Although John McCain wants U.S. forces to stay in Iraq until the mission really has been accomplished, an army of conservatives remains implacably opposed to the war and the occupation. Andrew Bacevich is among the most outspoken of them. A Read More
“I hope we can answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ,” Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, proclaimed in 1998. Ten years later, Mr. Huckabee remains committed to a fundamentalist agenda on Read More
In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, published in 1758, Carl Linnaeus, the king of the classifying sciences, declared that “by good right and just Read More
In the fall of 2002, Kenneth Langone, co-founder of Home Depot and head of the compensation committee of the New York Stock Exchange, proposed extending the contract of N.Y.S.E. chairman Richard Grasso. Read More
In July 2004, Zogby International Surveys interviewed 3,300 Arabs in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Asked to identify “the best thing that comes to mind about America,” almost all of the respondents replied: “Nothing at all.” Since then, according to Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, Read More
More than 150 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville detected in democracy a tendency toward despotism. Although it would degrade its citizens without tormenting them, democratic despotism might well be all-encompassing. Backed by the will of the majority, the government could become “the sole agent and the only arbiter” of status, success and happiness. In the Read More
More than 150 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville detected in democracy a tendency toward despotism. Although it would degrade its citizens without tormenting them, democratic despotism might well be all-encompassing. Backed by the will of the majority, the government could become “the sole agent and the only arbiter” of status, success and happiness.
In the Read More
On July 4, 1821, John Quincy Adams declared that the United States “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.” Wishing freedom for all, America knew that by intervening to support independence for other nations “she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication” in wars of interest and intrigue. “She might become the Read More
On July 4, 1821, John Quincy Adams declared that the United States “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.” Wishing freedom for all, America knew that by intervening to support independence for other nations “she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication” in wars of interest and intrigue. “She might become the Read More
Does American Democracy Still Work? by Alan Wolfe. Yale University Press, 216 pages, $22. Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles For a New Political Debate, by Ronald Dworkin. Princeton University Press, 192 pages, $19.95. In his second inaugural address, President George W. Bush declared that supporting democracy—“the imperative of self-government”—is “the calling of our time.” Standing Read More
Does American Democracy Still Work? by Alan Wolfe. Yale University Press, 216 pages, $22.
Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles For a New Political Debate, by Ronald Dworkin. Princeton University Press, 192 pages, $19.95. In his second inaugural address, President George W. Bush declared that supporting democracy—“the imperative of self-government”—is “the calling of our time.” Read More
It can happen here. And according to Chad Millman’s The Detonators, it did—85 years before 9/11. After war broke out in Europe in 1914, the German government sought to prevent the United States, a neutral country, from delivering ammunition to the Allies. On Jan. 26, 1915, the Foreign Office sent a cable to German attachés Read More
It can happen here. And according to Chad Millman’s The Detonators, it did—85 years before 9/11. After war broke out in Europe in 1914, the German government sought to prevent the United States, a neutral country, from delivering ammunition to the Allies. On Jan. 26, 1915, the Foreign Office sent a cable to German attachés Read More
The Empire State Building was a miracle of Depression-era America. Financed and built just after the stock-market crash of 1929, the skyscraper went up in just 18 months at a cost of $24.7 million, well under the projected budget of $43 million. The tallest building in the world until 1972, with three million square feet Read More
The Empire State Building was a miracle of Depression-era America. Financed and built just after the stock-market crash of 1929, the skyscraper went up in just 18 months at a cost of $24.7 million, well under the projected budget of $43 million. The tallest building in the world until 1972, with three million square feet Read More
