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What We Owe Our Soldiers

The Iran Evasion

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.

"Muslim Opinion" Be Damned

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

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.

 

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America's--and Iran's--Independence Day

 

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