If enormous influence in the academic world is a reliable indicator of intellectual distinction, then Edward Said merited his reputation as one of America's intellectual eminences.
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Starting with #25, IC’s Dr. Enrico Peppe reviews the first of IC’s top 25 conservative books. Dr. Peppe argues that Strauss’ book on natural rights does not advocate either a paleoconservative or a neoconservative position. Strauss is a traditionalist, not a classical liberal. [...] An Arab-American examines the legacy of Edward Said, who passed away last week. Was he truly interested in peace in the Middle East? [...] Surely Jewish organizations would carry just a little more moral authority if they routinely protested all attacks on faith, not only those troubling to Judaism. [...] Was Hurricane Isabel too lily white for Representative Sheila Jackson Lee? [...] The New York Times editorial board tried to stop the California recall, even as Times reporters reported that punch card ballots are more reliable than touch screen ballots. [...] Lost in the sea of interest in the Gray Davis recall election is Proposition 54, the Racial Privacy Initiative. [...] According to a new book by Brian Robertson, we are just beginning to see the consequences of the enormous, unprecedented shift toward a new and untested way of rearing and socializing young children. [...] The Soviet Union did not just seek to infiltrate American government, but American society. And the primary focus of this campaign was Hollywood. [...] The private sphere belongs to the individual and family; PC advocates have intruded into it like neo-Puritans on a witch hunt. [...] The essence of this new lifestyle is being wealthy and living the good life while pretending you’re not. [...] With $400 million taxpayer dollars every year, you’d think NPR could at least present both sides of an issue. [...] While President Bush and his team underestimated the need for international support, the rest of the criticism of the President is undeserved. [...] Walking the intellectual high wire with Roger Scruton. [...] Besides creating massive aggravation amongst innocent drivers trying merely to get from one block to another only to find that they must go miles out of their way and navigate for an extra thirty minutes, the entire premise that this is a “public” event is wrong. Individuals have their own sense of values and priorities [...] Liberal proponents of identity politics oppose the Racial Privacy Initiative in California because it would deprive the self-styled diversity industry of its power to break citizens down into convenient racial categories and dole out spoils based on the number of boxes checked off for each group on government forms. [...] If Ann Coulter, the sexy Queen of Conservative Mean, has one achilles heel, it’s her propensity for overstated hyperbole. [...] A historical look at our country; from its roots to the conservatism of today, focusing on Buckley and Kirk. Until conservatives and Republicans reacquaint themselves with the issues of government excess and crass materialism in a serious way, we risk losing ourselves in the same materialist quagmire that destroyed socialism. [...] Animal rights groups are taking a generally decent concern and turning it into a joke. Many animal rights groups seem less concerned about preserving our environment and wildlife than they are in converting every person into an animal rights activist. There is, in each of their well-meaning souls, an "inner-Disney" at work. [...] |
 
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