic driver of contemporary America. But as Andy Nelson notes, the latest census data shows that in the 1990s incomes grew the most in the Midwest, and the South. Will political and social influence accompany their growing economic influence?

Boxer Rebellion
(06-05-2002) In a number of areas, the Bush Administration has taken principled, if unpopular, stands to protect executive authority; Vice-President Cheney's refusal to turn over certain information related to his energy task force comes immediately to mind. So why, John Fund asks, has the administration ceded so much authority for nominating federal judges?

The Information War
(06-05-2002) One of the charges of the proposed Office of Strategic Influence was to inundate unfriendly regimes with information. After the media mischaracterized OSI as a dishonest propaganda shop, Secretary Rumsfeld killed it before it was even born. Thus, as Jed Babbin argues, it is still the case that America's efforts to spread information globally remain underwhelming.

Olympian Gold
(06-01-2002) The recent rise in gold prices indicates that the Federal Reserve's injection of liquidity is finally reversing the deflation of recent years. Lawrence Kudlow argues that, far from worrying about inflation from this modest price boost in gold, the Fed should stay the course and continue to reflate the economy.

Reagan, Hero In History
(06-01-2002) "More and more," writes Arnold Beichman, "it becomes obvious, if not to the dominant school of American historians, that in terms of achievement Mr. Reagan was one of the country's greatest presidents." One need only imagine the world that might have resulted had Carter won in 1980 to appreciate Reagan's moment as "hero in history."

Conservative Base Loyal To Bush
(06-01-2002) The first President Bush betrayed his conservative base, and it cost him an election. Occasional grumbling from conservative beltway activists and the handful of McCain supporters at the Weekly Standard notwithstanding, the current President Bush remains extremely strong among his grassroots conservative base. His legislative accomplishments and other efforts to broaden the GOP's appeal bode well for 2004. (via Brothers Judd).

International

Hezbollah-Al Qaeda Alliance
(06-30-2002) The Hezbollah terrorist organization, based in Lebanon, is beginning to ally itself with Al Qaeda. The relationship marks a significant shift, since Hezbollah is primarily Shiite Muslim, whereas Al Qaeda is predominantly Sunni Muslim. Dana Priest and Douglas Farah analyze their chilling new partnership.

Dominos In Southeast Asia
(06-29-2002) Two decades after the fear of Communist dominos falling in southeast Asia, another radical ideology is spreading rapidly through the region. From Malaysia to Indonesia to the Philippines, anti-American Islamic fundamentalism is on the rise. Ximena Ortiz considers the growing threat.

The Doctor Decides To Go
(06-26-2002) Mahathir Mohamad has led Malaysia for 21 years, helping transform the nation into a regional economic power while becoming the area's longest serving elected leader. After announcing he would step down and then changing his mind, Mahathir finally set a 2003 date to leave politics. The decision comes as Islamic fundamentalism is on the rise in Malaysia. (More) (More) (More) (More)

The Poor's Best Hope
(06-26-2002) When considering international trade, writes Jagdish Bhagwati, it's important to cast aside the common misperceptions. Poor countries do not face protectionism more acute than their own, rich countries have not held onto their trade barriers against poor countries, and it is not hypocritical to ask poor countries to reduce their trade barriers.

Iran By The Numbers
(06-26-2002) The Iranian press is remarkably free, considering the nation's government. And lately, it has been extremely critical of that government. As Thomas Friedman reports in his third recent column on Iran, the ruling clerics are faced with the need to reform (and the risk of losing power), or attempting to maintain the status quo against unfavorable demographic numbers.

Gun Control v. Crime Control
(06-26-2002) One theory of crime is that strict gun control will reduce crime, since only legitimate offices of the state will possess lethal weapons. A contrary theory suggests that by disarming responsible citizens, the state simply ensures their vulnerability to determined criminals. A new study on England and Wales suggests the former theory is flawed.

Iran And The War Of Ideas
(06-22-2002) "What if a theocracy and a democracy had a baby? What would it look like?" That's easy, answers Tom Friedman: "It would look like Iran." In his second recent piece on Iran, the New York Times columnist reports on the nation's efforts to balance the tension between religion and democracy.

The Challenge For Moderate Islam
(06-22-2002) Although 90% of Indonesians are Muslims, for the most partthey practice a moderate variant of the religion. Parties that would introduce Islamic law, for example, polled only 1.7% in the last elections, and while truly violent radicals exist, they only number a few thousand. So why isn't the government trying to put them down?

Democracy In Bahrain
(06-22-2002) Like much of the Arab world, the Bahrain royalty is trying to balance the need to rein in a repressive (and increasingly resented) government with their own desire to remain in power. But allowing municipal elections is probably an incomplete solution to larger problems, reports Neil MacFarquhar.

Fox's Dilemma
(06-20-2002) For Vicente Fox, beating back PRI to win the Presidency in Mexico was just the beginning. The governing PAN does not command a majority in the lower house, and does not compose even a plurality in the Senate. Thus, reform has been tenuous, and Fox has been under attack from all sides lately. Richard Bauer comments on his dilemma.

Arafat Of Arabia
(06-19-2002) Yassir Arafat is a congenital liar, to the point of seeming delusional. Except his lies have a purpose: to create an aura of romance about himself and his cause. David Brooks publishes a short history of Arafat in the Atlantic Monthly.

China's Energy Quest
(06-17-2002) China's rapid economic growth over the past decade has been fueled by abundant natural resources, including hydrocarbons. But demand for oil is surging past domestic output. David Lague survey's China's energy balance.

Iran's Third Wave
(06-16-2002) The generation that overthrew the Shah of Iran is gray and tired. The generation that followed is deflated. The third generation is restless: they know only of the ayatollahs' despotism, are outward looking, and reject fundamentalist Islam (for the most part). It is this generation, writes Thomas Friedman, that is about to drive significant change in Iran.

Tunisia's Two Faces Of Progress
(06-11-2002) On the surface, Tunisia is one of the most democratic and stable regimes of North Africa. But part of the stability results from President Ben Ali's willingness to use draconian measures to control a burgeoning Islamist movement. And some votes -- such as the one to extend the President's rule -- don't offer much choice at all.

Churchill And India
(06-11-2002) "The withdrawal or suspension of British control," said Churchill, "means either a Hindu despotism or a renewal of those ferocious internal wars which tortured the Indian masses for thousands of years before the British flag was hoisted in Calcutta." George Neumayr praises Churchill's clarity.

Still Dangerous
(06-11-2002) Osama bin Laden may or may not still be alive, but his terrorist organization continues to function, even as it regroups. Josh Meyer and Bob Drogin report Al Qaeda has been slipping back into Afghanistan from Pakistan, and continues to show global reach. But have they developed a fifth column in America?

The Real Religious Right
(06-09-2002) The rise of radical, militant Islam has been well documented in the American media. The rise of radical, militant Christianity in Indonesia has been virtually ignored, however. Dini Djalal reports on rising ethno-religious tensions over the Indonesian archipelago.

Guatemala's Death Squads
(06-09-2002) In 2001, a Guatemalan bishop was brutally murdered by one of the nation's paramilitary squads. The eventual conviction of three men for the crime led many to believe that the government was on its way to eradicating the so-called "death squads." Andrew Bounds writes that such views were hopelessly optimistic.

The Particularity Of Palestinian Terror
(06-05-2002) All terrorist groups employ violence as a means to some end. Palestinian terrorists are virtually unique, argue Louis Rene Beres and Alessandra Delgadom, in that violence seems to be an end in itself. As Laurence Grafstein notes, the moral depravity of the culture is illustrated by its nurturing of child terrorists.

Peru's Disenchantment
(06-05-2002) As the Fujimori era closed and Alejandro Toledo was swept to power in Peru, expectations were high, probably too high. A year later, Toledo's approval rating is at 22%, as his lofty rhetoric has proved impossible to live up to. Richard Baumann considers the politics of Peru.

Power And Weakness
(06-05-2002) "It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world," writes Donald Kagan. "On the all-important question of power — the efficacy of power, the morality of power, the desirability of power — American and European perspectives are diverging."

Nuclear Saber Rattling
(06-05-2002) Over the years, India and Pakistan have engaged in periodic saber rattling and even skirmishes. Now that they both have nuclear weapons, it seems much more serious. But Ernest Lefever argues that the presence of nukes actually makes the situation more stable than in the past.

Democracy In The Republics
(06-03-2002) The eight republics that emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union all can be considered authoritarian regimes, even though they pay lip service to democratic principles. In particular, the democratic transfer of power remains illusory. Andreas Rüesch considers what this may mean as the Shevardnadze era ends in Georgia.

Israel And The Anti-Semites
(06-03-2002) "One small but very disturbing sign of the headway being made by the new anti-Semitism, " writes Gabriel Schoenfield, "is the speculation that has suddenly sprung up in the most disparate places about the possibility of a world without Israel—as if it were a perfectly ordinary prospect for a thriving democracy of nearly five million Jews simply to disappear."

Tony Blair's Nightmare?
(06-02-2002) Tony Blair's "New Labor" approach to politics is remarkably similar to Bill Clinton's "New Democrat" approach. But one difference is that Bill Clinton was never attacked by the Left in the United States. In the UK, however, the Left is becoming restless. Author Peter Mandelson and reviewer Philip Stephens are two examples.

Books and Arts

God's Pragmatist
(06-29-2002) Roughly a century after William James delivered the Edinburgh lectures that would become The Varieties of Religious Experience, philosopher Charles Taylor was invited for the same lecture series. The result: his re-engagement of James, Varieties of Religion Today: William James Revisited. Erin Leib reviews Taylor's James.

Steinbeck's Myth Of The Okies
(06-23-2002) John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is a classic of realist, historical fiction. Unfortunately, writes Keith Windschuttle, "there is now ... sufficient historical, demographic, and climatic data about the 1930s to show that almost everything about the elaborate picture created in the novel is either outright false or exaggerated beyond belief."

A Capitalist Primer?
(06-19-2002) Upton Sinclair's realism got the best of his socialism in The Jungle. And the occasional racist passages reveal his brand of socialism for the "white socialism" that it was. So says Christopher Hitchens -- and more -- in a wide-ranging review.

The Gentleman From Texas
(06-16-2002) Master of the Senate, the third volume of Robert Caro's set on Lyndon B. Johnson, is a failure of interpretation if not historical biography. As Lewis Gould notes, "Caro did not allow for an irony that Johnson might have appreciated: By fulfilling the agenda of the New Deal and stretching the doctrine of containment in Vietnam to a tragic point, Johnson ensured that his own historical moment would be short." (More) (More) (More) (More) (More)

The Kind Of Hero We All Need
(06-14-2002) Like many scientists in repressive regimes, Andrei Sakharov was left relatively free to produce work useful to the state, and less free when he began to question the state he once believed in. American novelist and Russian literature expert Richard Lourie's Sakharov is a fascinating account of the Russian scientist's political and moral transformation. (More) (More) (More) (More) (More)

What Is History?
(06-10-2002) E.H. Carr is perhaps best known for his multivolume history of the Bolshevik revolution, and The Twenty Years Crisis (influential among certain senior members of the Bush Department of Defense). But What Is History may be his most enduring work. Elliot Jager reconsiders the classic on its 40th anniversary.

The Next Christendom?
(06-10-2002) By 2050, six nations will harbor 100 million Christians, sub-Saharan Africa will have displaced Europe as the center of Christianity, and a new wave of theocratic Christian states will be battling Islamic regimes -- and each other. So writes Philip Jenkins in The Next Christendom. R Scott Appleby thinks he may even be partially right.

The Future Of "History"
(06-06-2002) In The End Of History And The Last Man, Francis Fukuyama posited a neo-Hegelian final triumph of the idea of liberal democracy. Published about the same time, Samuel Huntington's Clash Of Civilizations envisioned future clashes between cultures. Stanley Kurtz reconsiders both theses in light of current events.

Postmodern Zionism
(06-06-2002) A byproduct of the growing Americanization of Israel, argues Tom Segev in Elvis In Jerusalem, is Post-Zionism, the effective Israeli equivalent of postmodernism and postcolonialism. With the current grave situation in Israel, writes Walter Laqueur, Post-Zionism has become almost moot, largely rendering the book "an ideological guidebook to the world of yesterday."

Brutish And Short
(06-06-2002) Historian Paul Johnson rejects the classical French mythology of Napoleon as Superman. Rather, he puts forth the view in his new biography, Napoleon, that Bonaparte helped pave the way for the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. Douglas Porch reviews the effort.

Bear Hug
(06-02-2002) For Stephen Kotkin, Strobe Talbott's recent memoir, The Russia Hand, is a disappointment: "Talbott's lively and personal account of his tremendous fun in helping run the world is not a revelation on the order of the Khrushchev memoirs that he translated, but a warts-and-all valentine to his charismatic friend of thirty-four years and [their] clubby circle...."

Great America
(06-02-2002) Dinesh D'Souza achieved some notoriety for his comments on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect last year. It's a shame those comments were misunderstood by many, because D'Souza's scholarly writings deserve a wider audience. Here, Thomas Sowell plugs D'Souza's latest effort, What's So Great About America.

The Cowards Of Academe
(06-01-2002) Garry Wills heaped praise on Michael Bellesiles's Arming America on the pages of the once great New York Times. Like other prominent reviewers who initially praised the work, Wills has yet to recant his assessment despite the many problems that have been documented. David Skinner reports on these cowards of the academy.

Texana

The "Mentally Retarded" Defense
(06-30-2002) The recent Supreme Court ruling disallowing the execution of mentally retarded people is already being felt in Texas. The mental competence of convicted killer and rapist Johnny Paul Penry, twice nearly executed, is the focus of a fiery battle in Montgomery County court. Similar fights are likely to become the norm in all death-penalty states.

UH v. Speech
(06-29-2002) Despite a recent federal court ruling, the University of Houston has decided not to allow an anti-abortion group to display photographs in a prominent spot on campus, a location deemed outside the university's "free speech" zones. Is the decision a reasonable "time, place, and manner" restriction, or an effort to silence speech? (via Off The Kuff)

I Before E
(06-22-2002) Most of the stalwarts who popularized Austin as an alt-country music town (before the term "alt-country" even really existed) are long gone. But not Rusty Wier, who's still delivering on Thursdays at the Saxon Pub. And as he puts it, "I play songs, I make music, that's what I love to do. And I don't have to kiss nobody's ass."

Legends Of Texas Barbecue
(06-15-2002) In putting together the Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook, Robb Walsh thought he captured all of the famous Texas barbecue joints, plus the ones that exist in folklore and oral legend. As the Houston Press food critic recently discovered, though, he missed Houston's fifth ward, and its last surviving icon, Kozy Kitchen.

Identity Politics
(06-09-2002) Democrats hope Tony Sanchez might break the Republican stranglehold on statewide office in Texas, but so far his polling among Hispanics is weaker than expected. Linda Chavez suggests that the Hispanic vote tends to fragment in the case of Hispanic candidates who lean too far to the left -- and advises the GOP to promote its issues, rather than simply pandering to Hispanics.

Slow Progress
(06-09-2002) Last year, Orlando Sanchez lost Houston's mayoral race because of the strength of black turnout, whose monolithic vote saved Lee Brown. Meanwhile, conservative Michael Berry easily won his council race after courting black support. The latest GOP efforts to woo blacks are making some progress, as a prominent Houston minister announces his political conversion.

A Lesson In Dallas
(06-06-2002) The anti-capitalist crowd that showed up in Dallas for the recent ExxonMobil shareholders meeting got a surprise. Instead of getting lots of sympathetic publicity, they were instead met with a much larger group of pro-capitalist protestors and a pesky journalist who asked critical questions. Brent Bozell sees a lesson for conservatives. (More)

Elephants v. RINOS
(06-06-2002) For a decade or two, the Texas GOP has had it relatively easy as it has dominated elections for national office in Texas and become a force in Austin as well. But now, as Texas demographics change and the GOP needs to broaden its appeal, conservative purist Robert X. Johnson has declared war on RINOs (Republicans In Name Only). Tim Fleck reports.

Border Mess
(06-02-2002) It is a documented (and admitted) practice of Mexican illegal aliens to engage in cross-border looting raids into Texas. The federal government's unwillingness to control the border has led Texans to take matters into their own hands, with a number of shooting deaths. Unsurprisingly, the legal system may punish Texans for protecting their property.

Society

Fish Story
(06-29-2002) After 11 September, many serious people dismissed postmodernism (and its cousin, postcolonialism) as the trivial nonsense of academics. They shouldn't, contends Stanley Fish, who has mounted a defense of sorts for the postmodern enterprise. But Peter Berkowitz finds that Fish's "penchant for mischaracterization, indifference to the facts, and self-contradiction" leaves his case wanting.

Subtle Sanitizing
(06-29-2002) While watching old television shows, Lee Bockhorn made an interesting discovery: networks are subtly sanitizing their older fare, cutting politically incorrect remarks from programs ranging from "Dirty Harry" movies to "Tom and Jerry" cartoons. He wonders what it means (if anything).

The Players Are Loaded
(06-23-2002) Steve Kettman started the current discussion about baseball and steroids with a New York Times article two years ago. Since then, former player Ken Caminiti has said steroid use is widespread (and then retracted his statement). But before putting all the blame on the players, Kettman suggests that fans may want to look in the mirror.

Sears Homes
(06-16-2002) The Sears catalog truly represented a different age. Take the 1908 version. You could order a stove, or plow, or sewing machine, as might be expected. Or a house! Rosemary Thornton, author of The Houses That Sears Built, revisits the Sears Modern Home of the early twentieth century.

Papal Intrigue
(06-05-2002) The recent proceedings at the Vatican on the sexual-abuse scandal subtly reflected the left-right schism within the Church. The next papal election will likely resurrect those political tensions. John Allen thinks it would be a mistake to assume the next pope will be conservative.

Black Gold In The Gulf
(06-01-2002) Scientists led by a Texas A&M researcher have recently discovered that old oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico are slowly refilling. It remains to be seen whether the phenomenon holds elsewhere, or if it is even commercially important. But along with other recent research, writes Bruce Bartlett, it suggests that hydrocarbon supplies may be much more plentiful than once thought.

Other Headlines

Quake Exposes Frailty Of Iranian Government

Mallett: Why Mussolini Still Matters

Scammell: Dostoyesky's "Mellow" Years

Bolivian Populism On Rise

Melloan: Bush v. Bureaucracy

Blocker: The Demise Of Gaullism

Volokh: Popular Libertarianism v. Elite Management

Steyn: Germans And Their Bananas

Rubin: The Most Wanted Palestinian

Moscow Seeks Greater Influence In World Oil Markets

Halevi: Israel's Wall

Jipping: Justice Kennedy's Troubling Activism

Eastland: First Amendment Frivolity

Turley: Just Say No To Chess Club

Schulz: Coloring Climate Change

Goldberg: Rushing To The Defense Of God

Sowell: Religion And The Constitution

Mowbray: Visa Express, III

Perlstein: The State Of Academia's Cultural Wars

Adelman: Preempting "Preemption"

Sartwell: No Child Left Behind

Prager: The Left And The Palestinians

Chait: Are Swing Voters A Myth?

Brazil, Situation Critical

Gaffney: Anti-NMD Dems

CT Conversation With Frances Fukuyama

Kemp: Unsigning An Unratified Treaty

Mowbray: Visa Express, II

Neumayr: Davis Heads South

Kudlow: Behind The Wall Street Stall

Bandow: Judicial Litmus Tests

Beinart: Understate

Thinking About Cuba After Communism

Argentina's Isolation

Leo: Ignore CEDAW

John Kerry, Chicken Hawk

All-American Summers

Will: Gagged By The Left

Broder: Why Few Senators Become President

Limbaugh: Liberal Faith

Is Syria In Israel's Crosshairs?

Kenny: The New Ice Age

Greenwald: CNN's Chain Of Bias

Guatemala's Market Solution To Deforestatoin

Trouble In Peru

Krueger & Maleckova: Poverty And Terror

Mowbray: Visa Express

Europe's New Right

Texas Two-Stepping Ahead

Tyrrell: Ordinary Heroes

Jacoby: Frisking The Innocent

Krauthammer: The Palestinian State Mistake

Barnes: The Palestinian State Mistake

Goldberg: The Tyranny Molehill

Fund: "The Body" Bows Out

Glassman: Technology Back On Track

Hayes: The Same Old Ted

Revisiting The Open Society And Its Enemies

Pipes: Mainstream Muslims?

Bartlett: Ignore The Rich

Bray: Disorder In The Court

Judis: The Return Of German Nationalism?

Walker: Doonesburied

Feder: Liberals And Evil

Safire: Sharon, Powell, And Bush

Novak: Sharon And The Senators

Schlussel: Coffee And Al Qaeda

Broad Backing For Iraqi Action

Lunch With Donald Regan

Thatcher: Don't Go Wobbly

Buckley: Yes To Rail

Ongoing Coup Threat In Venezuela

Gavora: The War On Football

Tierney: Amtrak Must Die

Moffitt: MDs Checking Out Of Medicare

Krauthammer: Oslo And The Messianic Temptation

Singer: Oslo Under Fire

Last: Ritual Attack Of The Soccer Scolds

Groom: Same Old Labor

Israel's Demographic Time Bomb

Al Qaeda May Turn To Organized Crime

Vaclav v. Vaclav

MacDonald: Hardball With Terrorists

Little Change On The Kashmir Border

Henninger: A Little Late To The PC War

Noonan: Giuliani Should Head Homeland Security

Norquist: Reaganism And The States

Krauthammer: Terror Changes Almost Everything

Goldberg: Why Feminists Aren't Funny

Tyrrell: Fifty-Five Years Ago

Gvosdev: Envisioning NATO's Future

Vickers: Democratic Politburo

Gaffney: Move Forward On Missile Defense

Fund: Pushing The Limits In California

Bozell: When Bush Pleases The Anchors

Pipes: Harvard Loves Jihad

Nanotech Memory

Sowell: Cooked Climate Numbers

Sperling: Hillary Will Run In 2004

Hertzberg: Kashmir Identity Crisis

Smarter Than His Administration

Scheiber: George Pataki's Strange "Conservatism"

Brooks: Why The US Will Always Be Rich

Barone: The Road To Baghdad

Feulner: Exiting ABM

Greenberg: Arafat's Farce

A Repaved Clinton-Blair Third Way?

Freund: Saddam Hussein, Novelist

Keneally: How The Church Lost Its Mission

Krauthammer: The Church's Real Scandal

Kurtz: The News That Didn't Fit To Print

Vazsonyi: Where Are The Resignations?

Welch: Manufacturing Dissent

Hashmi: Not What The Prophet Would Want

Griffith: Summers Storms

Texas Conservative Loses On "RINO" Plank

Orrin Judd Reviews Ted Rall

Mubarak's Mischief-Making

Women Soon To Be Majority Of Veterinarians

The Future Of Mind Control

Meese & Rosenzweigh: When Lawyers Go Bad

O'Reilly: Memo To Bono

Barnes: Bush's Big Speech

Arafat's Final Days?

Babbin: Saddam's Scud Box

Borchgrave: Geopolitical Schizophrenia

Will: Do Arm Pilots

Matus: Just Paul

Glassman: Squashing Broadband

Nationalism Resurgent In Argentina

Mowbray: No To Arafat And Elections

Beinart: Indian Ink

Friedman: Land Of Denial

Williams: Threats To Rule Of Law In America

Corry: Howell At The Moon

Owens: Lost In The Sixties

Liberia's Enduring President

Uruguay President Apologizes To Argentina

Stephens: Two Faces Of Blair

Philip Pullman On C.S. Lewis's "Propaganda"

Beilin To Head New Israeli Peace Movement

Will: Whirl Is King All Around Us

Morris: Al Qaeda's Second Front

Hayward: McCain & Feingold AWOL

Gaffney: The Next Day Of Infamy

Crowley: Intelligence Test

Podhoretz: Wartime Distractions

Doherty: A Libertarian Critiques Ashcroft

Ledeen: What Is George Tenet Doing?

Hannaford: Excuses, Excuses

Sestanovich: Russia's Role In Iran, Iraq

Moore: Big Government GOP

Texas Plea In "Sleeping Lawyer" Case Rejected

Miniter: In Praise Of (Some) Leaks

Charles Rousseaux Reviews Redesigning Humans

Friedman: War Of Ideas

Martin Sieff Reviews Our Posthuman Future

Environmental Group Targets Dell Computer

Court Overturns Library Internet Filter Law

Denmark Constrains Immigration

Krauthammer: Russia Not What It Used To Be

Is Margaret Thatcher Winning?

Kristoff: Liberal Reality Check

Gertz: Missiles Smuggled Into U.S.

McCaffrey: Bring Back Crusader

Fischer: The Left's IQ Attack

Uzbekistan: America's Authoritarian Throwback Ally

Baker: More Of The Same From NBC

Victor: Deconstructing Daschle

Door To EU Closing

Yugoslavia, RIP