Before reading Samuel P. Huntington’s book, Who Are We? The Cultural Core of American National Identity, I read several reviews of it, some of which were highly critical of what they characterized as his tones of racism, xenophobia, and cultural elitism. These focused almost entirely on the aspects of the book that describe the massive […]
Archives for July 2004
More Tidbits From The Anti-American American Left
From The American Enterprise we have the following items of interest: *A survey by Rasmussen Reports found that 62% of American voters believe the world would be a better place if other countries were more like the U. S. The number was 81% among Bush voters, but fell to 48% among Kerry voters. *The children’s […]
The Battleground—In The War And The Election
The use of the word “evil” continues to surface, in remembering Ronald Reagan’s pronouncements on the Soviet Union and in characterizing our current enemies in the war on terror, particularly in the tactics they employ, such as beheadings of innocents. New Yorker columnist Hendrik Hertzberg would like us to believe that this term as Reagan […]
And Then There Is Clinton And “The Book”
What unfortunate timing for Bill Clinton—the release of his long-awaited book just after the Reagan ceremony and eulogies, the content of which made Clinton’s legacy seem even less consequential and, in fact, pretty small by comparison, a smallness that I believe history will remember about him and his Presidency. I have no interest in reading […]
Ronald Reagan, God Speed and R.I.P.
If the beginning of my political initiation was the Barry Goldwater campaign of 1964, the highlight of which was “the speech” delivered by Ronald Reagan to a Los Angeles audience, the maturity of my political thought began in 1980 with Reagan’s election as President. He was, along with Margaret Thatcher, my largest hero in public […]