Politics

It would almost be too easy to ask what controversial director Oliver Stone was smoking when he made the following comments at a recent European film festival: The director of blockbusters such as “Platoon,” and “JFK” said the U.S. reaction to the attacks was out of proportion. “If there had been a better sense of … Read more

One of the quintessential questions of our time is this: What does it mean to be human? It is a hotly debated question, especially with regard to issues such as abortion and embryonic stem cell research. President Bush knows the answer, and is not afraid to act accordingly — despite potential political fallout. With his … Read more

Former President Jimmy Carter has penned an op-ed in the Washington Post in which he laments the preponderance of secrecy within the U.S. government. Writes Carter: The events in our nation today — war, civil rights violations, spiraling energy costs, campaign finance and lobbyist scandals — dictate the growing need and citizens’ desire for access … Read more

The New York Times’ most recent foray into the revealing of state secrets has me wondering. Instead of prosecuting the Old Gray Lady for her untimely treachery, why not put the brilliant reporters and editors of the Times to work? Given that they’ve already disrupted our efforts against al Qaeda, the Times should now give … Read more

If you haven’t yet read the German Der Spiegel interview with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, go read it now. If it’s not enough to make you reconsider your summer vacation to Tehran this year, I don’t know what is. After speculating on whether or not he’ll attend the World Cup or watch it on TV … Read more

Journalist–extraordinaire Mark Steyn tackles the $64,000 question on whether or not Iran would use a nuclear weapon in his must-read City Journal essay, “Facing Down Iran.” Steyn argue that the fact that we even have to ask the question tells us much: So the question is: Will they do it? And the minute you have … Read more

Setting aside for a moment the subject of the story, the mere wording of the headline of this article seems a bit ridiculous: “Clinton vows to block bill criminalizing illegal immigrants” Doesn’t the fact that we have to have a bill to criminalize illegal immigrants make our immigration situation seem all the more absurd? If … Read more

My thoughts on President Bush’s State of the Union Address: War/Foreign Policy: As usual, this was the strongest part of the president’s address. Once again, the enemy was identified as practicioners of radical Islam — a point that needs to be driven home to those ambivalent regarding the war. The most telling moment of the … Read more

During the past week, the internet has been awash with criticism of Google for its decision to offer a modified version of its search engine to a country with one of the poorest human rights records in the world. The Chinese version of Google “sanitizes” much of the search results and displays a list of … Read more