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A Need For Understanding

The past week played host to two major news events. The first was the visit to Columbia University by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The second was the increasingly visible struggle in Myanmar for political and social liberty and the institution of democracy. Both topics received considerable attention and brought out many different views and commentaries, […]

What Can’t Be Fit onto a Bumper Sticker

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards declared a few months ago that the War on Terror is nothing more than a bumper sticker slogan.
The Global War on Terror is more than a bumper sticker. It is a war between the West and a growing radical Islam. It is a war which engulfs every major continent and […]

The Need for Victory

This past week has seen a number of reports released concerning the Iraq war and the war on terror in general. While many reports are somewhat mixed in overall outlook, the media has made sure to pick each report’s worst features and use them to encourage the defeat of American freedom. Nearly everyone in America […]

Asking Nicely

The modern War on Terror is facing a unique and monumental challenge at the moment: how to handle terrorists that are captured. With the recent resurfacing of the debate and the compromise today between three Republican senators and the White House, I am beginning to worry what interrogation techniques we will have left.
In English class […]

Pope’s Words Proven True

One week ago, the Pope came under scrutiny for a speech about God and reason (the full text can be found here). He begins the body of the speech by describing a dialogue during the late 14th century between “Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus and an educated Persian on the subject of Christianity and Islam, […]

A Clear Reminder

Note to New York Times Editor Bill Keller: This could be the scene in the New York subway underneath your plush offices if you do not stop leaking national security secrets.
It is this that you are risking here in America by your irresponsible stories - nothing less, and perhaps much more.