Time for a New “Coalition of the Willing” Against Iran
Authored by Larry Haas Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent embrace of Iran’s radical regime begs a basic question for President Bush — would he rather pr...
Committee on the Present Danger
Submission
What do Comedy Central and Yale University Press have in common? In the Islamist war against free speech, both have been on the front lines. And both have surrendered. Last week, Comedy Central c...
Op-eds
Protect the American Media — Whether They Deserve It or Not
It is a hard thing to defend the American media. Even when they are right and even when they badly need defending. In large part, that’s because press hypocrisy is so striking. Jou...
Op-eds
The ACLU Loses in Court
The American Civil Liberties Union's Steven Shapiro is one of the best lawyers in the United States. Still, he was flat wrong when he told the New York Times that a federal appeals court...
Op-eds
Gentlemen, Start Your Plug-Ins
An oil and security task force of the Council on Foreign Relations recently opined that "[t]he voices that espouse 'energy independence' are doing the nation a disservice by focusing on...
Op-eds
Correspondence Course
How often have you heard journalists tell politicians they should admit their mistakes rather than equivocate or cover up? So when a major mainstream newspaper makes an error how is it handled?...
Op-eds
Curso por Correspondencia
¿Con cuánta frecuencia ha oído Ud. a los periodistas diciendo a los políticos que deberían admitir sus errores en vez de dar una respuesta ambigua o de encubrir...
Op-eds
Face it, We’re Addicted
Co-Authored with Gal Luft Some say that policies to promote energy independence would hinder prosperity. They claim that attempts to meet this goal after the 1970s' oil sho...
Op-eds
Sanction — Before it’s Too Late
By: Richard Z. Chesnoff. The Mideast mess just gets messier. Last week's Palestinian election win by the Islamist terrorist party Hamas was bad enough. Now we face a growin...
Op-eds
What Good Is NATO?
World War II was fought against totalitarianism of the Nazi, Fascist and Japanese Militarist varieties. After the war, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created to defend the Free World...
Op-eds
CPD Calls on Libya to Free Imprisoned Democracy Activist
Physicians for Human Rights reports that Fathi Eljahmi is su...
Press Releases
Committee on the Present Danger Seeks Meeting with Jailed Egyptian Legislator
March 9, 2005 -- Following Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's recent announcement that the country's constitution would be amended to allow direct, multiparty presidential elections, th...
Press Releases
Contra Iran
In quoting my bewilderment as to what policy Washington should adopt to prevent Iran's theocrats from obtaining nuclear weapons, Franklin Foer neglects to mention that I was endeavoring to a...
Op-eds
Symposium: Iraq: Fight or Flight?
Co-authored by: Jamie Glaznov, Greg Bates, David Lindorff and Jed Babbin. Where are we headed in Iraq? Is it crucial to stay and fight for victory, or, as some liberal-left crit...
Op-eds
Clear and Present Danger; American’s Enemies Target Democrats and Republicans Alike
Bipartisan alliances have become a rarity in Washington. But this week, in a small room in the Capitol, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a Democrat from Connecticut, and Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican from Ari...