July 2002 Archives

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American Politics

UN-Diplomatic Behavior
(07-31-2002) The United States has not had a forceful voice at the United Nations since Jeanne Kirkpatrick served in the Reagan Administration. That may be changing. John Negroponte served notice last week that the U.S. would no longer tolerate Security Council resolutions that condem Israel but fail to condemn Palestinian terrorists. That's a start.

Mrs. Carnahan Goes To Washington
(07-30-2002) Although of dubious legality, the decision to appoint Jean Carnahan as Senator after her dead husband's election seemed like even more of a Democratic coup when John Ashcroft declined to challenge the result. As Donald Lambro writes, Carnahan, who was never regarded as a politico, often appears clueless in the Senate -- not that the Missouri media cares to report it.

Roots Of The Telechasm
(07-30-2002) The tech sector's rough ride began two years before the recent wave of accounting scandals, suggesting a different root cause. Bret Swanson argues that two key policy blunders are to blame: 1) deflationary monetary policies from 1997 to 2001, and 2) heavy-handed regulation by the Clinton-Gore FCC.

On Bush's Vulnerability
(07-30-2002) "Conventional wisdom among those in Washington said to know about such things," writes Richard Benedetto, "is that President Bush and his fellow Republicans are in big political trouble because of the rampant epidemic of corporate corruption and ensuing turmoil in the stock market." Not so fast, he counters. (More)

Railroad To Nowhere
(07-30-2002) Advocates frequently argue that mass transit is the way to improve air quality. But statistics belie that claim. As Joel Schwartz notes, there is no correlation between per-capita mass transit spending and air quality. Furthermore, removing older, "dirtier" cars from the road has much more impact on air quality relative to cost than does mass transit.

The Next Kennedy
(07-30-2002) Given a second chance on a softball question, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend stammers, "We're the richest state [pause, start over], highest family income state in the country, one of the lowest child poverty rates, I think we can find in our budget the $8million to pay for this." As Matt Labash details, she just doesn't seem to have the trademark Kennedy political instincts. (More

Priscilla Owen, "Activist"
(07-23-2002) The same Democratic party that embraces the judicial fiat that created an unenumerated right to abortion is nevertheless determined to sink another Bush judicial nominee, on the charge she's a judicial activist. There's just one problem, argues Terry Eastland: close textual analysis of Priscilla Owen's In Re Jane Doe argument reveals otherwise.

The NAACP's Decline And Fall
(07-21-2002) The NAACP was once a proud organization that fought the good fight for desegregation and civil rights. But the rhetoric emanating from its recently concluded national meeting in Houston illustrates, in the words of civil rights activist Ward Connerly, "what a tragic farce this group has become."

Bill Simon's Non-Campaign
(07-18-2002) Gray Davis is as vulnerable as any governor running for re-election. Or he might be, if his opponent, Bill Simon, weren't so inept. As the Washington Times points out, the political neophyte remains on the defensive against a governor who should be very much on the defensive himself. Is it too late to get Bill Simon ready for prime time?

Are We All Progressives Now?
(07-16-2002) Interest in Teddy Roosevelt among politicians on the left and right is enjoying a revival. Newt Gingrich likes him. So does Karl Rove. Richard Gephardt is a fan. And so is John McCain. Political theorist Jean M. Yarbrough analyzes the contemporary appeal of this turn-of-the-century Progressive, astutely noting TR's rejection of natural right.

McCain Mutiny
(07-13-2002) Not content with his success in passing an (unconstitutional) incumbent protection bill under the guise of campaign finance reform, Senator John McCain is effectively holding the judicial confirmation process hostage until the President appoints Ellen Weintraub, a liberal Democrat, to the FEC. As John Fund notes, the maneuver makes little sense, tactically or otherwise.

Peasant Populism Doesn't Come Cheap
(07-13-2002) Few political scientists have noted that George W. Bush effectively dismissed Patrick Buchanan from Republican politics. Nevertheless, Buchanan is still hard at it, launching a new magazine in his effort to take back the GOP and make America safe for white males. Franklin Foer finds it delectable that the biggest backer of Buchanan's rag for peasant populism is rich playboy Taki Theodoracopulos.

Who Is American Family Voices?
(07-12-2002) The re-emergence of a tired Harken Energy story was hardly the spontaneous production of a diligent press, argues Byron York. Instead, he writes, "a look at recent events suggests that the Harken resurrection was the result of a well-planned, well-funded, and well-executed campaign to damage the president politically at a time when his approval ratings seemed almost unchallengeably high."

The Decline Of Secularism
(07-10-2002) Many commentators -- conservative and liberal -- assessed the Ninth U.S. Circuit decision to delete "God" from the Pledge of Allegiance as yet another example of the federal judiciary chipping away at religion. Jeffrey Bell argues to the contrary: that it's more of an anachronism in light of the Supreme Court's decision on vouchers.

Redefining Debt
(07-04-2002) While politicians are excoriating Enron, Worldcom, Andersen, and countless others for their accounting shenanigans, Walter Williams suggests perhaps they should focus on themselves. The federal government, after all, has shuffled its accounts so that a debt of $35 trillion actually appears to be $3.5 trillion.

Disoriented Daschle
(07-04-2002) Although one would hardly know it from the largely laudatory DC press, Tom Daschle's political judgment continues to suffer post-11 September. The previously careful and soft-spoken Senate Majority Leader's description of virtually every Bush policy as a "disaster" is the latest example. Tony Blankley assesses Daschle's disorientation.

Bureaucratic Assassin
(07-04-2002) Some time before 11 September, editors at the Weekly Standard penned an editorial suggesting Donald Rumsfeld, formerly the master of bureaucratic politics, had lost his touch and influence, and should consider stepping down. As Stacy Humes-Schulz points out in her piece on the Crusader, Rumsfeld has hardly lost his touch.

Bad Precedent
(07-03-2002) Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the infamous Ninth Circuit may be the most overturned federal judge in history. The unabashed liberal judicial activist even took President Clinton to task for not appointing similarly activist federal judges. Matt Rees profiles Reinhardt, whose recent decisions on assisted suicide and the pledge may become his next rejected opinions.

Ghost Of Wilson?
(07-01-2002) After George Bush's speech calling for the end of the Arafat regime, print journalists were quick to note the triumph of foreign-policy hawks in the administration over State Department pragmatists. Max Boot thinks that's all wrong. Instead, he argues, the new outlook owes much to Woodrow Wilson.

International

Modernizing Islam
(07-31-2002) The "Islam is evil" refrain heard in some quarters is overly simplistic. "It is a mistake," writes Daniel Pipes, "to blame Islam (a religion 14 centuries old) for the evil that should be ascribed to militant Islam (a totalitarian ideology less than a century old)." The challenge for Muslims and non-Muslims alike, he argues, is to modernize the civilization.

Global Entente
(07-30-2002) Differing priorities -- America's war on terror and Russia's pursuit of economic engagement with the West -- have driven the two former rivals into a closer, almost synergistic, relationship. As Jim Hoaglund observes, this growing global entente has the potential to neutralize Europe and China -- even if the Europeans don't exactly see it that way.

Regime Change In Iran?
(07-30-2002) "America's position in the Middle East has strengthened enormously since September 11," argues Reuel Marc Gerecht. "Where it matters most--and no place matters more than Iran (the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in comparison small potatoes)--America's influence has increased, if not skyrocketed." The power of American rhetoric, he contends, should not be underestimated.

How November 17 Was Foiled
(07-26-2002) The far-left November 17 organization was one of the world's most elusive terrorist groups, evading arrest for its entire quarter-century of existence and claiming responsibility for 23 murders. Conventional wisdom has it that the anti-American group was betrayed by a botched bombing, although concerns over the 2004 Olympics probably also motivated Greek authorities to crack down.

Gerry The Liar
(07-26-2002) Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards, "is a liar of genius. He lies to governments, to journalists and to his own followers, and he gets away with it." Edwards is just getting warmed up.

Taliban Massacre
(07-25-2002) Even as the predictable criticism begins on how the Bush Administration has bungled Afghanistan, and the UN directs its attention to alleged Israeli "war crimes," it is worth remembering the real crimes against humanity conducted by the Taliban regime that the Bush Administration so forcibly removed. Carlotta Gall describes a few of them.

Thanksgiving For Turkey
(07-24-2002) There is an ongoing battle between Western democracy and Islamic theocracy, writes Ami Horowitz, and Turkey "is the fulcrum in this clash. Due to its geostrategic position, Turkey is the most important country in Eurasia, and the United States and Europe's most important ally." It is time for Europe to become more serious about Turkish integration, and the US to strengthen its relationship.

Trouble In The Congo
(07-24-2002) The Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) did not totally descend into anarchy after Laurent Kabila's passing a year and a half ago, but it is not far removed. The government controls about a third of the territory, one rebel group another third, and a different rebel group the other third. And then there are the troops from DRC's neighbors. Marc Lacey reports on the mess.

Iran In Crisis
(07-23-2002) If the world really is in for the clash of civilizations predicted by Samuel Huntington, then perhaps it is a good sign for the West that the one place where militant Islam is in the most trouble is the nation that has experienced it the longest: Iran. Daniel Pipes elaborates.

Culture Of Death
(07-21-2002) "Martyrdom is a beautiful thing. Everyone longs for martyrdom. What could be better than going to paradise?" So says an 11-year-old girl on the official television station of the Palestinian Authority. Barbara Demick notes that this is not an isolated case, but a reflection of the official Palestinian culture.

East Is Eden
(07-21-2002) Bashing eastern Europe, writes Neil Clark, "has become the acceptable form of Euro-racism, indulged in by both Carinthian rabble-rousers and the EU’s bureaucratic elite." Never mind that in many areas -- education, crime, even manners -- the "backwards" east is ahead of Western Europe. The Western atittude is beginning to swing public opinion in the East against the EU.

Castro Understands
(07-21-2002) When opponents of Fidel Castro began circulating a petition demanding political rights, Castro forced through his own constitutional amendment. It didn't denounce political rights per se, but instead denounced capitalism. As Paul Greenberg points out, the desperate tyrant understands well the link between liberty and property rights.

Aceh Woes
(07-21-2002) East Timor's break from Indonesia has only spurred other separatist movements. As Jane Perlez notes, the current hotspot is Aceh province, where the government is trying to put down a separatist guerilla movement. Of particular concern are ExxonMobil's holdings in the province, which has the largest gas field in the archipelago.

An Islamic Friend
(07-18-2002) Algeria is a key regional ally of the United States, its fifth largest market in the near east/north Africa, and a significant petroleum supplier. Yet most Americans are entirely unaware of the battle being waged by the government of this Muslim nation against radical Islamists. R. Emmett Tyrrell sheds a little light on the matter.

Where Energy Is Sacred
(07-18-2002) If anything, the Mexican national creed that hydrocarbon resources belong to the state -- and to each and every Mexican -- has grown stronger since the industry was nationalized in 1938. Pemex officials admit they need direct foreign investment, yet state ownership remains sacred. As the Economist reports, political reality has forced President Vicente Fox to retreat on the issue. (More)

Return Of Anti-Semitism
(07-18-2002) A resurgence of Jew-hatred spans the globe, whether it's taking place in the usual Arab backwaters or allegedly more civilized places like France, Toronto, or even a San Francisco college campus. Yossi Klein Halevi argues that it's time to call it what it is.

His Own Little USSR
(07-15-2002) Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan's autocratic "president for life," is compared to Kemal Ataturk by his supporters, and Stalin by his enemies. The regime he has imposed is a cult of personality, replete with likenesses adorning billboards, the currency, and even vodka bottles. He spooks potential investors, further hurting an already wrecked economy. Andrew Jack reports on life under the Turkmenbashi.

Strategic Cargo
(07-12-2002) The quiet arrival of the oil tanker 'Astro Lupus' at the Port of Houston -- with 2 million barrels of Russian oil for American refineries," writes Austin Bay, "didn't attract the headlines of a summit or anti-ballistic missile treaty snarl, but the strategic shifts this first direct shipment of Russian crude symbolizes loom large in the 21st century." Bay elaborates.

FARC Moves Into Ecuador
(07-12-2002) As if Ecuador hasn't had enough domestic worries in recent years, it now has an additional concern: FARC paramilitary troopers. FARC, which has targeted the energy industry in Colombia, is now roaming freely across the porous border into oil-producing regions of Ecuador. Arie Farnam reports from Lago Agrio.

Sudan's Double-Edged Sword
(07-12-2002) Sudan's 19-year war between the Muslim north and Christian/animist south has been responsible for more deaths than the wars in Angola, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Liberia, the Gulf war, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Rwanda combined. Despite the war, the nation became a net oil exporter for the first time in 1999. Carola Hoyos wonders if oil will force the government to accomodate the south -- or raze it.

Turkey's Choice
(07-12-2002) The health of Bulent Ecevit, Prime Minister (at the moment) of Turkey, may be an ironic barometer for the health of the polity itself. After the mass resignations of cabinet officials, ostensibly over Ecevit's health, the government is about to collapse, just as it was beginning to benefit from Ecevit's policies. The fallout could well have implications for any U.S. action against Iraq.

Allah Mode
(07-08-2002) France has a burgeoning Muslim underclass that has become as large proportionally as the black population in the United States. The major difference is that the French political system continues, for the most part, to exclude Muslims from the political process (and may not be capable institutionally of accommodating them). Christopher Caldwell analyzes France's growing Islam problem.

Books and Arts

The Science Of Networks
(07-28-2002) Albert-László Barabási's new book presents the science of networks -- electronic, social, and others -- in an accessible manner. As Simson Garfinkle notes, "Barabási weaves Linked together with a narrative that's part travelogue, part gossip column. . . . Reading Linked makes one feel like a trusted student who gets to hear all the teacher's good stories." (More)

The Plot Thickeners
(07-28-2002) Tom Clancy may not be the first "branded" novelist to farm out his writing to others, but he is arguably the most prominent. As Linton Weeks notes, the practice is growing. Take the late V.C. Andrews, for example, whose name continues to appear on new books. And the late Lawrence Sanders. And soon, the late Robert Ludlum.

Guns And Crime
(07-22-2002) In To Keep And Bear Arms, Joyce Lee Malcolm documented the origins of Anglo-American gun rights and policies. In the recently released sequel, Guns and Violence: The English Experience, Malcolm examines increasingly stringent gun control polices in twentieth-century England, and finds the result to be "a rate of violent crime soaring to record levels."

The Occult Tarot
(07-22-2002) For twenty years, Oxford philosopher Michael Dummet has churned out writings on the history of Tarot. In the forthcoming History Of The Occult Tarot, Dummet and Ronald Decker move on from earlier efforts to debunk popular myths about Tarot and consider their relation to modern occultism. Reviewer John Mitchell isn't quite sure why they bothered.

The End Of Thought
(07-18-2002) In his intellectual memoir The Making Of A Philosopher, analytic philosopher Colin McGinn argues for a conception of philosophy "more like science than religion, more like mathematics than poetry." Unfortunately, Thomas Hibbs concludes, "McGinn's memoir illustrates the failure of that sexy project."

A New Kind Of Science?
(07-14-2002) In A New Kind Of Science, Stephen Wolfram contends that even the most complex equations cannot adequately explain complex systems (like the universe). But cellular automata point the way out. Huh? Dennis Overbye elaborates.

Dixie's Role In Politics
(07-14-2002) After George H.W. Bush's resounding 1988 presidential victory, many Republicans were giddy over the Solid South, which had become reliably Republican. It didn't last. Merle and Earl Black's The Rise Of Southern Republicans is a statistics-packed analysis that might just as easily be called, in the words of reviewer James Pinkerton, The Rise and Fall and Partial Comeback of Southern Democrats.

Color Schemes
(07-14-2002) Glenn Loury, at one time an outspoken black conservative intellectual, has moved far to the left in recent years. In latest book, The Anatomy of Racial Inequality, Loury argues, in part, for the same affirmative action programs he once criticized. What is really needed, counters reviewer Richard Epstein, is freedom.

Nixon And Race
(07-14-2002) Richard Nixon, perhaps more than JFK or LBJ, shaped the contemporary civil rights landscape, effectively creating affirmative action. Nixon's Civil Rights is Dean J. Kotlowkski's chronicle of the effort. Tamar Jacoby finds it "a deeply sad book: a story of so much promise and such good ideas largely run aground."

God In An Age Of Uncertainty
(07-07-2002) "James M. Byrne," writes Patrick Skene Catling, "has written a theological survey of such industrious comprehensiveness and scrupulous non-commitment that it seems to give every reader the opportunity to choose any sort of divine being, from one bigger than all the universes to an impulse within himself that is usually called conscience." And it's conveniently titled, God.

Are The Jesuits Catholic?
(07-03-2002) "The recently published Passionate Uncertainty: Inside the American Jesuits," writes Paul Shaughnessy, "is a quirky yet convincing depiction of the collapse of the renegade Society of Jesus: papists who hate the pope, evangelists who have lost the faith." Many of the same issues plaguing Catholicism broadly are at work, contend McDonough and Bianchi, who also single out the academy for special treatment.

Texana

Hot Ticket
(07-30-2002) Most sports talk radio is dominated by either moonlighting newspaper writers or second tier sports "brains" who are largely obsolete in the internet age. And then there's Dallas's raucous sports radio station, The Ticket. Its blend of sports talk and testosterone-driven commentary, writes Dan McGraw, ranks it a solid #1 in Dallas's 25-54 male demographic. Interestingly enough, its 11 September coverage was some of the best in Dallas. (More)

Ride 'Em Cowboys
(07-28-2002) Only two offensive coordinators have been unable to ride Emmitt Smith to victory: David Shula and Jack Reilly. This year, Bruce Coslet is likely to find his implementation of the West Coast offense easier with Smith in the backfield. John McClain profiles the venerable Dallas Cowboy, who, barring injury, will break Walter Payton's rushing record this season.

The Best Bar Band In America
(07-23-2002) The Resentments, whose most familiar band members are probably Jon Dee Graham and Stephen Bruton, may not be the best bar band in Austin, let alone Texas. Never mind that -- LA writer John Schulian says they are the best bar band in America. (More)

When Texas Was Texas
(07-16-2002) The legendary Texas Rangers were founded in 1823 as a citizen militia, when Texas was still a part of Mexico. Ironically, their work over the decades helped make Texas both a safer, and less interesting, place. Bill Croke reviews Robert M. Utley's recent work on the Rangers, Lone Star Justice: The First Century Of The Texas Rangers.

When Jeffrey Met Thelma
(07-12-2002) "In the Lone Star State," writes barbecue expert Robb Walsh, "you might find the best smoked meat you've ever tasted under a shade tree by the side of the road, at a Baptist church supper or in a ramshackle little joint nobody has ever heard of smack-dab in the middle of the city." Like Thelma's in Houston, where Walsh recently dragged Vogue's food writer Jeffrey Steingarten.

Column Calamity
(07-12-2002) Long overdue changes are underway at the Houston Chronicle under new editor Jeff Cohen, writes local media watchdog Richard Connelly. Jim Barlow and his easychair reporting? Retired. Thom Marshall and his recycled press-release reporting from home? Due for a change. Leon Hale's tales of being a country boy in the big city? Off the metro page. It may only be the beginning.

The War Within
(07-08-2002) Mark Aguirre is a tough Houston cop whose neighborhood policing methods have had measurable success. They also have won him plenty of political enemies above and below on the force. Richard Connelly profiles the South Central Captain.

Society

The Sound Of Silence
(07-30-2002) Watsonville, California-based KPIG is an eclectic FM radio station that is a throwback to the days when DJs spun their own records and nobody had heard of Clear Channel Communications. It was also a streaming audio pioneer, and one of the most popular streamed stations on the web. And then the government got involved. (More)

Marauder
(07-23-2002) Eight cylinders. Rear-wheel drive. 300+ horsepower. 4,100 pounds. Serious transaxle. No, it's not a wishful flashback to the cars of three decades ago, but some of the specs of the 2003 Mercury Marauder, which comes, fittingly, in black only. Eric Peters thinks it's the perfect car for a conservative.

Are Smart People Overrated?
(07-18-2002) Five years ago, McKinsey and Company, the prestigious management consultants, launched their "war for talent," developing a system to identify, reward, and nurture it (and to banish underachievers). Ironically, Enron implemented the McKinsey system to a T. Malcolm Gladwell asks, what if Enron failed not in spite of this, but because of it.

The Death And Life Of America's Cities
(07-15-2002) The 1990s were good for America's cities. A wave of reform-oriented mayors managed to reverse the deterioration caused, in large part, by decades of dysfunctional urban liberalism. Now, those mayors have passed from the political scene, replaced in many cases by business-as-usual types. Fred Siegel reflects on the death, and life, of America's cities.

Down With Merit!
(07-13-2002) "The simple fact is, whether we admit it or not, there's never been an 'intelligence' or 'achievement' test on which the smart and industrious have not done better than the dumb and the lackadaisical," writes political humorist Jonah Goldberg. But the well-meaning efforts of the enlightened folks at SAT to remake reality go on unabated.

End The War On Fat
(07-07-2002) "If you work out the numbers," writes Gary Taubes, "you come to the surreal conclusion that you can eat lard straight from the can and conceivably reduce your risk of heart disease." Hard to believe, right? What if everything you "know" about diet and nutrition turned out to be false? (via Siber-Den)

You're Out
(07-05-2002) Baseball is in deep decline. Players and owners are fighting over how to divide their millions even as the fan base that supports the sport continues to erode. And for months, the players have been uttering the once-dreaded word, "strike." Multimillionaire outfielder Barry Bonds says fans will come back, even in the case of a strike. Charles Krauthammer disagrees.

Other Headlines

Fall Of Enron, V

Barone: South Of The Border

Fall Of Enron, IV

Ben-David: Embarrassing Relics

Dale: Denmark's Immigration Crackdown

Arkes: Unheralded Good

Rumsfeld: A Tribute To Milton Friedman

Lieberman Backtracks On Rubin

Friedman: $6 or $60?

Blankley: Leaks Or Disinformation?

Gaffney: Who's Trashing Ashcroft?

Bozell: Biased Coverage On Medicare

Fall Of Enron, III

Fall Of Enron, II

Lapper: Latin America Turns Left

Robert Rubin's Role

Collins: Good News

Hannaford: Virtue Reigns In The Senate

Pierce: Adopting Bad Policy

Silverman: An American Terrorist

Bush's Foreign Policy Viceroy

Bawer: Tolerating Intolerance

Goldstein: Greenspan Shrugged

Rauch: Taking Property

Novak: IRS Smoking Gun

Greenberg: Eyeless In Gaza

Croke: Why Do Liberals Lie?

Sprinzak & Lieber: First Saddam, Then Peace

Reynolds: Overstocked Assumptions

Fall Of Enron, I

Jacoby: The Real Extremists

Bush Set To Win Fast-Track Trade Fight

A Blueprint For Kashmir?

Gertz: Has Iraq Resurrected Its Nuclear Weapons Program?

Egypt At 50

Venezuela: Chavez Hangs On

Pakistan: Is Terror Worse Than Oppression?

Goldberg's General Rule On Patriotism

Ancram: Evil Under The Sun

Goldberg: What's In The Sarbanes Bill?

Hayes: Moyers Gets The Hook

Pleszczynski: The Ashcroft Sandwich

DeLong: Don't Run The Options

York: The Facts About Cheney And Halliburton

The Dems' Phony Halliburton Scandal

Noah: The Invisible Robert Rubin

France Begins Rollback Of Green Policies

No Eluding The Google Grasp

Neumayr: Kill The Rich Politics

Podhoretz: Hamas Kills Its Own

Nordlinger: Ashcroft With Horns

India And Pakistan As Terrorist Targets

Buffett: Who Really Cooks The Books?

Yates: California's Dreaming

Barnes: Keep The Tax Cuts

Last: Conservative "Dismay" At The NYTimes

Levin: Joe Lieberman's Coverup

Bartlett: Bush Should Reorganize Economic Team

Rwanda And Congo Agree On Troop Withdrawal

And Now... Citigroup And JP Morgan?

Merry: State Department In Denial

Menem Again?

Indonesia: Give War A Chance

Starr: Bad Blood

Biden Backs Revamp Of Posse Comitatus

Lapper: Latin America's New Populism

Higgins: The Truth About Options

Nelson: Land Of The Unfree?

Ecevit Warns On Turkish Elections

Kagan: Iraq, The Day After

Warren: The End Is Nigh

Nepal's Throwback War

OPEC Warns Of Price War With Russia

Visa Express Discontinued In Saudi Arabia

Barone: Poll Position

Glassman: Keep The Broad View

WSJ: Siege Of State

Anderson: Baghdad By Christmas

Sheley: Born-Again Loser

The 'Boys Are Back

Cuozzo: Agendas At The New York Times

Greece Announces November 17 Confessions

Consular Officials Liken Critics To Neo-Nazis

Lowry: Into Africa (And Out Of OPEC)

Pryce-Jones: Their Kampf

Lynch: Partisan Press

Tell: Who Is Syed Athar Abbas?

Al Qaeda Hits The Web

Doron: The Power Of The 'Arab Street'

Israel To Close Houston Consulate

Maslin: On Coulter's Slander

Ponnuru: Where's The Argument Against Pitt?

Goldberg: Just Do Nothing

Bunning: Baseball Is Striking Out

Kelly: Two-Edged Weapon

Doherty: Liberals Discover Property Rights

Reisman: New England Versus The Constitution

Sowell: Indignation, Inc.

Iraqi Dissidents Search For Common Ground

Protests Continue In Paraguay

Mowbray: Visa Express, Expanded?

Holliday: The Return Of "Sad-Trader" Photos

Jesse Walker Reviews Media Unlimited

Thomas: Bipartisan Spending

Gaffney: On The China Front

Flatlanders Score Heavy Rotation

Is Philip Pullman The Next J.K. Rowling?

Former Rebels Join Angolan Army

Report: Arafat Has Stashed Millions

Collins: A Tale Of Two Cities

Mowbray: Prelude To A Detainment

Wojnarowski: Hold Iverson Accountable

Sowell: Anti-Voucher Hysteria

WSJ: State Of Embarrassment

Greenberg: New Bush, Same Arafat

Miller: A Deep Mystery For Deep People

Berkowitz: After Autonomy

Higgins: Clinton's Wall Street

Malaysian Melodrama

Kurtz: State Department Guards Detain Conservative Reporter

Morocco v. Spain

Who Is American Family Voices, II

WSJ: Baseball's Fehr Factor

WSJ: NAACP Scare Tactics

Young: The Trouble With Bill O'Reilly

Baumann: It's The Spending, Stupid

Novak: Ex-Senator McCain?

Schwartz: All The Hate That's Fit To Print

Beinart: On Clinton, Corporate Scandal, And The 90s

Peru Moves Left

Falun Gong Hacks Into Chinese Satellite TV

Is The Economist Anti-Semitic?

Podhoretz: The Politics Of Easy Answers

The Harken Energy Distraction

Nigerian Women v. ChevronTexaco

Pleszczynski: Gilt By Association

Corry: The New York Times' Phony Attack

Grubbs: Corporate Scandal And Big Media

Yucca Democrats

Turkish Government On The Brink

Leuffer: The Late, Great OPEC

Ledeen: The State Department Goes Mute

Berkowitz: Wilentz’s Fabricated Scalia

Cottle: Inglewood Cops, Racist Thugs Or Just Thugs?

Barnes: Corporate Scandals No Threat To GOP

Steyn: Don't Call It A Hate Crame

Ross: The Real Arafat

Bartlett: Kevin Phillips, Crackpot

Mowbray: Visa Express Derailed

Novak: George W's "Scandal"

Bockhorn: From Pro-Choice To Pro-Abortion

Silver Lining To Turkish Turmoil?

Henry: Shut Up, Go Away, Take A Hike

Mowbray: Visa Express, IV

Ackerman: Portrait Of Evil

Gaffney: See No Evil?

Goldberg: Dangerous Ideas

Will: Remembering Ted Williams

Berkowitz: Liberals v. Religion

Murray: SAT Reform Fails The Needy

Neumayr: Dirty Davis

Sartwell: Will The Real Al Gore Please Sit Down?

Tyrrell: Vindicating Milton Friedman

Fund: California Schemin'

Conservatives Seize Moral High Ground On Civil Rights

Starr: The Supreme Court Term In Review

Danzig: Barak's Next Move

Novak: The Latest Version Of Gore

Tensions Ease In Venezuela

Early Elections For Argentina

Lott: Eyebrows Optional

Ledeen: Iranian Time Bomb

Bray: Challenges For School-Choice Proponents

The Dems' Black-Jewish Rift

Carney: The Watts Story

Lott: Latte Levy

Gaffney: Rethinking Peacekeeping

Goldberg: Gore's Conceit

Miller: I'm Losing You In The Canyon

Islamic Jihad And Academic Freedom

John McCain's Snit