The domination of the left in the higher reaches of our elite institutions of higher education may have reached a tipping point with the eruption of Ward Churchill at Colorado University and his characterization of the 9-11 bombers as “combat teams”, the Pentagon victims “military targets”, and the World Trade Center victims “little Eichmanns”. This […]
Archives for February 2005
Two Speeches For The Ages
It was called the most philosophical inaugural address ever, and I thought it was Bush’s best ever, until he at least equaled, and might have topped it with his State of the Union speech. One would be hard pressed to find more comprehensive pronouncements of natural right conservatism (some might add neo-) this side of […]
God And Tsunamis
Of all the immediate responses to the enormous tragedy of the Southeast Asian tsunami catastrophe, the two most misguided were (1) the silly allegations that the U. S. was not responsive enough in timing or financial commitment, and (2) the continuing questions, “where was God?” or “why would God allow this to happen?”. To the […]
Two Landmark Battles
Two huge domestic policy battles are now underway that will transform the social contract in ways that will have enormous consequences for the American experiment far into this and probably the next century. One, the President’s push to repair the Social Security system, has been given high visibility and top domestic priority in his second […]