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"We do need a [foreign] policy based on long-range principles, i.e., an ideology."
"[We need a] radically different foreign policy, a policy explicitly and proudly dedicated to the defense of America's rights and national self-interests, repudiating foreign aid and all forms of international self-immolation."
Ayn Rand (1967) ["The Wreckage of the Consensus," CUI, 227.]
Featured Book
The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest
By Peter Schwartz
Featured Article
"End States Who Sponsor Terrorism"
By Leonard Peikoff
October 2, 2001
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Our Self-crippled Policy Encouraged the Deadly Embassy Attacks [Foxnews.com]
Friday, September 28, 2012 By: Elan Journo
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Galt Goes Global [Foreignpolicy.com]
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 By: Elan Journo
Did Paul Ryan take his foreign policy from Ayn Rand?
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What We Owe Our Soldiers
Monday, November 3, 2008 By: Alex Epstein
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Religious Constitution Invites Blasphemy Death Sentence
Thursday, February 21, 2008 By: Thomas Bowden
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"Pressuring" Iran While Ahmedinijad Strolls the Red Carpet
Thursday, October 11, 2007 By: Elan Journo
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Iraq's Failing Government
Thursday, October 4, 2007 By: Elan Journo
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Not Attacking Iran Would Be Catastrophic
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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Immoral Rules of Engagement
Saturday, August 25, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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The Saudi Arms Deal and Our Addiction to American Sacrifice
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 By: Alex Epstein
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U.S. Negotiates with Iran, Iran Wins
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 By: Elan Journo
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How to Stop Iran?
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 By: Elan Journo
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Hostages of Iran
Friday, March 30, 2007 By: Elan Journo
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The Iran Evasion
Thursday, February 15, 2007 By: Alex Epstein
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What Real War Looks Like
Thursday, December 7, 2006 By: Elan Journo
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America's self-defense should not be left at the mercy of the United Nations
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 By: Elan Journo
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North Korea's Power Over the West
Friday, October 13, 2006 By: Elan Journo
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The Terrorists' Motivation: Islam
Monday, September 11, 2006 By: Edwin A. Locke and Alex Epstein
Their attempt to practice religion consistently explains the terrorists' actions.
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Why We Are Losing Hearts and Minds
Wednesday, September 6, 2006 By: Keith Lockitch
Our leaders have failed to answer the evil moral ideal of Islamic totalitarianism with a rational ideal of our own.
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The Indispensable Condition of Peace
Friday, July 21, 2006 By: Onkar Ghate
Only when the initiators of force learn that their actions lead to their own destruction, will peace be possible in the Middle East.
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The U.S.-Israeli Suicide Pact
Thursday, July 20, 2006 By: Elan Journo
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Diplomacy Only Encourages North Korea's Belligerence
Saturday, June 24, 2006 By: Elan Journo
Western "diplomacy" has strengthened North Korea
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Washington's Failed War in Afghanistan
Thursday, June 8, 2006 By: Elan Journo
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Washington's Pro-Hamas Foreign Policy
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 By: Elan Journo
America's appeasing foreign policy encouraged Hamas
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The Fear to Speak Comes to America's Shores
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 By: Onkar Ghate
If the government does not protect our freedom of speech by force, America will join Europe's climate of self-censorship.
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Religious Terrorism vs. Free Speech
Friday, February 24, 2006 By: Leonard Peikoff
Muslim death threats against Danish cartoonists echo Khomeini's 1989 fatwa on Salman Rushdie--a death threat renewed this month by Iran's mullahs. Combating such religious terrorism is a moral necessity.
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The Cartoon Jihad: Free Speech in the Balance
Friday, February 10, 2006 By: Christian Beenfeldt Onkar Ghate
We must uncompromisingly defend the right to freedom of speech.
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The Injustice of Saddam's Trial
Friday, January 27, 2006 By: Elan Journo
By granting Hussein a trial, justice is perverted.
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Death to "Diplomacy" with Iran
Thursday, October 27, 2005 By: Elan Journo
European "diplomacy" with Iran--now supported by Washington--is self-destructive.
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The Advent of Freedom?
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 By: Onkar Ghate
The proposed Iraqi constitution will not bring freedom to Iraq or security to America.
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The Foreign Policy of Guilt
Thursday, September 29, 2005 By: Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate
Until the West asserts its moral right to exist, we will not be safe from Islamic totalitarianism.
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The UN's "Virtue" Is Its Vice
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 By: Elan Journo
The UN's vaunted neutrality props up evil regimes.
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"Muslim Opinion" Be Damned
Monday, September 12, 2005 By: Alex Epstein
America's attempts to appease "Muslim opinion" are depraved and suicidal.
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The Perversity of U.S. Backing for the Gaza Retreat
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 By: Elan Journo
America's support for the Gaza withdrawal is morally corrupt.
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Israel's Deadly Appeasement Process Continues
Friday, August 26, 2005 By: Alex Epstein and Edward Cline
The Gaza withdrawal is a deadly act of appeasement toward Israel's committed enemies.
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Fight the Root of Terrorism With Bombs, Not Bread
Monday, July 25, 2005 By: Alex Epstein
America should redouble and refocus its military action, not increase its foreign aid, if it wants to attack the "root cause" of terrorism.
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Betraying the Real Freedom Fighters
Friday, May 13, 2005 By: Elan Journo
It is a gross injustice that America endorses a sovereign Palestinian state--but shuns Taiwan's claim to independence.
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Bush's Betrayal of America: The Iraqi Elections
Friday, January 28, 2005 By: Elan Journo
The Iraqi election will bring neither freedom to Iraq nor security to America.
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America's Compassion in Iraq Is Self-Destructive
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 By: Elan Journo and Yaron Brook
Fighting a compassionate war is immoral; it is costing the lives of American soldiers in Iraq and emboldening our enemies throughout the Islamic world.
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Faith and Force
Thursday, January 6, 2005 By: Peter Schwartz
Because religion in politics is incompatible with liberty, weakening the church-state separation promotes the very evil we are fighting in our war against Islamic totalitarianism.
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Arafat's Undeserved Honor: The West's Shame
Thursday, November 11, 2004 By: Elan Journo
Were he judged properly, Arafat would long ago have been dealt the punishment he deserved.
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World Opinion Be Damned
Friday, June 18, 2004 By: Alex Epstein
America's attempts to appease "world opinion" are depraved and suicidal.
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America's Compassion in Iraq Is Self-Destructive
Tuesday, May 4, 2004 By: Yaron Brook and Elan Journo
Fighting a compassionate war is immoral; it is costing the lives of American soldiers in Iraq and emboldening our enemies throughout the Islamic world.
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American Appeasement in Iraq
Thursday, April 8, 2004 By: Peter Schwartz
The way to avoid a disaster in Iraq is to stop apologizing for our presence, and to start forcefully asserting our principle of individual freedom.
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Diverting the Blame for 9/11
Wednesday, March 31, 2004 By: Onkar Ghate
Sept. 11 could have been prevented only by having a principled foreign policy.
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The U.S. Must Stop Undermining Israel's War on Terrorism
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 By: Andrew Bernstein
For the same reason that we reversed our policy of appeasement after September 11 and began defending ourselves with force, we should allow and encourage Israel to do the same.
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The Timid War on Terrorism
Thursday, September 4, 2003 By: Elan Journo and Yaron Brook
Despite America's military prowess, she is not winning the war.
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Don't Blame Our Intelligence Agencies--Blame Our Unprincipled Foreign Policy
Friday, July 18, 2003 By: Onkar Ghate
Sept. 11 could have been prevented only by having a principled foreign policy.
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Foreign Policy and Self-Interest
Thursday, July 17, 2003 By: Peter Schwartz
A foreign policy based solely on America's self-interest is not simply practical, but moral--which is why any "humanitarian" mission, such as the proposed campaign in Liberia, is a moral crime.
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Stop Apologizing for Civilian Casualties
Wednesday, April 9, 2003 By: Peter Schwartz
The administration's policy of minimizing harm to civilians is an unwarranted confession of guilt about waging a war strictly to safeguard America.
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Innocents in War?
Thursday, March 6, 2003 By: Onkar Ghate
As a free nation, we have the moral right to defend ourselves, even if this requires mass civilian casualties in terrorist countries.
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In Defense of the Cowboy
Wednesday, February 26, 2003 By: Andrew Bernstein
If America fully embraces the cowboy's wisdom and courage, then the Islamic terrorists and the regimes that support them had better run for cover.
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War and Morality
Sunday, December 8, 2002 By: Peter Schwartz
Mr. Bush's policy toward Hussein is doomed to failure because it refuses to evaluate the conflict with Iraq in moral terms.
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Thinking It Alone
Wednesday, October 9, 2002 By: Alex Epstein
Those who complain about American "unilateralism" toward Iraq want to sacrifice America's independent, rational judgment to the collective wishes of other nations.
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The Betrayal of the Bush Doctrine
Wednesday, September 11, 2002 By: Alex Epstein
One year after his speech to Congress, President Bush has failed to fight a real war on terrorism.
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America Is Not Winning the War
Thursday, August 29, 2002 By: Onkar Ghate
Intellectual and moral uncertainty has undercut America's "War on Terrorism."
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The Immorality of a "Compassionate War" on Terrorism
Tuesday, October 23, 2001 By: Stephen Siek and Elan Journo
The United States must wage a ruthless--not a charitable--war against her enemies.
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Letters to the Editor
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Looking for Allies
Thursday, May 8, 2008 By: Elan Journo
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Colombia Doesn't Need a Free-trade Agreement to Get Rid of its Self-destructive Tariffs
Saturday, April 19, 2008 By: David Holcberg
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Poverty Causes Terrorism?
Monday, October 15, 2007 By: Debi Ghate
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Bush Gets Rights Wrong at UN Speech
Monday, October 1, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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Not Attacking Iran Would Be Catastrophic
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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The Foiled Terror Plots in Germany and Denmark
Monday, September 17, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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Immoral Rules of Engagement
Saturday, August 25, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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An Illegitimate Standard of "Legitimacy"
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 By: Don Watkins
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Attack on Iran Consistent with Ayn Rand's Philosophy
Saturday, August 4, 2007 By: Yaron Brook
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Terrorists are Motivated by their Religious Ideology
Thursday, July 19, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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Attacking Iran Is Not an "Act of Madness"
Thursday, July 19, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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Islamists Are Motivated by Their Beliefs
Saturday, July 7, 2007 By: Rob Tarr
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Bush Should Protect American Assets in Venezuela
Monday, May 7, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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Sanctions Against Iran Won't Work
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 By: David Holcberg
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Airport Security Won't Give Us National Security
Friday, August 11, 2006 By: Don Watkins
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Our Carry-On Luggage Is Not the Real Problem
Thursday, August 10, 2006 By: Debi Ghate
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NO Restraint Against Islamic Totalitarians
Wednesday, August 9, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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Israel Should Escalate War Against Hezbollah
Monday, August 7, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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World Leaders Should Support Israel's Offensive
Monday, July 24, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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Lebanon's Government Has No Legitimacy
Monday, July 24, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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There Is No Need for an Endless Global Conflict
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 By: Debi Ghate
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Israel Should Wage a Real War
Thursday, July 13, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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Israel Should Wage War on Palestinians
Thursday, July 13, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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No Incentives for Iran
Monday, July 3, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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Israel Should Not Apologize for Targeting Terrorists
Sunday, July 2, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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Hussein Deserves No Regular Trial
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 By: Elan Journo
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U.S. Should Urge Israel to Eradicate the Threat from the Palestinians
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 By: Yaron Brook
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Israel Must Commit to Victory Over the Palestinians
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 By: Yaron Brook
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U.S. Is Right To Cut Aid To Palestinian Government
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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South Park and the Muhammad Cartoons
Monday, April 17, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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Borders' Capitulation is a Victory for Islamic Totalitarians
Sunday, April 9, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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UN Security Council Abets Iran's Nuclear Program
Wednesday, April 5, 2006 By: Yaron Brook
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Canada is Right to Suspend All Assistance to the Palestinian Authority
Friday, March 31, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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Bush's Pursuit of Democracy Can't Bring Freedom to Anyone
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 By: Debi Ghate
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Western Nations Should Not Tolerate Calls for the Murder of Their Citizens
Thursday, February 23, 2006 By: David Holcberg
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Spreading Democracy in the Middle East Is Suicidal
Thursday, February 9, 2006 By: Yaron Brook
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State Department vs. Free Speech
Thursday, February 9, 2006 By: Yaron Brook
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End the Jihad Against Free Speech
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 By: Yaron Brook
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Do Not Apologize for Cartoons of Mohammad
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 By: Yaron Brook
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Palestinians' Vote Will Not Bring Them Freedom
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 By: Yaron Brook
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Eliminate the Iranian Threat
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 By: Yaron Brook
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US Should Not Count On UN To Stop Iran
Saturday, January 21, 2006 By: Glenn Woiceshyn
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Stop the Negotiations with Iran and Start the Military Campaign
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 By: David Holcberg
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Withdraw or Stay the Course in Iraq? Neither.
Friday, November 18, 2005 By: Yaron Brook
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UN Should Not Control the Internet
Thursday, October 6, 2005 By: Yaron Brook
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Dissolve the United Nations
Monday, October 3, 2005 By: Glenn Woiceshyn
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U.S. Should Eliminate All Barriers to Free Trade
Thursday, September 15, 2005 By: David Holcberg
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War on Terrorism Has Yet to Be Waged
Thursday, September 15, 2005 By: Glenn Woiceshyn
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No Apologies for Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Monday, September 12, 2005 By: Yaron Brook
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U.S. Must Stop Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons
Friday, August 19, 2005 By: David Holcberg
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G8 Aids Terrorism
Monday, July 18, 2005 By: David Holcberg
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From the Camel's Mouth
Monday, July 18, 2005 By: David Holcberg
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U.S. Should Welcome Cuban Escapees
Thursday, June 9, 2005 By: David Holcberg
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Oriana Fallaci and Freedom of Speech
Thursday, May 26, 2005 By: David Holcberg
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U.S. Should Support Taiwan's Independence
Thursday, March 31, 2005 By: David Holcberg
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Kick the U.N. out of New York
Friday, December 31, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Moral Courage Needed to Win the War
Thursday, December 23, 2004 By: Yaron Brook
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Good Riddance Arafat!
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Arafat Deserves Execution Not Natural Death
Wednesday, November 3, 2004 By: Yaron Brook
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Our Irrational Enemies and their Sympathizers
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Do Not to Negotiate with Iran's Mullahs--Eliminate Them
Friday, July 30, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Use of Force Against Iran Should Not Be Excluded
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Failure to Prevent 9/11 Not a Lack of Imagination but of Cognition
Monday, July 26, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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9/11 Commission Right About Preemption
Friday, July 23, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Iran Now Presents the Greater Danger
Friday, June 25, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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U.N.'s Moral Bankruptcy Is Exemplified by Sudan
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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U.S. Should Get Out of the U.N.
Wednesday, May 5, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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The Apprentice Concretizes the American Dream
Thursday, April 29, 2004 By: Harry Binswanger
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Draft Negates the Right to Life
Thursday, April 22, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Israel's Targeted Killing of Hamas Leader Justified
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Israel's Targeted Killing of Sheikh Yassin Justified
Tuesday, March 30, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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The Urgent Need for Preemption
Friday, March 26, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Israel's Enemies Are America's Enemies
Thursday, March 25, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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New Iraqi Constitution Must Separate State and Islam
Thursday, March 4, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Afghan Constitution Should Include Separation of State and Religion
Monday, January 12, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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U.S. Should not Help Victims of Iran's Earthquake
Thursday, January 8, 2004 By: David Holcberg
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Is Bush Financing Hatred Against America?
Thursday, October 30, 2003 By: Edwin A. Locke
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Democrats Couldn't Care Less About America's Security
Tuesday, September 16, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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Powell Recommends Appeasement Towards Terrorism
Monday, September 15, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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Kill--Don't Expel--Arafat
Thursday, September 11, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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Palestinian Terrorists Are America's Enemies
Thursday, August 28, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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What the Terrorist Attacks in Israel and Iraq Prove
Wednesday, August 20, 2003 By: Larry Benson
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U.S. Shouldn't Force Religious Freedom on Iraqis
Thursday, August 14, 2003 By: Paul Blair
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Bush's Misguided Criticism of Israel's Security Fence
Tuesday, August 12, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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Antitrust in Europe
Monday, August 11, 2003 By: Edwin Locke
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Bush Wrong on Release of Palestinian Terrorists
Tuesday, August 5, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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Palestinian Culture Is a Culture of Death
Wednesday, July 30, 2003 By: Scott McConnell
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Why Leftists Favor and Conservatives Meekly Oppose Going to Liberia
Tuesday, July 29, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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U.S. Should Not Send Back Cuban Refugees
Friday, July 25, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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U.S. Has No Moral Obligation to Send Troops to Liberia
Thursday, July 24, 2003 By: Peter Schwartz
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Where Are the Peaceniks When We Need Them?
Tuesday, July 8, 2003 By: Scott McConnell
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Support General Strike in Iran
Monday, July 7, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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America's--and Iran's--Independence Day
Thursday, July 3, 2003 By: Edwin Locke
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What to Do with Hamas
Friday, June 27, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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If Necessary Use Force Against Iran
Wednesday, June 25, 2003 By: Yaron Brook
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No Moral Equivalency Between Israelis and Palestinians
Thursday, June 12, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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Palestinians' Reaction to Road Map
Saturday, June 7, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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Road Map Is a Mistake
Tuesday, June 3, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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U.S. Should Not Spend Money to Fight AIDS Abroad
Friday, May 30, 2003 By: David Holcberg
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