What the enemies of Israel and America really hate and fear is human creativity. Flourishing only under capitalism, creativity is our key endowment, in the image of our creator. Without the miracle of mind, expressed in the art and enterprise of a free society, human beings become mere meat. Without the word that breathes spirit […]
Archives for 2001
On The Domestic Front
While the War on Terrorism dominates affairs of state for the foreseeable future, we must maintain vigilance on domestic policy and not allow this crisis to disorient our thinking. I have several points in mind. One is illustrated by this quote from Benjamin Franklin, which needs almost no explanation: “They that can give up essential […]
A Transforming Event
Since the Gulf War and until recently, I have agreed with and defended the decision made by George H. W. Bush not to pursue the end game with Saddam Hussein in 1991, for all the usual reasons (coalition support, the 52-47 vote in the Senate, the U. N. resolution, etc.). However, with the obvious benefit […]
And The War Came
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty. —Samuel Adams Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any […]
Affirmative Action Update
With the recent appeals court decision ruling against the race-based admissions policies of the University of Georgia and conflicting decisions in Michigan, Texas, and Washington, the stage is now set for the Supreme Court to resolve the issue once and for all and hopefully, restore the spirit of the 14th Amendment and Dr. King’s dream […]
Gun Rights and Compassion
Guest Essay (The following essay was published in FrontPage Magazine by my friend and political philosophy group colleague, Jeff Crow, an ex-fire department paramedic and writer in Houston. It is entitled “Gun Rights and Compassion: Apples and Oranges”) Jamie was in “one of his moods” again. When Doris Fleener’s troubled teenaged son felt depressed he […]
Of Conspiracies, Left And Right
One of the oft-repeated quotes of the Clinton era is the “vast right-wing conspiracy” allegation made by Hillary Clinton on the Today show in January 1998, as the “Monica” case was exploding onto the scene. Well, surprise, surprise, if you look closely, there have been several recent sightings of evidence of left-wing collusion (a lighter […]
The Stem Cell Debate
After studying this issue for several weeks, it’s clear to me that we will not resolve it or other issues involving genetic research, not to mention abortion, until we resolve as a society what is meant by being human and at what point human life begins, with its automatically attached and inalienable rights. This is […]
A Triad On Globalization
This summer, I have read three books that I recommend as a group to anyone who wants to understand the underlying currents of globalization and the new world order that is taking shape as a result. They are The Lexus and the Olive Tree, by Thomas L. Friedman, The End of History and the Last […]
The “Student-Athlete” Myth
If you care at all about college athletics or its relationship to the mission of higher education, I urge you to read the Report of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, released in June. This report is a follow-up to the Foundation’s report of 1991, which proposed what it called a “one plus three” […]
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