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In “No more jury trials for terrorists,” Townhall.com columnist Michelle Malkin argues for secret military trials to bring terrorism suspects to justice; here is what she had to say about those who favor due process: This is the kind of “justice” the American apologists for terrorism seek. They believe all will be right with the […]

John Judis [“Al Gore and the Temple of Doom,” TAP Vol. 11 Issue 11] is a senior correspondent at The American Prospect and a senior editor at The New Republic. He recently published a book titled The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests, and the Betrayal of Public Trust. Q: Tell me a little […]

In Washington, a “gaffe” occurs when a high-level official accidentally says what he means. The Bush administration has been remarkably gaffe-free so far, with almost everyone sticking to the same bland script. All except Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill, that is, whose gaffes offer a glimpse into the real philosophy of the Bush corporation that now […]

Lear: Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou’lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button: Bulgari-made, Gorgeous, surprisingly affordable, Thank you sir. Do you see this? Look on her, look, her lips, Look there, look there! Dies Lear, Act […]

TRURO Heading home from a pleasant break on Cape Cod, I have a new appreciation for the joys not just of sand, sun, and sea, but of public planning. Travelers to Cape Cod may wonder why it has been spared the relentless strip-malling that has blighted most of our vacation spots. Or why most of […]

Next time we face the threat of a worldwide apocalyptic technological breakdown, I’m sure my hoard of meals ready to eat (MREs), battery-powered lamps, and Eco-Fuel cooking equipment will come in very handy indeed. But on New Year’s Day, as I looked at my case of Millennium Gourmet dehydrated foods sitting untouched in my storage […]

Broadcast July 20, 2001 Summertime, and the living is easy. At least, it is in the song. But for most Americans, there s nothing particularly easy about summer. We re busy working. Forget about a lot of vacation time. The average American worker gets two weeks paid vacation each year. That s it. Two weeks, […]

Beyond the obvious, specific hazards ahead (such as global warming, excessive population growth, and nuclear proliferation), a more universal drama will play itself out in the coming century. Two great opposing forces are likely to grow stronger, and the contest between them may well determine the fate of humankind. The first force is technology. The […]

It was early May when the Ethiopian kid was murdered. There’s no other word for it; isn’t it a homicide when a guy with a gun turns it on a helpless, frightened boy and takes his life? That’s the way I would have called it when I worked the police beat in Indiana. The Eritrean […]

Much of the feminist activity existing online today, now popularly dubbed “Third Wave Feminism” or “Youth Feminism,” partly evolved from by a group called the RiotGrrrls, started in 1992 by female punk rockers in response to the sexism they saw permeating punk culture. Using “Grrrl,” a term coined by Bikini Kill singer/activist Kathleen Hanna to […]