Abolishing America (contd.): Academe vs. Patriotism

For many Americans the events of September 11 have breathed new life into patriotism, but many in academia and the media remain hostile to America. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (www.thefire.org) has intervened in recent instances where academic administrators intentionally stifled patriotic expression and retaliated against those who voiced support for our country. At Central Michigan University, students…

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Fighting With One Foot in a Multicultural Bucket

Will U.S. bombing raids and search and destroy missions in Afghanistan destroy Bin Laden’s network in that country or merely drive al Qaeda operatives into other countries on the list of state sponsors of terrorism? The process of pursuing terrorists through Muslim countries is part of what Bush administration officials and military planners have in mind when they speak of…

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Agenda Over Fact

PCR 10-17-01 CS abuse Three years ago I concluded a sixteen-year stint as a Business Week columnist with the observation: “As the growing emphasis on feelings crowds out reason, facts will play a smaller role in public discourse.” That was the safest prediction any economist ever made. Respect for facts has a tenuous hold on the allegiance of public policymakers,…

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Criminalizing Masculinity

PCR 10-15-01 CS primitive If you are a heterosexual male of any race, tear yourself away from the war on terrorism and let Howard S. Schwartz inform you of your real enemy. His book, The Revolt of the Primitive: An Inquiry into the Roots of Political Correctness, has just been released by Praeger Publishers in Westport, Ct. The book is…

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Restrict Immigration, Not Civil Liberties

A tragedy for thousands of Americans, the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. were a boon for Eurostatists, Eurocrats and other assorted architects of a European state. The superstatists quickly put their own spin on the attacks, arguing that their success proves the impotence and pointlessness of national sovereignty. As British European Union advocate Graham Watson (send him mail)…

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