Reflection
“What we have found in Afghanistan confirms that – far from ending there – our war against terror is only beginning.” Mr. Bush’s speechwriters wrote …
Category: Reflections
Academic Freedom from Information
Recently I tried to discover information about a former colleague, now a full professor at a state university, who had been accused of plagiarism a …
A Man, A Plan, a Boondoogle
The Bush administration is not his father’s Oldsmobile – I mean administration – but it isn’t Ronald Reagan’s either. Bush II is amenable to reducing …
We Can’t Catch Osama, But We Can Catch Cancer Patients
On Feb. 12, the day John Ashcroft and the FBI warned that the danger of a new terrorist attack was especially acute, the Drug Enforcement …
No Pretense of Defense
Time was when the United States went to pains to declare that its overseas military operations were either defensive or came at the behest of …
No Justice, No Freedom
The Andrea Yates murder case underscores the insult to us all that the psychiatric worldview represents. Living well requires effort. It takes work to think …
Stefan Heym, R.I.P.
Stefan Heym, who died recently in Israel at 88, was one of the most provocative, indomitable writers I ever met. Born in 1913 with the …
The Value of Life
“If it saves just one human life, it’s worth it.” That’s how opponents of free markets have justified hundreds of environmental and safety regulations. And …
A Tale of Two Politicians
In Washington (the state in the Pacific Northwest, not the Death Star on the Potomac), a media frenzy has developed over what appears to dispassionate …
George “Smoot Hawley” Bush
The Bush administration’s decision to abandon its free trade position to protect the domestic steel industry is distressful. Even Clinton didn’t give in to this …