Iran Hostage Crisis, Take 2
August 29, 2006 | by A. Yasmine Rassam | Topic: The Global Challenge
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Los Angeles Times and has been reprinted with the author’s permission. A. Yasmine Rassam is director of international policy at the Independent Women’s Forum. Rassam participated in the April … Read more>
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Reasoning by Historical Analogies
August 25, 2006 | by Earl H. Tilford | Topic: The American Story
Reasoning by historical analogy is dangerous. Georges Santayana notwithstanding, history does not repeat itself. Rather, the value of history is in what we learn from the past. Failures are as instructive as successes, if not more so.
From the day … Read more>
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Why is Medical Care so Expensive?
August 22, 2006 | by Hans F. Sennholz | Topic: The Content of Character
Medical expenses are rising faster than the costs of any other service. They are climbing at rates that exceed not only those of inflation and dollar depreciation but even the Federal government itself. In fact, they are consuming an ever … Read more>
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The Clash of Civilizations WITHIN Islam: The Struggle over the Qur’an between Muslim Democrats and Theocrats
August 18, 2006 | by Joseph N. Kickasola | Topic: The Global Challenge, White Papers
(Download the PDF white paper here.)
Editor’s note: Joseph N. Kickasola, PhD, is professor of International policy at Regent University (VA), with a joint appointment in the schools of Law, Government, and Divinity. A version of this 38-page paper on … Read more>
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Monetary Chaos in Zimbabwe
August 16, 2006 | by John A. Sparks | Topic: The Path to Freedom
Imagine buying a loaf of bread in August, 2005 for $2 and then, just a year later, finding the same loaf priced at $22! That is the kind of annual price inflation—1000% or more—that the already poor people of Zimbabwe … Read more>
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Does Birth Order Predict Sexual Orientation?
August 9, 2006 | by Warren Throckmorton | Topic: The Content of Character
Does family birth order predict homosexual orientation?
If you read the popular press, you might think so. A recent report from Canadian psychologist, Anthony Bogaert, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests a link for males, but … Read more>
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WANTED: A Petition to Support Muslim Democrats
August 8, 2006 | by Joseph N. Kickasola | Topic: The Global Challenge
A few Jewish organizations, and several Christian radio and television broadcasts, are calling for thousands of their own sympathizers to sign its “Petition to Support Israel.” I share their call for the support of Israel’s democracy, especially at this time … Read more>
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Proportionality in Wars with Terrorists
August 1, 2006 | by Earl H. Tilford | Topic: The Global Challenge
The scale of violence in warfare inevitably rises to meet the level of objectives. During World War II, Germany’s strategic objectives included dominating Eurasia from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and from the English Channel to the Urals along with … Read more>
