Ideas at War

 

 

"A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war."

 

["What Can One Do?" The Ayn Rand Letter, Vol. 1]

 

 

Featured Article

 

America vs. Death-Worship:

The moral meaning of the coming war

By Harry Binswanger

October 2, 2001

 

 

Op-Eds

 

Our Self-crippled Policy Encouraged the Deadly Embassy Attacks [Foxnews.com]

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Galt Goes Global [Foreignpolicy.com]

Did Paul Ryan take his foreign policy from Ayn Rand?

What We Owe Our Soldiers

Memo to U.S. Editors: Reprint Muhammad Cartoons

Poverty Causes Terrorism?

Immoral Rules of Engagement

Hostages of Iran

The Iran Evasion

America's self-defense should not be left at the mercy of the United Nations

North Korea's Power Over the West

The Terrorists' Motivation: Islam

Their attempt to practice religion consistently explains the terrorists' actions.

Why We Are Losing Hearts and Minds

Our leaders have failed to answer the evil moral ideal of Islamic totalitarianism with a rational ideal of our own.

The Indispensable Condition of Peace

Only when the initiators of force learn that their actions lead to their own destruction, will peace be possible in the Middle East.

The U.S.-Israeli Suicide Pact

Diplomacy Only Encourages North Korea's Belligerence

Western "diplomacy" has strengthened North Korea

Washington's Pro-Hamas Foreign Policy

America's appeasing foreign policy encouraged Hamas

The Fear to Speak Comes to America's Shores

If the government does not protect our freedom of speech by force, America will join Europe's climate of self-censorship.

Religious Terrorism vs. Free Speech

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.

The Cartoon Jihad: Free Speech in the Balance

We must uncompromisingly defend the right to freedom of speech.

The Injustice of Saddam's Trial

By granting Hussein a trial, justice is perverted.

The Advent of Freedom?

The proposed Iraqi constitution will not bring freedom to Iraq or security to America.

The Foreign Policy of Guilt

Until the West asserts its moral right to exist, we will not be safe from Islamic totalitarianism.

"Muslim Opinion" Be Damned

America's attempts to appease "Muslim opinion" are depraved and suicidal.

Fight the Root of Terrorism With Bombs, Not Bread

America should redouble and refocus its military action, not increase its foreign aid, if it wants to attack the "root cause" of terrorism.

Betraying the Real Freedom Fighters

It is a gross injustice that America endorses a sovereign Palestinian state--but shuns Taiwan's claim to independence.

America's Compassion in Iraq Is Self-Destructive

Fighting a compassionate war is immoral; it is costing the lives of American soldiers in Iraq and emboldening our enemies throughout the Islamic world.

Faith and Force

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.

Columbus Day: The Cure for 9/11

Columbus Day's celebration of Western Civilization reminds Americans why they deserve to win the war against Islamic totalitarianism.

They Hate Us, Too

The hostility of the "anti-war" protestors is not toward war, nor even toward war with Iraq--but toward America and its philosophy of individualism.

Censorship on Campus?

College professors wailing about post Sept. 11 threats to their First Amendment rights are actually ardent opponents of free speech.

Walker Lindh: From Marin County to Mazar-I-Sharif

The paradoxical conversion of the Marin County Taliban--from arch-relativist to arch-mystic--isn't so paradoxical after all.

The Immorality of a "Compassionate War" on Terrorism

The United States must wage a ruthless--not a charitable--war against her enemies.

Terrorists vs. America

What America Stands For and Why the Terrorists Hate Us

 

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Letters to the Editor

Looking for Allies

Concern for Whales Should Not Stop Navy from Using Sonar

Poverty Causes Terrorism?

Not Attacking Iran Would Be Catastrophic

Immoral Rules of Engagement

Islamists Are Motivated by Their Beliefs

Reason Needs No Supplement

NO Restraint Against Islamic Totalitarians

There Is No Need for an Endless Global Conflict

South Park and the Muhammad Cartoons

Mob Rule Wins in France

Borders' Capitulation is a Victory for Islamic Totalitarians

France's Proposed New Labor Legislation Illustrates Why Appeasement Doesn't Work

Canada is Right to Suspend All Assistance to the Palestinian Authority

NYU Chooses Appeasement Over Rights

Bush's Pursuit of Democracy Can't Bring Freedom to Anyone

The French Riots and Rights

To the Producer of Friday's "FOX 11 Ten O'Clock News" and the Station Management:

In Defense of My Right to Free Speech

The Cartoon Riots

Western Nations Should Not Tolerate Calls for the Murder of Their Citizens

Muhammad Cartoons

Free Speech vs. Religious Dogma

Spreading Democracy in the Middle East Is Suicidal

State Department vs. Free Speech

End the Jihad Against Free Speech

Do Not Apologize for Cartoons of Mohammad

Smoking Ban on Private Property Violates Rights

Palestinians' Vote Will Not Bring Them Freedom

Eliminate the Iranian Threat

US Should Not Count On UN To Stop Iran

Withdraw or Stay the Course in Iraq? Neither.

From the Camel's Mouth

Oriana Fallaci and Freedom of Speech

Moral Courage Needed to Win the War

New Iraqi Constitution Must Separate State and Islam

Is Bush Financing Hatred Against America?

Abetting Civilization's Enemies

Powell Recommends Appeasement Towards Terrorism

Palestinian Culture Is a Culture of Death

Self-Defense Should Be the Purpose of the War

They Hate Us Too

Unilateralism Morally Justified

The Fundamental Difference Between the Israeli and the Palestinian Cultures

Students Should Think for Themselves


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