Once Iran and North Korea develop nuclear weapons, it’s only a matter of time before international terrorist organizations get their hands on them. Thomas Sowell on dark days ahead.
John B. Taylor began serving as the head of international finance at the Treasury Department just three months before September 11 changed everything. In this excerpt from his new book, Taylor tells the story of the small band of warriors he led in the financial war on terror.
After five years of “cowboy diplomacy,” the bad guys are on the run and the global village is a safer place. Maybe the sheriff has been doing something right after all. By Victor Davis Hanson.
Hezbollah is Iran’s tool in exporting revolution. But a lot of the power brokers in Tehran don’t want to risk their $70 billion a year in oil loot on a group of crazies in southern Lebanon. By Abbas Milani.
White guilt obscures the crucial reality in the Middle East: History has left the Islamic world behind. Shelby Steele on the massive sense of inferiority that so enrages Islamic militants.
The road to peace in Lebanon runs through Damascus. The only question is whether Syria is more interested in real estate or in supporting terrorism. By Abraham D. Sofaer.
John B. Taylor on Ben Bernanke’s first months. The new Fed chairman’s only mistake? Talking about the Fed funds rate when he should have been talking about the economy.
As the FDA heads into a second century, its fundamental flaws are more apparent than ever. Why the FDA can’t (or won’t) reform itself. By Henry I. Miller.
President Bush’s retreat on democracy in Egypt has implications far beyond Cairo. Every regime in the Middle East is paying close attention. By Michael McFaul and Amr Hamzawy.
As Cuba's human rights violations continue to make a mockery of the United Nations, Arnold Beichman tells the story of one man who stood tall in the midst of terrible oppression.
Norman Borlaug changed the face of modern agriculture by combining good science and common sense—a shocking contrast to the naysayers and environmental extremists who are driving the agenda today. By Henry I. Miller.
It is a cruel reality of the free marketplace that some individuals are hurt while others prosper. But Richard A. Epstein explains that the state must not intervene to provide protection from competitive losses.
“Some critics of classical liberalism and libertarianism have suggested that community life is alien to libertarians. Not so. People flourish best among other people, provided those others do not thwart their freedom.” By Tibor R. Machan.
From Iraq to advising Governor Schwarzenegger to demographics in China to his (alleged) Princeton tattoo—a free-wheeling interview with George P. Shultz.
The Hoover Archives contain a large collection of writings by the Russian émigré intellectual Nikolai Berdyaev, many of which were published in obscure Parisian émigré journals. Berdyaev’s writings illustrate the profound paradoxes of Russian messianism, which continue to confound many Russians today. By David Satter.
