Conservatives who forget the primacy of the family and private sector are doomed to repeat the liberals’ mistakes—and to replicate their political failures. [...]
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Harvard University has agreed to accept a $20 million gift from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a donor who is a member of the ruling family of a repressive, totalitarian, sexist theocracy. And other misguided observations from Neil Stauss’s new book, The Game, Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. [...] We should read the laws, before we accuse people of breaking them. As it turns out, contrary to the mournful screams of liberals, “Bush’s wiretaps” were (and remain) completely justified by law. It’s true that this country’s record of civil liberties during wartime is hardly one in which we can take pride, but this current [...] The tireless Phyllis Schlafly. Leftists believe the Truth is an intellectual fraud designed to prop up the existing techno-patriarchal-capitalist power structure. That’s why the neo-Coms will tell you with a straight face that Saddam Hussein was a courageous freedom fighter, and that the New York Times usually gets the story right. [...] Eastern Europe’s slower-than-expected closing of the developmental gap is not accidental. The recent order issued against David Lettermen is further evidence that frivolous or baseless restraining orders and TROs have become commonplace in the American legal system. [...] I’m the only one with the guts to compile the year’s best stories with a reckless disregard for accuracy. [...] My screen was now dark but I wasn’t alone; St. Hill had a message that chilled to the bone; With a voice that resembled sharp nails on a slate, She exclaimed, “HAPPY CHRISTMAS! At least till ’08!” [...] Why can I not open up the newspaper without having to read about homosexuality every single day? Why do I have to screen the newspaper before I can let my ten year-old son read it? [...] The recent disturbing articles and news in the Arabic media may very well lead people to believe that the Muslims living in the United States are being subjected to collective persecution or even eradication. [...] If it’s an objective opinion you desire, predicated on facts gleaned from forensic science, then Dr. Cyril Wecht is your man. A review of Tales from the Morgue. [...] Leaks have become commonplace in recent years, with institutions such as the CIA, FBI, State Department, Justice Department, and even the Pentagon seemingly rife with turncoats. [...] Star Wars is both a science fiction version of the classic sin and redemption story, and an illustrated guide to how the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The debate over ANWR is about Alaskan Natives’ rights of self-determination — our right to decide how our own lands and resources will be used. [...] Anything from simple appeasement to outright surrender strikes millions of my fellow Americans as preferable to armed conflict. [...] Just as it has attempted to allay concerns over its rapidly developing nuclear program, Iran is already attempting to dismiss fears regarding its growing relationship with Iraq. [...] The real threat to individual rights and justice is not the so-called price gouging of free individuals, but the price-control gouging of a coercive government. [...] Statistics from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals suggest that whites died at the highest rate of all races in New Orleans. [...] In the eyes of the American Academy of Diplomacy, editorial bomb-thrower Jim Boyd is "perceptive," "non-partisan," and "truth-telling." [...] Being an anti-war Quaker shouldn’t be enough to get you on a Pentagon watch list — yet, apparently, now it is. [...] We can say “Merry Christmas,” and keep the religious significance alive, or we can bury Christmas to the detriment of all. [...] It would be nice if the liberal media could report some of the good news that this administration has helped generate. [...] It’s hard to imagine either Eugene McCarthy or William Proxmire prospering in American politics in 2005. [...] The Myth of U.S. Defeat in Vietnam's significance lies in re-exposing academia's unwillingness to even entertain the possibility of U.S. victory in South Vietnam. The questions Walton poses aren't original — not because they have been resolved, but because they have been “silenced” by being ignored. [...] |
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