Stand Your Ground, Mr. President
The American servicemen who flew an AC-130 and mistakenly bombed dozens of civilians in remote Afghan villages last week can thank their lucky stars that their Commander-in-Chief is George W. Bush, not Al Gore.
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Careers, Choices, Costs, and Biases
Hewlett’s book is a compilation of depressing interviews with women who broke business barriers and achieved enormous career success, now earning six-figure incomes, but are not happy.
Continue reading →Special-Interest Lobbyists Overlooked By The Media
DACOWITS has demanded that women be assigned to submarines, to the crews of Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (the vehicles that launch rockets during land-combat operations), to the helicopter crews of Special Operations units such as the Army Rangers, and even to land combat units that directly engage the enemy.
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Feminism Meets Terrorism
One of the unintended consequences of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was the dashing of feminist hopes to make America a gender-neutral or androgynous society. New York City’s fireMEN dared to charge up the stairs of the burning Twin Towers, and the firefighters’ death tally was: men 343, women 0.
Continue reading →Constitutional Rights Should Trump Terrorism Regs
After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, the Left moved quickly to use it as an excuse to enact draconian federal gun control. Fortunately, saner heads prevailed by showing that no new gun control laws would have been the slightest deterrent to that tragedy.
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The Fight Ain’t Over
When Congress sent the equal rights amendment to the states for ratification in 1972, era opponents warned of dire consequences: co-ed bathrooms, women drafted into the military, the repeal of spousal support laws.
Continue reading →Time To Start Over With Social Security Numbers
It isn’t just Social Security benefits that Americans are worried about; it’s the Social Security Number (SSN) itself.
Continue reading →Lessons Of The China Incident
The incident in the China sea has made it clear to those who did not want to admit it that China isn’t a strategic partner after all.
Continue reading →A Conservative Agenda for the 107th Congress
Since Bill Clinton stuck his finger in the eye of all who care about American sovereignty and constitutional rights by signing the International Criminal Court (ICC) Treaty on New Year’s Eve, Congress should immediately pass Senator Jesse Helms’s American Servicemembers’ Protection Act.
Continue reading →Allegiance
American freedom absolutely depends on maintaining our independence and sovereignty as well as the integrity of the United States Constitution, all of which are under massive attack from many sources.
Continue reading →Yugoslavia Is Not Like Grenada
Jim Lehrer put the ultimate foreign policy question on the table during the second presidential debate when he ran through the list of eight military actions taken by the last three Presidents and asked the candidates to give a thumbs up or thumbs down.
Continue reading →Women Don't Belong on Submarines
The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, a tax-funded civilian feminist lobby group that tries to set Pentagon policy, has been pushing for months to get women assigned to duty on submarines.
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