While Safire is too harsh in his opposition to military tribunals, I do approve of his solution:
The solution is to turn his cave into his crypt. When fleeing Taliban reveal his whereabouts, our bombers should promptly bid him farewell with 15,000-pound daisy-cutters and 5,000-pound rock-penetrators.
I have no desire to see bin Laden or members of […]
The “universal shout” for freedom was heard loud and clear in Kabul. And in order to keep that love of freedom alive economic liberty must be promoted–even at the expense of political liberty.
“‘America, America!’”
“Afghanistan After the War” [via Silicon Central]
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Let’s be clear about the military tribunals that could try terrorists: they would be more fair than anything our opponents would have. Remember, the Taliban are the same people who were going to put American relief workers on trial for the horrible crime of preaching Christianity. A U.S. military tribunal would be made […]
Bin Laden and his Taliban allies have no desire for peaceful coexistence. Mullah Omar made his feelings perfectly known when he said, “The real matter is the extinction of America, and God willing, it will fall to the ground.”
There is no more need to “understand” these people. It’s clear they want […]
I know Strom is doing his best to finish out his term so the GOP doesn’t lose another seat in the Senate, but it’s time to retire when you have to move into a hospital. Strom, you’ve had a good run. It’s time to say good bye.
“Thurmond Moves Into Hospital”
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I don’t care that uber-snob Jonathan Franzen won the National Book Award for Fiction for The Corrections. Surprisingly, he didn’t say anything bad about Oprah in his acceptance speech. I’m really happy that Andrew Solomon won for The Noonday Demon. It literally hurt to read it. The prose is powerful, touching, […]
Jeffery Hart has written a new book, Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher Education. Carol Iannone calls it an “excellent syllabus for a one-year introduction to the Great Books.” It’s a brief survey of some of the ideas and thinkers that form the basis of Western Civilization.
“Enlightenment“
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Bernard Lewis writes:
One also sometimes gets the impression that the offense of imperialism is not — as for Western critics — the domination by one people over another but rather the allocation of roles in this relationship. What is truly evil and unacceptable is the domination of infidels over true believers. For true believers to […]
A divided Miami community elects Manny Diaz as the city’s new mayor. Prior to this, Diaz claim to fame was his work for Lazaro Gonzalez, Elian Gonzalez’s uncle.
“Cuban-American Vote Lifts Diaz to Miami Mayor’s Post”
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Chelsea Clinton was raised by two very smart (although amoral) parents and was surrounded by intelligent people. With all the opportunity for intellectual development, she’s so shallow as to be concerned about the consequence of President Bush’s tax cut while watching the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
I had sympathy for Chelsea growing […]
The most important scholar alive on Islam and the Middle East is Bernard Lewis. His books are selling (his The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years is patiently sitting on my bookshelf), and leaders seek his insight. Emily Yoffe profiles him for Slate and defends him against the orientalist […]
Peggy Noonan’s When Character Was King just came out. She talked about the book on Hannity & Colmes.
“How Would Reagan Have Done It?”
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I’m not sure what I would do with an 8MB key chain, but I still want one. [via Evhead]
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Michael Lind’s and Ted Halstead’s new book The Radical Center may be the most provokative political book of the year. It’s reached the pages of The Washington Times, and I’m sure plenty of self-described “moderates” will go ga-ga over it. I’ve added it to my wish list.
“Bold Centrism“
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KABUL IS LIBERATED!!
Despite gripes from pundits, progress is being made in Afghanistan. With Kabul under the control of the Northern Alliance, a peacekeeping force should be brought in to prevent the anarchy that led to the rise of the Taliban in the first place.
“Afghan Opposition Fighters Roll into Kabul as the Taliban Abandons the […]
