Like Linda Richman, of Coffee Talk!, those who read Jose Ortega y Gasset have been "discuss(ing) amongst ourselves" for some time (since 2000 when Barzun told us to in From Dawn To Decadence).  His outlook is very much recognizable today.  Here is Ortega, in 1923 (from The Modern... More

More evidence of Euro—wussies giving in to PC. Muslims do not have to push hard against this priest. The PC European crowd is doing the job nicely. James Arlandson  3 31 06 More

Yesterday, Multi—National Force Iraq spokesman, Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch provided further information on the "no mosque entered" incident during his weekly press briefing.  Here is what he said. ( To read the entire transcript, go here and scroll down.) At that same MNF—Iraq site... More

Ward Connerly has won and the amendment to the Michigan state constitution banning racial preferences in college admissions and govt hiring will be on the ballot. Here is my blog post with a link to the Free Press article.   Matt May   3 31 06   More

I guess Pakistan is not exactly Saudi Arabia. You go girls! Dennis Sevakis   3 31 06 More

On Wednesday night, NYU chose appeasement over upholding freedom of speech on campus. An NYU—approved Objectivist student group spent significant time, money and effort to advertise to the public its "Unveiling the Danish Cartoons" panel discussion with the administration's knowledge (and its... More

It appears that every time Jacques Chirac meets with Condoleezza Rica he makes a point to imprint an elegant kiss — on her hand in the old—fashioned way. This is certainly a very nice gesture and a nostalgic remainder of pre—feminist times when women were shown far greater respect... More

(Written to the tune, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean) Ay Carramba! This gem of a notion, Forgive all illegals, set them free; This shrine to each liberal's devotion, To give 'em rights same as you and me; Under tri—color banners they assemble, When estricto new laws come into... More

The U.S. is testing a 700 ton explosive device that is not nuclear. The obvious application to bunker—busting in Iran need not be spoken for the message to the mullahs to be quite clear. Via Breitbart.com: The US military plans to detonate a 700 tonne explosive charge in a test called... More

The new Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz likes to live on a grand scale. And for some reason, the Regents of the Ubiversity of California have been inclined to indulge Denice Denton's taste for the finer things in life, at the taxpayers' expense, not their own, of course.... More

Religious freedom is being denied in Algeria.  The Algerian parliament has approved a law banning the call to embrace other religions than Islam. This law states to jail anyone "trying to call on a Muslim to embrace another religion," in remarks to the Christianizing (evangelize) campaigns... More

Markos Moulitas Zuniga, the Kos himself, has written an article on his blog that treats in a highly personal way what a civil war looks like. Mr. Zuniga riffs off the "chickenhawk" meme.  He witnessed the guerilla conflict in El Salvador as a boy.  His experience and his article is... More

Kudos to our colleagues at Powerline for unmasking New York Times writer's Eric Lichtbau for misleading (that's the charitable word) his readers about hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The topic was FISA, related, of course, to the Left's accusations over monitoring of international... More

Some five decades ago Whittaker Chambers wrote this in his classic autobiography: They dying world of 1925 was without faith, hope, character, understanding of its malady or will to overcome it. It was dying but it laughed. And this laughter was not the defiance of a vigor that refuses to know... More

The liberals were right: our civil liberties are slowly disappearing now that George Bush is president.  Of course most of the liberals not only seem to approve of these infringements on our freedoms they initiate them——all in the name of the highest ideals of liberalism. ... More

We have been consistently impressed with the leadership of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is currently in Cancun, Mexico for meetings with Presidents Bush and Fox at a North American summit. We are all the more impressed now, as the news comes that Canada has become the first... More

Eagle—eyed Eric Schwappach has spotted three disquieting developments in his reading of the press in somewhat exotic locales. Frequently the news he finds there makes it to the American press and websites in a day or two.   1. Iran's war games Tehran — Thousands of Iranian troops... More

You'd think this story would have received wide coverage, wouldn't you? A panel of former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges yesterday told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that President Bush did not act illegally when he created by executive order a wiretapping program... More

A reader send in an interesting set of anagrams. Some come from posters at Lucianne.com, while others are his own. 1— GEORGE BUSH rearranged isа HE BUGS GOREа 2— AL GORE is LA (Spanish for "THE") OGRE (a monster who eats people.)а3— GEORGE SOROS translates to SOS OGRE... More

I think that Mike Burleson has overstated the threat that the new conventional submarines represent to aircraft carriers.  There's no question that the new generation of diesel electrical submarines are deadlier then ever.  With their advanced sensors and air independent propulsion... More

We all came from somewhere, didn't we? Each American has a diverse family tree. 'Out of many, one' applies to us all And is the main reason we stand so tall.   What makes us great are the strengths that grew From our multi—ethnic and national brew. What we brought from each background... More

New York University, which is hosting a forum this evening in which the Danish Muhammad cartoons are to be viewed, has partially surrendered to the demands of hecklers seeking to enforce Shari'a—based prohibitions on images of Muhammad. Despite University regulations that presentations... More

In a Pentagon news briefing yesterday with Joint Chiefs Chairman General Peter Pace and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, more information was provided on the "no mosque entered" incident.  Gen. Pace showed slides of the main target areas.  Here is an excerpt from the briefing... More

Rarely is a liberal America's friend Proudly wearing on his sleeve A dislike of this land.   Vasko Kohlmayer   3 29 06 More

The New York Times interviewed Ray Robison on his examination of recently—released intelligence documents. The anonymous sources quoted by the Times found "nothing" much of significance — least of all proof Saddam was working in WMD programs. Ray begs to differ. His account can be found... More

Jim Berkley, Interim Director of Presbyterian Action, writes with a valuable clarification and correction on the position of the Presbyterian Church, USA as described here I read with interest your article in The American Thinker. With much of it I am in hearty agreement, but I felt I needed to let... More

It's odd, but college students these days are not walking around with little green books called "The Wisdom of Saddam," the way they did with Mao's little red book in the Sixties. Odd thing. But maybe Saddam's words are not as well—filtered by devoted Western journalists. Today we are... More

Democrat Congressman  McDermott was just found by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia  to have violated Republican Congressman  Boehner's privacy rights when he disclosed the illegally tapped phone call between Boehner and Gingrich.   A few days... More

In the graft trial against former Illinois Governor Ryan,the jury  has  deliberated for eight days without a resolution and two jurors were just removed for making false statements in their jury questionaire. To remove jurors so late in the deliberations will certainly create grounds for... More

Caspar Weinberger, who died earlier this morning, was among the greatest Secretaries of Defense in our country's history.  It was 'Cap' who single—handedly managed the Reagan—era military buildup that brought the Soviet Union to its knees. When President Reagan took office in 1981,... More

The March 26 incident may very well have been staged by Moqtada al—Sadr's Mehdi army. The lies were then delivered: US forces entered a mosque and innocent Iraqis were killed. Those lies were then broadcast worldwide as Iraqis protested in the streets.  The US command in... More

The distortions,  the self deceptions  and yes the lies surrounding the misnamed Christian Peacekeeper Teams' hostages continues. Fears that Iraqi captors might harm a Canadian hostage if they knew he was gay forced his partner to remain silent as loved ones called for an end to the... More

Should the aged be left to die? Apparently socialized medicine in Britain is failing those not only at the beginning of life, where doctors in that oh so civilized nation are asking "Should babies born before the 25th week of pregnancy be left to die?" but apparently also among the final... More

Doug Tompkins, the Bolinas environmentalist who made a billion—dollar fortune on pure unfettered capitalism in the sweatshop— and synthetic—fiber world of the clothing—manufacturing industry in China, has bought some land in Chile and is using it to impose his own "deep... More

Pope Benedict XVI has expressed a desire to visit China, in the wake of the appointment of chinese Cardinal Zen, one of 15 new members of the College of Cardinals. Many issues remain obstacles, and a Papal visit will not likely happen soon. The Washington Times notes: The pope's wish to visit... More

Last week the authoress and liberal supporter Erica Jong appeared on the Today Show talking about her illicit sexual fantasies involving Bill Clinton. This sixty—four year lady is a textbook illustration of liberals' profound moral malaise. Having lost their moral bearings, her liberal... More

Looking for something to be alarmed about? Forget Dubai. Try Venezuela's potential takeover of the U.S. voting apparatus. A secretive, intransparent company called 'Smartmatic' that's known to have ties to the Venezuelan government, has just bought a U.S. voting machine company called Sequoia. And... More

The last time we took note of Michael Ware, Time Magazine's Baghdad correspondent, it was to comment on his decision to embed himself with troops fighting in Iraq. Troops on the other side, that is. He continues true to form. Last Friday, according to Winds of Change, Two years ago, some dumb sex... More

Reader Tom Carew from Dublin, Ireland writes about the sort of interrogation techniques which may have led to the release of the ungrateful "peace" activists last week: The rescue of Norman Kember & 2 colleagues raises some thought—provoking challenges, such as those with... More

Last Friday, Diana Appelbaum investigated the moves of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) toward divestment of shares in companies doing business with Israel, as well as disturbing theologhical moves indicative of underlying anti—Semitism. A new report from the group Bearing Witness lends... More

John Fund today continues his superb coverage in Opinionjournal.com of "Taliban man" at Yale, with a column on a worthy Afghani woman Yale might have admitted, instead of Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, the Taliban's former ambassador at large. Makai Rohbar, an Afghan student whose family legally... More

The front page of the U.K. Sunday Times featured a disturbing article yesterday. The question it explored was this: Should babies born before the 25th week of pregnancy be left to die? Yes, you are reading correctly. Britain's state run National Healthcare Service (NHS) is overextended and... More

Radical Islamists, and indeed many ordinary Muslims, dream of the day when Shari'a law will govern the earth. But dreams and Shari'a can be a difficult mix, as a case in India demonstrates. The Pioneer of India reports: A Muslim couple in Jalpaiguri district have been ordered by local religious... More

Although Cuba is treated like an equal instead of a pariah in places like the United Nations, the Internet is virtually illegal in Fidel Castro's Cuba. Almost alone among the world's nations, including even oppressive states like Burma and Zimbabwe, Cubans are deprived of access to Internet unlike... More

If you went to CNN's Cover Story today here's what you'd see: Be worried, be very worried The climate is crashing, and global warming is to blameSunday, March 26, 2006; Posted: 11:27 a.m. EST (16:27 GMT) Editor's note: The following is a summary of this week's Time magazine cover... More

Liberals may sanctimoniously stroke themselves at their open mindedness and tolerance for all but when push comes to shove they're narrow, intolerant and truly bigoted.  Look what happened when — eek! eek! — evangelical teens utilizing their freedoms came to the epicenter... More

No combat history is complete until you've heard from both sides in the conflict. This report completes the information loop on Operation Iraqi Freedom. Some of the 100 interviewees include Saddam's personal secretary, commanders of both Republican Guard Corps, the Special Republican... More

From the Los Angeles Times: Members of a county Democratic Party pulled an Arab American candidate from their election ticket amid a furor over comments he made four years ago that some interpreted as sympathetic to Palestinian suicide bombers. At the urging of state party leaders, including Gov.... More

The wife of British hostage Norman Kember, a member of the 'Christian Peacemakers' rescued last week in Iraq, said in an interview that she thought it was 'a bit silly' of her husband to go to the troubled country. We could not agree more and can only add that the whole outfit — those leftist... More

The deceptively labeled  "peace activists" from the deceptively named Christian Peacemakers Team recently freed from captivity in Iraq have not only refused to thank their rescuers, they've refused to give additional information about their captors which might help free other hostages. ... More

If you've been wondering when truly civilized Muslims are going to stand up and condemn the barbarians, it may have just happened in Australia. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils said the prosecution of Abdul Rahman in Afghanistan was "barbaric"... More

As is  usually the case with unemployed leftists, mandatory student activity fees are being tapped to keep Ambassador Muchausen (aka Joseph Wilson IV) afloat and propagandizing in the groves of academe. Monday night he spoke at Florida State University and here are some  more reported [by... More

Shortly aftre 9/11, American Airlines flight 587 crashed on Rockaway, after takeoff from Kennedy Airport. There has long been speculation the plane was brought down by a terror attack, though the official cause of the crash was a failure in the tail integrity. New evidence has surfaced reinforcing... More

Rhonda Bye, once a beautiful model and a talented computer consultant, is dead. She was killed by drugs — heroin and cocaine, reportedly — and by her homeless lifestyle on the streets of San Francisco. She was also killed by  the liberal solution to drug addiction, which is to rely... More

SurveyUSA.com  has posted popularity ratings for all 100 of our esteemed Senators. The Survey results are dated March 23rd and list each Senator's percentage approval, disapproval and the difference between the two. Assuming that the survey at least approximately reflects reality, I... More

John Mearsheimer, of the "Israel Lobby" paper, was interviewed by the Asia Times about its reception. The man who said his 40 plus pages of footnotes was just the "tip of the iceberg" and who blames the inability to publish the paper in 2002 in a periodical was due to... More

Wait a minute... I thought the entire Arab world hated Israel only because of the plight of the Palestinians. I thought the UN was a promoter of this simplistic and biased view. What... the Iraqis are mistreating the Palestinians?   How are they any different from the Kuwaitis, who ETHNICALLY... More

Two days ago captain Pete Norton, 43, was awarded the George Cross, Britain's top award for heroism. On July 24 of last year, Mr. Norton was called to the scene of a roadside bomb ambush which had targeted a US convoy killing four American soldiers. According to the account in the U.K. Sun, on his... More

Abu Laban, The Danish imam who was a key instigator of the boycott, and who traveled the Arab world publicizing the phony pig picture allegedly of Muhammad (but actually from a French hog—calling contest) is in deep trouble. Agora reports that he is accused of knowing about a planned... More

More and more information is coming out on the extent of Russian perfidy in aiding Saddam's WMD programs. Ray Robison posts documents showing Russians hid from UB inspectors on supposedly surprise inspections. Ray makes the following interesting comment: Note this [translated document] is... More

While Tehran's diplomats are bogging down US efforts to stop its nuclear program, Iran is assembling centrifuges at a faster and faster pace, according to the UK Guardian. According to diplomats, the Iranians are in the process of achieving a "technological leap" by making operational a cascade of... More

Brian Schwarz reports from China in his website China Challenges: Are you ready for another controversy involving America's ports and national secuirity concerns?  The Associated Press reports: In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is hiring a Hong Kong... More

She actaully has the chutzpah to talk about the need for "power politics" when writing an op—ed for the Los Angeles Times. That would be the same Madeleine Albright, the Secretary of State, who went running after Yasser Arafat—begging and pleading for him to come back to talk at Camp... More

Operation Swarmer has concluded — a very successful operation as this article explains. The press mostly got the context wrong, so proper credit may never be given to the US and Iraqi troops involved. As is true for so many other US military successes in Iraq and elsewhere. Operation... More

The dementia which has gripped much of the leftist intellectual elite is spreading through the Ivy League, once—upon—a—time the most prestigious universities in America. Harvard fired its president and published anti—Semitic claptrap, Yale invites the Goebbels of the Taliban... More

Alan Dershowitz has charged that the authors of the notorious research paper on the "Israel Lobby" pulled research from neo—Nazi sites. Dershwotz would be unlikely to make such an incendiary charge unless he himself had done research into the issue. The New York Sun reports: What we're... More

On January 28, 1931, the inimitable Winston Churchill said this about Ramsay MacDonald, Britain's Prime Minister at the time: I remember when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's Circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the program... More

Paul Shlichta recommended a few days ago in The American Thinker that we all learn Sudoku, so we can decode the Libspin of the media and  Hollywood. That makes a lot of sense. But here's a short—cut— just learned from my wife, whom I adore, even if she does believe that... More

So says the Saudi Ministry of Religious Endowments: "The Permanent Council for Scholarly Research and Religious Legal Judgment has studied the queries some individuals brought before the Chief Mufti... concerning the topic of the construction of houses of worship for unbelievers in the Arabian... More

Jacques Chirac appears to be losing it. As his capital city erupts in protest, the President of France walks out of high level EU meetings because one of his countrymen dared to speak in English. Sky News reports: The President and three of his ministers left as an employers' leader declared... More

Ray Robison has posted a full translation of the document from the Saddam Files revealing the extent of Russian help in providing information on US battle plans. While I have no illusions about Putin and his regime, it is still rather disconcerting to realize the extent of Russian collaboration... More

Tom Anderson writes about a disturbing incident yesetrday: Yesterday, in my town of Dekalb, Illinois, 20 protesters entered and destroyed property in a Armed Forces Recruiting Center. Idiot Protesters.  I hope the police round up this group and throw the book at them.  They... More

We all rejoice at the rescue of the three individuals who are members of your organization. Yet your statement on that rescue needs to be amended for accuracy. They were not "released," they were rescued by special forces of the military who risked their lives, put themselves in great peril and... More

Ed Lasky will be joining syndicated talk show host Tammy Bruce Thursday morning at 12:30 PM Eastern, 9:30 Pacific Time. The show is available on the internet here. Click on the Tammy Bruce Show, and then go through a process of choosing a media player. It is simple, but will require a minute... More

North Korea, a country honored with a visit by Clinton Secretary of State Albright, is a chamber of horrors, Millions died in famines as the government refuse aid because it might compromise its power. Whole families have been executed in gas chambers, if one member is suspected of subversion. Now... More

Apparently, the Muslims are making the Brits get comfortable with Islamic law. An oraganization calling itself "The Muslim Parliament" is making pronouncements. It's website identifies it as a forum whose purpose is to debate, campaign and lobby on issues concerning the Muslim community in... More

Following the failed vote on the EU Constitution last year, there has been a pronounced tendency toward trade protectionism among European countries. As an article in the Business correctly notes the commitment of France and the other great continental economic powers to free trade and the single... More

John Mearsheimer, co—author of the research paper from which Harvard has removed the Kennedy School logo in apparent embarrassment, is now blaming the power of the Israel lobby for his failure to get it published in America. The Forward reports: John Mearsheimer says that the... More

How utterly outrageous is this? The serial liar whose story was debunked by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, is still peddling his book and his lies with the help of a really uninformed  press. The man who rattled the White House by disputing President Bush's 2003 State of the... More

Retired New York Times reporter David Binder has charged the New York Times and Newsday with "journalistic crimes" for their reporting of the 1990s Balkan Wars. Writing in a forward to Peter Brock's new book, Media Cleansing: Dirty Reporting, Journalism and Tragedy in Yugoslavia, Binder states that... More

And a hypocrite, too. Peter Sweitzer of Canada's National Post points to Chomsky's use of tax—avoiding trsusts, investments, and money—making schemes: The iconic MIT linguist and left—wing activist frequently has lashed out against the "massive use of tax havens to shift the... More

"Anyone who declares war on Israel declares war on the European Union." Hans—Gert Poettering, German member of the European Parliament and chairman of the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats, the largest in the 732—strong EP. Poettering made the opening... More

Matt May has a helpful suggestion for President Bush: During yesterday's press briefing, President Bush allowed deranged lunatic Helen Thomas to ask a question. She proceeded with a question based on myth, lies and innuendo and then interrupted the President no less than three times as he tried to... More

The New York Times Company has provided first quarter earnings guidance, and it is well below consensus expectations. In early trading today, the stock is down over 2%. According to the company's own press release: ...first—quarter diluted earnings per share are expected to be in the range... More

The Harvard Kennedy School of Government logo has mysteriously disappeared from the disgracefully shoddy paper recently co—authored by its academic dean Stephen Walt. (The 'logo' remains in the Harvard Abstract to the paper. And the report is still listed as one of the JFK 'Faculty Research... More

Michelle Malkin, who led the American media on the story, reports that the UN has capitulated (without explanation) and withdrawn a posted "anti—racism" graphic that amounted to a veiled attack on Denmark. The whole affair demonstrates how contemptible that organization has become. Ed... More

Check out the choices for photographs illustrating stories on President Bush's news conference yesterday. Photo editors editorialize freely: Fox News versus New York Daily News Joseph Crowley   3 22 06 More

Brian Schwarz reports from Shanghai: Last Friday, viewers of the most popular economics talk show on Shanghai television were hit with a disappointment  — their favorite presenter was absent and his show cancelled. The show was called Lang Commentary of Finance, hosted by Mr. Larry Lang... More

When Moody's announced it was considering lowering the rating of New York Times Company debt instruments, it cited weak cash flow as one factor. Apparently, almost a million dollars has flowed into its coffers from an 8 page advertising section sponsored by the genocidal regime ruling impoverished... More

"I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing. My concept is the opposite of George W. Bush," boasted  guitarist Carlos Santana in a recent interview. Santana's language marks him out as belonging to the same liberal crowd... More

The last paragraph of today's New York Times* article 'No Breach Seen In Work In Iraqi Propoganda' is a classic "gag a maggot" exercise in hypocrisy.  In its last paragraph, Tom Shanker cautions the Pentagon about information operations and writes, apparently with a straight face:... More

Is Iran escalating its involvement in Iraq? A radical change in tactics by masked rebels in the Sunni triangle may signal more highly organized "special ops" type battles in the Iraqi insurgency, possibly aided by Iran's El Qods Brigade. That unit was organized by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, now head of... More

China has a flourishing phenomenon of underground churches, a result of official intolerance. It looks as though Afghanistan needs a similar approach. James Arlandson   3 21 06 More

The co—author of the now—notorious "Israel Lobby" article John Mearsheimer believed Israel was going to expel 3 million Arabs from West Bank/Gaza—some realist. This from a "scholar" who teaches future leaders in America?   Ed Lasky   3 21 06   Update:... More

Captian Ed at Captain's Quarters gives lie to the claim that the crux of the Arab—Israeli dispute revolves around Arab concern for Palestinians.Ed Lasky   3 21 06 More

Ray Robison continues to analyze the docuemnts released from the Saddam files, and finds proof of "Saddam's WMD and terrorist connections all proven in one document." Have you noticed how silent the media have been? The "Bush lied" claim doesn't look so healthy. More

The Harvard Crimson, taking note of the controversy over the Kennedy School research paper we debunked yesterday, raises our hopes for a necessary debate: In response to Dershowitz's challenge to a debate at the Kennedy School—made through The Crimson—Walt and Mearsheimer said that... More

The Washington Post has hired Ben Domenech, co—founder of the estimable Redstate.org website, to be its in—house conservative blogger. A very promising development. Consider the innaugural opening line: This is a blog for the majority of Americans. I am tempted to quote Bob Dylan... More

Given that Denmark published the cartoons that riled up so many Muslims, one would think that the powers—that—be at the UN might be sensitive to sending the wrong message. Or is this attack (discovered by the eagle—eyed Michelle Malkin) on LEGO — a Danish company —... More

There was a priceless piece  in yesterday's U.K. Guardian. Aptly titled 'Prison Comfort,' it offers suggestions on how to eliminate the unpleasantness of incarceration and transform it into a positive, fulfilling and enjoyable experience (no, I am not kidding). The article glitters with many... More

From Iraq The Model, sober yet hopeful words on the third anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom and that country's future.  Green buds of democracy on this first day of spring: Before the liberation we were suffering and we had no hope, now we are also suffering but we have hope and I see... More

Libya's Kadhafi, after giving up his nuclear program, seemed to be mending his ways. Not for long. According to All headline News: Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi says ousted leader Saddam Hussein should still be considered Iraq's legal president and the current government illegitimate as it was... More

When I was a lad in the 1950s, and would gaze skyward to catch a glimpse of airliner traffic, more often than not I would see a Douglas—built airliner: DC—3s, DC—4s, DC—6s, and DC—7s. Douglas Aircraft ruled the civil aviation skies back then in the days of piston... More

The New York Sun editorializes on the subject of Stephen Walt, academic dean of the Kenedy School of Government, whose recent working paperis the subject of an AT debunking today. ...it's not too early to suggest that it's going to be hard for Mr. Walt to maintain his credibility as a dean.... More

Venezuela is a highly politicized, polarized society where verbal combat dominates radio, television, and sometimes spills into the streets or sucks in outsiders, as President Vicente Fox of Mexico in his spat with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last November well knows. Politics at full blast... More

Our contributor Ray Robison has reviewed the Saddam tapes recently released and has found lots of evidence that smashes myths peddled by opponents of the war. This is an ongoing project, so be sure to check his site regularly. Some highlights: Clear evidence of nuclear cover... More

I strongly recommend going to www.defenselink.mil, which has devoted itself to special coverage of the 3rd anniversary of Opn Iraqi Freedom.  There you will find remarks and comments by President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, MNF —Iraq commander, Gen. Casey, plus... More

History has been made in the UK as three opera albums appeared in the top ten on the country's music charts. One cannot but rejoice in this, since it is one of the great tragedies of our time that we have largely turned our back on classical music. Classical music truly stands as one of the West's... More

As in the Danish cartoon riots, Muslims aggressively seek to impose Shari'a on the infidels of Europe. This time the target is marriage law. The BBC reports: Muslims in Britain are to challenge UK law which forbids husbands from having more than one wife. They say they will refer Britain's ban on... More

When the Golden Mosque of Samarra was blown up several weeks ago, Muqtada Al Sadr gave a blustering interview  — from Lebanon. What we were not told at the time was that Al Sadr also went to Tehran. The question is: Why? Al Sadr controls a Iranian—style militia in Baghad. When... More

The dramatic announcement that Moody's is contemplating lowering the debt rating of the New York Times Company prompted Jack Risko of Dinocrat.com to take a look at the debt—financed acquisition of about.com a year ago. He does not like what he sees: The New York Times is evidently quite... More

Finally, the truth has come out. Some our Muslim pals in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia committed an act of religious and cultural genocide by actively assisting the Taliban blowing up the thousands year old statues of Buddha carved into the side of a mountain. According to an account published... More

So much for America's ameliorating influence on our "allies" in the War on Terror.  Fox News (via AP) reports  that a man is being prosecuted in Kabul, Afghanistan, for converting from Islam to Christianity 16 years ago while working as a medical aid worker for Afghan refugees in... More

The now—famous Arab—American whose Al Jazeera debate garnered much attention, writes in today's Sunday Times: 'Until I came to United States I used to believe that Jewish people are not human creatures,' she says. 'Unfortunately this is the way I was brought up, to believe that Jews... More

At the Multi—National Force Iraq website an update on Operation Swarmer has been posted.  As readers will note, it is much more than the just—for—show, lightweight exercise by which many in the antique media have described it.  Those Malicious Minions of... More

Our contributor Paul Jackson, in his Sunday Calgary Sun column, recounts some of the exploits of Len LeSchack, a former Naval Reserve officer who did some extraordinary things when working for the United States government. I won't spoil the fun of a quick read, but let's just say that the Cold War... More

The first thing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did when he came to power was purge his diplomatic corps.  The fanatics of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard pushed out the career diplomats of the more softly spoken (and corrupt) Mullahs like Rafsanjani. This week Knight—Ridder reports one result: The... More

Why we want to be as little like Europe as we possibly can (except for the food). From the Times of London: THE stops could be pulled for ever on many church organs because of an EU directive designed to control hazardous substances. The instruments at Salisbury Cathedral, St Paul's in London,... More

On Friday the Foreign Military Studies Office released several new translations of audio and video tapes. These tapes contain Saddam and his ministers in secret talks. I recognized several of these tapes as the ones released by Bill Tierney at the recent Intelligence Summit. These tapes were... More

France is once again on the brink of upheaval, as the government attempts to reform — ever so slightly — the country's socialist—like labor laws. At issue is the government's plan voted in on March 9 designed to help young people find employment. This plan contains a provision... More

Of course, it defends itself by noting that it made sense to trust this man who testified he was the "man in the hood." The Times' alacrity in believing stories from individuals that serve to defame America is the bigger issue. How many articles have been written that  have relied on the... More

Yesterday evening Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald filed his response to Lewis Libby's Motion to Dismiss in which Libby argued Fitzgerald's appointment exceeded statutory and constitutional limits on such appointments. To make it easier to comment on it, Rick Ballard has posted it in a format... More

Moody's Investors Service has announced that it is contemplating lowering the rating for the debt of the New York Times Company, striking a possible major blow to the stewardship of Pinch Sulzberger. According to Editor & Publisher, a left—leaning publication, Moody's cited the company's... More

"You might prefer to believe [an alternative history] in which the failure to attack Iraq produces the most benign consequences: perhaps Saddam really gives up his lifelong ambition to be the new Saladin; perhaps Iran meekly agrees under little pressure from the West to end its nuclear programmes;... More

If it hadn't been for the heli—borne assault footage that allowed  the antique media to have an Apocalypse Now moment as they fondled their Vietnam war template, there wouldn't have been any coverage of Operation Swarmer.  As it is, they've not only covered it in some depth, they've... More

When Arafat and company launched terror attacks against Israel is destroyed an economic partnership that had lead to great advances for both the Israelis and the Palestinians. Israel's booming economy had great labor demands that were met by Palestinians, and the entrepreneurial energies of the... More

The party of corruption? How about a close aide to Senator Schumer who pleads guilty to serious campaign dirty tricks? The Washington Times reports: A former Democratic operative will plead guilty to a federal charge of illegally obtaining Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele's credit report, the... More

We have been following the little—noted collapse of stock prices on several markets in the Arab world. The New York Sun picks up on an article in the U.K. Telegraph: It is known for Porsche—driving princes and the lavish lifestyles of the oil—wealthy, but this week Saudi Arabia's... More

In a couple of weeks' time, works by British poets will start appearing in the underground corridors of the Shanghai metro. This seemingly insignificant event is indicative of a seismic shift that has been taking place in Chinese society. As an article in the U.K. Guardian notes: Thirty years ago... More

Poor Casey sees his mother, Being used but once again, To mouth words of another, Likes of who did him in. Poor fool she is, and poorly used, To claim the mother's place, Of one who died and now's abused, By his mother now disgraced.   Poor Casey fought to win his war, He fought to do what's... More

Thomas Smith, Jr., writing at Townhall.com, draws our attention to an incredibly irresponsible (and that's the most charitable interpretation) New York Times article published in January. The Times gave our enemies what amounts to a briefing in how to exploit vulnerabilities of the body armor worn... More

Our contributor Ray Robison does not share the enthusiasm of many bloggers over the release of captured documents. Writing on his website Ray Robison, he notes that only those boxes marked NIV [no intelligence value] are to be released. NIV is the trash. There is nothing of intelligence value in... More

According to The History of the Irish Race by Seamus MacManus, the following is the sacred prayer or hymn chanted by Patrick and his missionaries as they were marched to Tara to face the pagan king there.  He wrote it, the first such work in Gaelic.  It worked.  Before the... More

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has just published a penetrating assessment of the Hamas victory in the Palestinian territories, authored by its president, Yigal Carmon. It is startling. First, Hamas is not just a national terrorist organization.  It is the Palestinian arm of... More

I'm going to step way out on a branch And tell the President I'll bet the ranch On his job as a leader in war and peace. I don't care how the polls inflate or decrease Their trumped up numbers, their attempted coups. Real Americans are on to their rusty ruse From the ancient playbook they always... More

Richard Baehr is, of course, right when he notes that The New York Times (and, indeed, most of the world) reflexively blames Israel for everything.  I especially enjoyed it after reading a wonderful Haim Harari lecture at FrontPage magazine.  Harari lucidly explains that, while Israel is... More

Increasingly, the NY Times blames Israel for every problem, even those which haven't happened yet. As Larry Summers might say, anti—Semitic in effect, if not intent. Steven Erlanger bemoans the Palestinian economy to be: If Israel withholds revenues from a Hamas—led Palestinian... More

Self righteous actor Alex Baldwin joined with other wealthy artists to lobby Congress for $35,000,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts. Baldwin advocates for arts on Hill Actor Alec Baldwin joined other artists Tuesday on Capitol Hill to kick off Arts Advocacy Day and lobby Congress for... More

Every once in a while things happen in Massachusetts that make a native's head spin. A perfect example occurred this week as a political candidate spouted craven nonsense. It started with Lt. Governor Kerry Healey's announcement of the selection of her running mate in the upcoming race. Her... More

One of the methods used by the American left to legitimize its questionable practices is the bestowing of prestigious—sounding awards. The overwhelming leftist dominance on elite campuses enables a vast panoply of impressive—sounding placques to be handed out like Halloween candy to... More

The winds of the Muslim protests against the publication of those cartoons are still blowing, battering freedom of speech.  In Denmark, where the cartoons originated Denmark's top prosecutor said Wednesday he will not press charges against the newspaper that first published the Prophet... More

From ABC's site The Note: ABC News' Liz Marlantes reports that when Sen. Schumer was asked about Sen. Feingold's measure on Tuesday, he said, "the leadership is discussing this. I'm not going to comment." At which point, a reporter said, "that's a first," to which Sen. Schumer shot back "it is... More

Our contributor Jonathan Strong believes that it is, and has some pretty good evidence on his side at The Strong Conservative. More

Like others, I was relieved when I heard of plans to release archived documents seized from Saddam Hussein. (Reuters) — The Bush administration on Monday said it was preparing to release prewar Iraqi government material from a trove of documents and tape—recordings captured after the... More

The Los Angeles Times runs an absurd op—ed on Claude Allen: Did the pressure of being a black conservative lead him to crime? Talk about bigotry and prejudice! I think this columnist needs to look in the mirror. To take advantage of one man's failings to disparage black conservatives is an... More

Our friends at Real Clear Politics have unveiled a new look for their website. I like the new look a lot, and find it both easier on the eye and more convenient to access the various excellent resources RCP provides for the poltiical junky. I don't really think it is possible to be a political... More

Hamas, the political faction in control of the Palestinian Authority, teaches mothers to raise their children to become suicide bombers and other heroes of jihad. The most vivid evidence is found on broadcast media controlled by Hamas. Congress is getting a chance to understand this reality. MEMRI,... More

The British financial weekly The Business reports that according to the latest figures the overall marginal tax rate for Britain's top earners has been pushed up to a whopping 57.1 per cent. In Britain taxes, budget and fiscal policies are the responsibility of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the... More

The sanctity of newspaper reporters' and editors' notes and other work product received a blow in Pennsylvania. The case involves a leak of confidential data: the password to a database of criminal records. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: ...the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office... More

Tired of the Oscars? Had it with Michael Moore? Well, Jason Apuzzo argues that they are going to be around, doing their far—left propaganda for a long, long time. The reason: They're making money at it. Not from Middle America, but from leftwingers in New York and San Francisco, and lots of... More

The New York Times has been caught with its hood down. Or up.  Apparently a prisoner the Times triumphantly identified on its front page as the infamous hooded Abu Ghraib prisoner... isn't. And his tale of horrible, horrible torture at the hands of the evil, evil US military? Hmm, some doubts... More

Arab stock markets, infused with petrodollar megabillions, are starting to slide, according to Bloomberg. Dubai, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are all sliding after huge booms that left many shares overpriced. Edward Chancellor, writing in the Wall Street Journal ($link), sees a number of... More

Jay Cost, a brilliant young political scientist, explores election myths surrounding the 2006 election. In 2004 he produced horserace blog which proved to be the most accurate in predicting the outcome of the 2004 election. Here's a sample, but I strongly urge you read it all.  First,... More

Once again, Islamic extremists harm their own people. As riots and sadistic attacks spread in Europe, nations are beginning to see the folly of their ways in relying on Muslims to fill their labor ranks. They have begun to shift their eyes to bringing in workers from eastern Europe. The Wall Street... More

The ACLU now defends Government pay to clergy — radical, hate spouting radical Islam Cleric in a New York prison. No worries of a violation of Establishment Clause seems to trouble the ACLU here. Hypocrisy, pure and simple. The New York Sun editorializes. Well worth savoring. Ed... More

The Chicago Tribune editorially endorses the effort underway by Mayor Daley to lease public facilities to private operators: Mayor Richard Daley pulled off a coup in 2004 when a Spanish—Australian consortium agreed to pay $1.83 billion to lease and operate the Chicago Skyway into the next... More

UAE may convert its dollar holdings to euros. Via Marketwatch. Ed Lasky   3 13 06 More

The oil—for—food scandal recapitulates itself. Chirac once again is a handmaiden of corruption that hurts the poor and the downtrodden. Sebatian Mallaby writes in the Washington Post, The Congo... has mountains of debt and canyons of poverty, so it's a candidate for the debt... More

I am more and more impressed with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He has just gone on a top secret visit to Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan. According to the left—leaning Toronto Globe and Mail, The Prime Minister enters a zone where Canadian soldiers are clearly being... More

In a recent appearance Hillary Clinton told her audience that 'there are lots of things that we should be angry and outraged about these days.' This she followed up with a string of lies and distortions. Watching Mrs. Clinton one realizes just how appropriate it is that she has become such a... More

Dear Representative: We are of the belief that the release of captured Iraqi tapes and documents now in the possession of our government should be expedited with all haste. We believe that information contained in those documents would substantiate our government's stated reasons for going to war... More

While we—are—the—world politically correct naifs, including President Bush, babbled that September 11 was merely the work of a few disgruntled, unrepresentative Moslems and that most Moslems are really and truly willing to accept others and live in peace, such events as the... More

Despite much bad publicity in the press, The Washington Post reports: "Army Guard Filling its Ranks" Ed Lasky   3 12 06 More

As Scooter Libby's life continues to be turned upside down by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, The Chicago Tribune discovers just how easy it was to penetrate the allegedly "secret" identity of Valerie Plame. Simple internet searches alone could have done so. Ed Lasky  3 12 06 More

From the AP: Dutch judges convicted nine men Friday of belonging to a terrorist group, a landmark verdict that concludes promoting a violent version of Islam can itself be an act of terrorism. [emphasis added] The case opens a new way for prosecutors to stop potential terrorists and for the... More

Just about everybody in Denmark has expressed regret that the Mohammed Cartoons may have caused offense. But that isn't good enough. Denmark must kowtow really low before it will satisfy "Muslim preachers," namely one Tareq al—Suweidan. This is of course an intimidation tactice, after the... More

Jimmy Carter is out of the anti—Zionist closet. In a column in the Pakistan Daily Times entitled "Colonisation of Palestine precludes peace" Carter writes "The pre—eminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonisation of Palestine..." To be sure, he ends his column by calling for... More

As has happened so many times before, the other day we saw another conservative — Condoleezza Rice — being heckled by a disgruntled anti—war activist. Have you noticed that it is always the Left that resorts to such tactics? One almost never sees people on the right doing this... More

Yesterday's Washington Post carries an article co—authored by Dan Eggen and Walter Pincus which is a masterful bit of distorted reporting. The article contends that a former Department of Justice attorney,  David S.  Kris, now with Time Warner, considered the government's... More

An investigative story by Venezuelan blogger Alek Boyd appears to have been the trigger for the first published threats to prosecute him, Gustavo Coronel, Miguel Octavio, Daniel Duquenal, Francisco Toro, Luis de Leon and Iruna Urrutia.  The threats appeared in a long, rambling, inchoate... More

Tom Friedman is almost giddy at the prospect of oil costing $100 a barrel. Of course, this perfectly reflects the New York Times mindset. Many of the opinion columnists are quite wealthy or/and live in the city, so don't let concerns of the little people — like high gas prices — bother... More

Our contributor Dennis Svakis traces the bigger issues of the DPW deal roadblock on investment decisions, currency value, and economic health at Constitution Alley. A thought—provoking piece. Here's a sample: The price of crude oil has already risen substantially over the past... More

An article in today's New York Times highlights the success the Bush administration has had in pressuring (by law enforceemnt measures) North Korea to agree to restrict its nuclear weapons programs. The article quotes a State Department official who bemoans these actions (isn't the Executive Branch... More

I'm not sure what Hillary! gained from leading the charge against the Dubai port deal whose scuttling may have violated the WTO rules, cost us in lost business and  overseas investment, and diminished the ties to a critical ally. I doubt the far  left will change its disdain for her... More

That's a nickname for North Korea by a US State Department spkesman. The Australian publishes an overview of North Korea's ganster—like ways of earning hard currency: drug smuggling, counterfeiting, pirating CDs, and no doubt other rackets yet to be identified. Having diplomatic immunity... More

After the fact of the demise of the US terminals deal — yes, I said terminals not ports; nobody was going to be controlling those ports — let's take a look at an excerpt of the Fact Sheet that's been posted at the Homeland Security website for a while now.  Of course, arrogant,... More

Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post cops the booby prize: In the past year Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has quietly corrected several of the Bush administration's most self—defeating first—term foreign policies —— such as its insistence on obstructing European... More

Harvard students would seem to have it made in the shade. They are all winners of an intense competition for admission, and their collective career prospects could not be brighter. But a new course, "Positive Psychology," teaching how to be happy, is now the most popular course on campus. The... More

In the world of pure economics, the sale of US ports to Dubai makes perfect sense. That is because only economic motivations matter. Dubai could own the ports, operate them for profit if possible, and sell them to somebody else if they found a better place to put their money. The trouble is that... More

It's been a week since Air America left the airwaves in Phoenix.  In the stories relating the liberal talk programs demise, the press notes that AA was launched as a 'counterweight to conservative—dominated' radio.  It has become clear that Air America is just simply dead... More

The New York Times has a pattern of reporting facts and statistics in manner leading to erroneous conclusions favorable to management's interests. March 6's report on the consequences of parental notification onb abortion rates is a classic case in point, and is already debunked on the... More

Reading the environmentalist platitudes on the website of Mikhail Gorbachev's Swiss—based Green Cross fills me with an almost indescribable disgust. Here we have a former party apparatchik and an unrepentant communist masquerading as an environmental activist, because he thinks this is the... More

Our friends in Denmark continue to suffer national trauma over the wrath being directed their way from the Muslim world. A passionate belief in free speech seems to be predominating over the impulse of some to submit to the deamnds of sahri'a around portrayals of Muhammad. But the unpleasantness... More

According to a Pakistani news source, Paktribune.com, the foreign ministers of Spain and Pakistan met in Islamabad, and in a press briefing foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said Spain has regretted over publication of blasphemous cartoon and announced support to Pakistan in moving... More

I hereby apologize to any American Thinker reader watched The Unit last night because I wrote a blurb for it yesterday. The plotting was uneven and the writing at times overwrought, especially in the scenes with the young, in—denial wife.  If the mission portrayed in the opening... More

Youssef Ibrahim writes a highly useful assessment of the Dubai Ports World imbroglio in the New York Sun. He is identified as a resident of Dubai and a business consultant, though I remember his work as a journalist for the Wall Street Journal, and New York Times. He is honest, both wry... More

Richard Johnston of the University of British Columbia and Byron Shafer of Wisconsin have written a book, The End of Southern Exceptionalism, which argues that the GOP took control of the South from Democrats (segregationist Dixiecrats) becuase of economic issues, not because of catering to white... More

The San Francisco Chronicle writes a front page story about the changing racial migration patterns in the United States and waits until the 18th paragraph to drop the bombshell: The San Francisco area's black population saw the largest decline among black populations in large metropolitan areas... More

I would take this article (linked to by Thomas Lifson today) with a HUGE grain of salt.  At least until there's some additional supporting data.  I read the same article and would like to note that the author himself admits that there's no "iron clad" evidence of it's existence.  I'm... More

The front page of today's New York Sun reports that Rudy Giuliani has decided not to attend the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) to be held later this week in Memphis, Tennessee.  Given that all of the other major prospective 2008 Republican candidates (to date) are planning to... More

The Jerusalem Post today reprints an interview with Dr. Wafa Sultan, described as an Arab—American psychologist. This is one amazingly courageous woman. The interview, which was first broadcast as a debate with a fundamentalist by Al—Jazeerah, can also be read at MEMRI. "The clash... More

Tonight at 9 p.m. eastern CBS will launch its new series, The Unit, starring Dennis Haysbert, veteran actor most recently seen on TV as The President David Palmer on 24 and as the pitch man for Allstate.  The Unit will bring the operations and family lives of Delta Force... More

I am fascinated by the Blackstar information, and like many I have long assumed that such a program exists, or existed at one time, only to be superseded. The means used to fund a cutting edge program while maintaining its security have many implications for how we interpret what we read in... More

Bookworm, the crypto—conservative blogger, has some worries about what's happening to our men and asks ...what happens when you make military service a societally unacceptable option for young men and, indeed, encourage young men to feminize themselves? She is not sanguine. More

Jack Risko of Dinocrat.com takes a close look at what Iran may be planning for its nukes, based on release of an Army document on Iran's nuclear strategy.  As a business strategist himself, Jack understands that the threat of using nukes is much more valuable than their actual use could... More

The Financial Times reports that the British government has just issued new rules favoring skilled and high—earning immigrants over their unskilled, low—income counterparts. Such measures should not be at all necessary in the light of the Left's frequent claims that capitalism is a... More

While the front page of today's New York Times carries yet another Edward Wong article proclaiming hopefully that "As the threat of full—scale sectarian strife looms, the American military is scrambling to try to weed out ethnic or religious partisans from the Iraqi security forces. "The... More

Michael Barone examines the resistance of the left and the mandarins in the bureaucracy against acknowledging the ties between al Qaeda and Iraq. He offers what I think is the best explanation for their puzzling behavior: So why do these Democrats and these government professionals seem... More

The opening skit on Saturday Night Live was a long monologue by someone doing a "Bush bit." He went into the whole story about how it had been found out that he had indeed been warned of the levee breech in advance. So the AP story may have been corrected and the lie admitted to, but there will be... More

Unbelievable! I hope the reported statement turns out never to have been made, and that the report is in error. If the former Chancellor of Germany actually made these remarks, then Germany and Europe are even further gone than I believed before. Tehran, Iran, Mar. 06 — Former German... More

As a one time, aspiring anthropologist in my early college years, I was, and remain, fascinated with the the premise Dennis Sevakis advances: how primitive cultures view and interpret the wonders of civilization upon first encounter when they have nothing to aid them within their own... More

So it is official now. Great Britain will become a nanny state. Literally! Soon the British government will be dispatching nannies to care for children in 'anti—social' families. According to an article in the Sunday Times these nannies 'will arrive early each morning to ensure the household... More

Dr. Sanity's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Kerry" is fantastic.  Clarice Feldman   3 05 06 More

Paul Jackson, who writes about Canadian politics for the American Thinker, writes his Sunday column for the Calgary Sun explaining American politics to Canadians. It is a great read. A sample: President George W. Bush may well go down as one of the great presidents of recent history because he... More

The London Times reports that NATO may well be involved in prospective air strikes against Iran. WHEN Major—General Axel Tüttelmann, the head of Nato's Airborne Early Warning and Control Force, showed off an Awacs early warning surveillance plane in Israel a fortnight ago, he caused a... More

From the London Telegraph, by Philip Sherwell: The man who for two years led Iran's nuclear negotiations has laid out in unprecedented detail how the regime took advantage of talks with Britain, France and Germany to forge ahead with its secret atomic programme. [....] He boasted that while talks... More

A heart—warming story last week from Johathan Rauch of the National Journal, titled, "In Arabic, 'Internet' means 'Freedom'." Rauch reports on an anonymous scholar in Baghdad known by the pseudonym H. Ali Kamil. Dr. Kamil is working in secrecy to edit new Arabic versions of Liberalism,... More

Pinch Sulzberger, Chairman of the New York Times Company, had his total pay cut by 15.8% according to an AP report. The New York Times Co. paid Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. a salary and bonus of $1.6 million for 2005. The New York—based media company also said he received options on... More

Schadenfreude is not something to be indulged in, but one just can't help it as a highly amusing row has just unfolded in Britain. Climate change campaigners here are outraged as the government rejected their bid to build 27 wind turbines each 115 meters high outside the Lake District national park... More

The biased Katrina story in the AP is brought to us by the DNC/Soros/TANG memo team. Quote: The sundry versions of the tale of the Katrina vid have been the products of the imaginations of Associated Press reporters Margaret Ebrahim, the ex—60 Minutes II producer, John Solomon, and Lara... More

President Bush may be right that the US port sale to Dubai makes sense. It may be a reward for Dubai's help against al Qaeda.  It might even encourage the UAE to become the Switzerland of the Middle East. But we should insist on a new clause: A solemn vow by the UAE to withdraw any support for... More

Investors Business Daily carries a wonderful article by Monica Showalter about self—taught American philosopher Eric Hoffer. We are doubly delighted to see that the headline calls him an "American Thinker." We like to be judged by such company. More

I have long contended that a mass psychosis grips a fraction of the public committed to the hard left cause. Daniel Henninger of Opinionjournal.com applies the theme to contemporary events in a memorable and witty manner today. A highly recommended read. Believe it or not, John Stewart emerges... More

Quote:  At some point before too long (probably between 2015 and 2020) India will have more home users of English than the US; not much longer afterwards, there could be more home users of English in India than the rest of the Anglosphere combined. This (especially given the cheapness of... More

Jimmy Carter went behind the back of the Clinton Administration when he took it upon himslef to fly to North Korea to make a deal that helped their nuclear program..angering Clinton and others. History repeats itself... a farce... and a rogue ex—President. Benny Avni of the New York Sun... More

Here is an antidote to all the negative, doom & gloom news about Iraq being spewed by the antique media, a small sample of the continuing unreported positive news from that country. (AQIZ=Al Qaeda in Iraq) This article is from the Multi—National Force Iraq website.  More territory... More

The other day, the noted author Norman Mailer made an appearance on FOX's Hannity & Colmes. Right off the bat, he declared George W. Bush his 'spiritual enemy' and gave a curious reason as to why: 'He wrecks the American language.' So in addition to taking us to the wrong war, contributing to... More

A very compelling story from Aurora, Colorado is still unfolding. A student named Sean Allen openly taped his geography teacher on a regular basis as a study aid. The teacher abused his post to indoctrinate his charges with left wing rants derived from the loony websites. On a regular basis.... More

Oil companies aren't all that transparent. They also aren't all that alike. Oil insiders will tell you of rivalries between them that never make the news. Each company has its own personality. Some of these pillars what leftists call the Big Oil monolith relish wild risk taking, like... More

The Phoenix New Times has done something most major newspapers in the country have refused to do: it has printed some of the cartoons that have Muslims rioting in various places around the world.  In its March 2—8 edition (and at its website), the publication, which is distributed for... More

The New York Times has a long and successful history of obtaining highly classified information that would make LeCarré's  George Smiley envious —— and exposing it to the public regardless of legal barriers, damage to national security, or chilling effects on necessary... More

President Bush seals the deal for satisfying India's growing energy needs.  Some will complain that the administration is being two—faced by helping a country who has not signed on to the Nuclear non—Proliferation Treaty.  However, India has remained steadfast in voting with... More

A reader who prefers to remain anonymous writes: Re today's article on the NY Times — and specifically the section on "Giveaways, low—cost subscriptions and bounties" — a couple of months ago I reached the end of my patience with the Times and discontinued my at—home... More

Marshall Rothstein has not yet joined Canada's Supreme Court, as explained by Paul Jackson today. He appears to be needed. The Court today announced an 8—0 decision" headlined: "Supreme Court rules people can wear Sikh ceremonial daggers" I happen to have a ceremonial Colt Cobra .357... More

Rod Blagojevich, Governor of Illionois, has appointed a Nation of Islam official to his anti—discrimination commission. The Nation of Islam is the organization headed by anti—Semite Louis Farrakhan, who called Judaism a "gutter religion." The Chicago Tribune reports: Blagojevich said... More

Our contributor Jonathan Strong makes a very powerful case for Canada joining the ballistic missile defense plan of the United States. Fortunately, a new prime minister is interested in re—thinking many old practices. Keep your eyes on this issue. More

Ralph Peters demolishes the fraudulent application of the term "civil war" to the stepped up terror bombings in Iraq. With vivid detail and economical prose, he lays out the case against the antique media propaganda campaign to convince the public that Bush's War is a disaster for America. THE... More

In the "Washington Outlook" section of the latest issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology, Bond, David Bond, has this to say: If you like Dubai Ports World, the prospective buyer of the British company that operates six major U.S. ports, you'll love Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, the holding... More

With former American deputy secretary of state Richard Amitage planning to visit the island of Taiwan soon, Republic of China President Chen Shui—bian has turned up tension across the Taiwan Strait by deciding to scrap a politically symbolic reunification body National Unification Council... More