National Review articles from February 2004

National Review archives from February 2004

Founding quibble.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
February 9, 2004... In his review of my book, "Negro President" ("Piling on Jefferson," Dec. 22), Earl M. Maltz proves himself a virtuoso of the quibble. 1. He argues that it is false to say that the Constitution's three-fifths clause gave a man 300 extra...

Closing in on the achievement gap.
February 9, 2004... The achievement gap--the difference in school performance among students of different backgrounds--is a serious and persistent problem. In enacting the No Child Left Behind Act, the federal government has made a commitment to do its part in...

In CNN/USA Today poll, President Bush posts 59 percent approval rating.(for the record)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * In CNN/USA Today poll, President Bush posts 59 percent approval rating.... Bush: "Mankind is drawn to the heavens for the same reason we were once drawn into unknown lands and across the open sea. We choose to explore space because doing so...

NBC/Wall Street Journal poll: Bush leads all potential Democratic nominees by at least 17 points.(for the record)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * NBC/Wall Street Journal poll: Bush leads all potential Democratic nominees by at least 17 points. Closest challenger is Wesley Clark.... Clark on abortion: "Life begins with the mother's decision."... More Clark: "If I'm president of the...

Former senator Carol Moseley Braun (D., Ill.) quits presidential race and endorses Dean.(for the record)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * Former senator Carol Moseley Braun (D., Ill.) quits presidential race and endorses Dean.... In District of Columbia's non-binding Democratic primary --no delegates to national convention at stake--Howard Dean finishes first and Al Sharpton...

Rep. Elton Gallegly (R., Calif.) on congressional prospects of Bush immigration plan: "Based on the conceptual plan as laid out, it's highly unlikely it will ever see the light of day.".(for the record)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * Rep. Elton Gallegly (R., Calif.) on congressional prospects of Bush immigration plan: "Based on the conceptual plan as laid out, it's highly unlikely it will ever see the light of day."... In ABC News poll, 52 percent oppose immigration...

In California, former GOP secretary of state Bill Jones enters race against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.), though she maintains 7-point lead over generic Republican opponent in Public Policy Institute of California poll.(includes other news on congressional candidates)(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * In California, former GOP secretary of state Bill Jones enters race against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.), though she maintains 7-point lead over generic Republican opponent in Public Policy Institute of California poll.... In Field Poll, Gov....

U.S is home to 20 percent of world's migrants, according to United Nations.(includes other news)(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * U.S is home to 20 percent of world's migrants, according to United Nations.... Libya agrees to pay $170 million to compensate families of 170 victims in the 1989 bombing of UTA flight 772, known as "the forgotten flight" because Lockerbie...

David Letterman: "It was like 10 degrees here in New York City and Al Gore today ... he was giving a speech down the street on global warming.(Humor)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * David Letterman: "It was like 10 degrees here in New York City and Al Gore today... he was giving a speech down the street on global warming. And I worry that my timing is off!"

High tech job flight threatens our security and prosperity.
February 9, 2004... The dramatically quickening flight overseas of high tech and professional jobs represents the ultimate betrayal of American workers by current U.S. trade and globalization policies. At risk are Americans' future livelihoods, our country's world...

The State of the Union reaction shot we wish we had seen: Ted Kennedy.(Humor)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * The State of the Union reaction shot we wish we had seen: Ted Kennedy when President Bush urged support for his abstinence program.

How low will a man stoop in the quest to become president?(Wesley K. Clark endorses unrestricted legalization of abortion)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * How low will a man stoop in the quest to become president? Consider the recent statements of retired General Wesley Clark. Early in January, in an interview with the Manchester Union Leader, Clark took pandering to the abortion lobby to a new...

The most entertaining feature of the 2004 campaign season so far has been the slow implosion of the Howard Dean campaign.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * The most entertaining feature of the 2004 campaign season so far has been the slow implosion of the Howard Dean campaign. Implosion, or explosion? It is hard to tell. The whole phenomenon resembles one of those dire episodes of stellar...

When President Bush went to Atlanta to lay a wreath on the grave of Martin Luther King Jr., on the 75th anniversary of his birth, he was greeted by protesters shouting, "Bush, go home" and "Peace, not war.".(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * When President Bush went to Atlanta to lay a wreath on the grave of Martin Luther King Jr., on the 75th anniversary of his birth, he was greeted by protesters shouting, "Bush, go home" and "Peace, not war." A representative of the Southern...

In a famously tight-lipped administration, former Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill has become the first major figure to tell unflattering tales out of school.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * In a famously tight-lipped administration, former Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill has become the first major figure to tell unflattering tales out of school. In The Price of Loyalty, O'Neill accuses Bush of being disengaged from domestic...

In the matter of space exploration, the split personalities of the conservative soul war with each other: the hard-headed man of business, vs. the romantic.(President George W. Bush's space program)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * In the matter of space exploration, the split personalities of the conservative soul war with each other: the hard-headed man of business, vs. the romantic. President Bush has proposed to return to the Moon by 2020, as a launch pad for Mars....

It's about time.(President George W. Bush's recess appointment of federal judges)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * It's about time. For more than a year, conservatives, Republicans, and advocates of simple justice have wondered whether President Bush would use his power to make recess appointments to fill seats on the federal judiciary that are currently...

Should the federal government try to help low-income couples develop the skills and habits that will make for healthy marriages?(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * Should the federal government try to help low-income couples develop the skills and habits that will make for healthy marriages? President Bush thinks that such counseling, which would be strictly voluntary, is worth spending $1.5 billion on....

When the mayors of Bridgeport and Waterbury found themselves mired in scandal and criminal charges in recent years, Connecticut governor John Rowland urged them to resign, saying they would be unable to lead their cities while mired in huge controversies.(investigation of governor over alleged corruption)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * When the mayors of Bridgeport and Waterbury found themselves mired in scandal and criminal charges in recent years, Connecticut governor John Rowland urged them to resign, saying they would be unable to lead their cities while mired in huge...

Osbaldo Torres came to the United States from Mexico when he was five years old.(Mexico, United States dispute before International Court of Justice murder conviction of Mexican immigrant)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * Osbaldo Torres came to the United States from Mexico when he was five years old. Thirteen years later, he murdered a couple in front of their children in Oklahoma. He was sentenced to death, and has been on death row for nearly a decade....

We are going to hear a great deal more about Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * We are going to hear a great deal more about Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. A learned and experienced man, he lives in a modest house in the city of Najaf, and belongs to a quietist school of Shia thought that believes that clerics like him...

General Pervez Musharraf, president of Pakistan, is in the front line of the war against terror.(The Week)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * General Pervez Musharraf, president of Pakistan, is in the front line of the war against terror. All sorts of local Islamist groups, Taliban supporters, Wahhabi fundamentalists awash with Saudi money, and Kashmiri extremists are fighting for...

Longtime readers of NR will remember that Rep. Peter King, Republican from New York, used to appear regularly in our pages--especially our letters pages, where he would joust with us over Northern Ireland.(The Week)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * Longtime readers of NR will remember that Rep. Peter King, Republican from New York, used to appear regularly in our pages--especially our letters pages, where he would joust with us over Northern Ireland. He would vigorously defend IRA...

Gussie Moran scandalized the world of tennis back in 1949 when she showed up for her second match at Wimbledon wearing decorative lace panties under her skirt.(The Week)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * Gussie Moran scandalized the world of tennis back in 1949 when she showed up for her second match at Wimbledon wearing decorative lace panties under her skirt. Women's soccer in 2004 is just as puritanical, it seems, though of course for...

After a long and difficult evaluation, the designs for our architectural response to 9/11 have been chosen; the results appear surprisingly good.(The Week)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * After a long and difficult evaluation, the designs for our architectural response to 9/11 have been chosen; the results appear surprisingly good. The selected memorial is Michael Arad and Peter Walker's "Reflecting Absence," and it will be...

This issue of National Review goes to press on January 2223, the 125th anniversary of the battle of Rorke's Drift, one of the most remarkable episodes in military history.(The Week)(Brief Article)
February 9, 2004... * This issue of National Review goes to press on January 2223, the 125th anniversary of the battle of Rorke's Drift, one of the most remarkable episodes in military history. At this small, unprotected South African missionary station, in a...

Bunched Up in N.H.(Poem)
February 9, 2004... BUNCHED UP IN N.H. The Democrats were not supposed To clump up like bad drains, So Dr. Dean tried Drano from That witch doc down in Plains; Alas, those up-front primaries-- Like Dali's pix--still wend ...

Who could be against "adequate" school funding?
February 9, 2004... Many states are currently locked in court battles in which they are being sued to provide "adequate" funding for their schools. These adequacy suits, which have spilled over into legislatures, represent yet another example of a situation where...

The big binge.(President George W. Bush's planned cutbacks on government spending)
February 9, 2004... A FEW weeks ago, President Bush invited a group of conservative economists to the White House. The president and his men wanted advice on what steps should be taken next to help the economy grow. The response was nearly unanimous among the...

Wide open.(Howard Dean's candidacy for Democratic Party presidential nomination)
February 9, 2004... THE Iowa caucuses have a bad rap, justifiably. They are dominated, as Howard Dean once said, by special interests that drag the Democratic party to the left. But this year the caucuses deserve their due. Presented a frontrunner with...

Ready for battle.(The State Of The Union Address)
February 9, 2004... PRESIDENT BUSH's State of the Union address gave the impression of a man eager to go out on the hustings and refute his critics--indeed, frustrated that he has not been able to do so. It was a campaign speech. One by one, he picked apart the...

Temporary insanity.(Immigration)
February 9, 2004... PRESIDENT BUSH's immigration proposals have been taking a beating from all sides. Restrictionists say that he is opening the borders. Liberals are complaining that he wants immigrants to be workers, but not citizens. The center-left editors of...

Notes & asides.(Letter to the Editor)
February 9, 2004... * Dear Mr. Buckley: Herewith Abe Foxman in his new book, Never Again. He is speaking about "circumstances in which an American military leader... might be tempted to abandon our Israeli allies in a time of crisis." He goes on: "This is why I...

Stark raving Clark: the general is all-American, and all pander.(Election 2004)(Wesley Clark)
February 9, 2004... Concord, N.H. IT might be the very peak of the Clark boomlet in early January. The lobby of Concord High School is packed with 700 people, almost to the rafters. Kids are sitting atop soda and concession machines in the back to get a...

A cause endures: Gephardt is out. Is protectionism in?(Election 2004 II)
February 9, 2004... RICHARD GEPHARDT's quest for the Democratic presidential nomination is over, and so, apparently, is his political career. But one key element of his message continues to reverberate within his party. While Howard Dean tapped the antiwar...

The pure one: Dennis Kucinich, 'soul-light magic,' and the Democratic party.(Election 2004 III)
February 9, 2004... IT'S easy--and not altogether unfair--to dismiss Rep. Dennis Kucinich as a kook. What other Democratic presidential candidate has mused publicly on the nature of the universe by saying, as Kucinich did in June 2002, "The interchangeability of...

Making it worse: President Bush has tackled the immigration problem--wrongly.(Immigration)
February 9, 2004... THE Bush administration has revealed the broad outline of its immigration-reform plan. It has three key components. First, it legalizes the approximately 10 million illegal aliens now present in the U.S. by creating a new type of...

Like a good neighbor? Mexico and its refusal to extradite.(The Americas)
February 9, 2004... ON April 29, 2002, during a routine traffic stop, Los Angeles County deputy sheriff David March was shot in the chest, then in the head at point-blank range by an illegal alien named Armando Garcia. Within 24 hours March's killer was in his...

Investor class, investor nation: America is becoming an 'ownership society,' a seismic development.(Cover Story)
February 9, 2004... IT was not hard to find, during our recent bear market, a certain schadenfreude abroad in the land. We had been warned that the previous boom was fated to end; that the boom was, indeed, an illusion, a bubble that would burst any day now; and...

Tearing up the country: legalizing the illegals will kill jobs and fray the social fabric.(Immigration II)(Column)
February 9, 2004... ALMOST all the debates on President Bush's proposed immigration reforms have concentrated on their economic impact. Those who support the reforms tend to argue that they will help the U.S. economy to overcome a potential labor shortage; those...

The organic myth: a food movement makes a pest of itself.(Science)(Column)
February 9, 2004... SOMEWHERE in the cornfields of Britain, a hungry insect settled on a tall green stalk and decided to have a feast. It chewed into a single kernel of corn, filled its little belly, and buzzed off--leaving behind a tiny hole that was big enough...

Help!!!!(Comic)(Brief Article)(Cartoon)
February 9, 2004... WAR! DEFICITS! UNEMPLOYMENT! AND NOW HE'S PROPOSING TO SEND MEN TO THE MOON AND BEYONG!?!!.. IS PRESIDENT KENNEDY NUTS?!!! THIS IS A FASCINATING BOOK ABOUT "CLOSING THE RACIAL GAP IN LEARNING"! DOES IT SAT IT'S ALL WHITE PEOPLE'S...

Immigration.(Poem)
February 9, 2004... IMMIGRATION Shut the door, they're coming in the windows; Pull the shades, they're banging at the door. In the back, the garden's full of pickers As the dog, hoarse, gives that lot what for. Mr. Bush, with one...

The long view.(satire)
February 9, 2004... The candidates' Diaries Special Iowa Madness Edition[TM] From the Howard Dean diaries: ... which is what it was, a setup, and that's all there is to it. He didn't want me to win. He wanted me to lose. He's got some weird plan he's...

Firebell in the night.(An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror)(Book Review)
February 9, 2004... An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror, by David Frum and Richard Perle (Random House, 304 pp., $25.95) THIS is a very solid introduction to serious thinking about the War on Terror and the scale of the threat to the United States. In...

The terror exporters.(Inside the Mirage: America's Fragile Partnership with Saudi Arabia)(Book Review)
February 9, 2004... Inside the Mirage: America's Fragile Partnership with Saudi Arabia, by Thomas W. Lippman (Westview, 354 pp., $27.50) SAUDI ARABIA is an alien, even incomprehensible, land for Americans--closed, illiberal, and backward. And yet, so crucial...

Pariah lies.(North Korea: Another Country)(Book Review)
February 9, 2004... North Korea: Another Country, by Bruce Cumings (New Press, 241 pp., $24.95) ANYONE who knows the history of the colossal and surrealistic misperceptions of Communist regimes on the part of many Western intellectuals will find this volume...

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Minds over matter.(Shelf Life)(BioEvolution: How Biotechnology Is Changing Our World)(Book Review)
February 9, 2004... MICHAEL FUMENTO's science reporting is well-known for its fearlessness in challenging conventional wisdom. In his new book, BioEvolution: How Biotechnology Is Changing Our World (Encounter, 510 pp., $28.95), he offers an unabashed defense...

The Greek's way.(Art)(El Greco)(Biography)
February 9, 2004... SOME artists are known to the public chiefly as caricatures of themselves. Mondrian is one example. The fact that Mondrian made ravishing pictures of flowers and haunting landscapes is overshadowed by our association of the name "Mondrian" with...

The End of the World.(Poem)
February 9, 2004... THE END OF THE WORLD "We're going," they said, "to the end of the world." So they stopped the car where the river curled. And we scrambled down beneath the bridge On the gravel track of a narrow ridge. We tramped...

The decline of stuff.(The Straggler)(Column)
February 9, 2004... IN his book The Missing of the Somme, Geoff Dyer describes some WWI film footage he has been watching of soldiers on the Western Front: Every piece of equipment looks like it weighs a ton. There were no lightweight nylon...

Carping from Brits.(on the right)
February 9, 2004... NEW YORK, JANUARY 5 AT the end of the year we have much to be grateful for, and a fair amount to wonder about. For instance, the tenacity of some British critics of our undertaking in the Mideast, nicely identified in an essay by Mark...

Bushwhacking immigration.(on the right)(immigration law)
February 9, 2004... NEW YORK, JANUARY 9 SOMETHING had to give, and when that is so, democracy is at its most useful. The mess in our immigration laws festers. And if it is so that President Bush was moved to try to do something about it in anticipation of...

Vote for me, here's why.(on the right)
February 9, 2004... NEW YORK, JANUARY 13 You have forty-five seconds to tell the voters why they should write your name down in the Iowa caucus. Whistle!... Whistle! Thank you very much. We will now hear from... THE awful...

IRS.
February 9, 2004... "Well, don't just sit there--go out and earn some more money." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Weather and climate.(misinterpretation of climatic events to support global warming)
February 23, 2004... In the debate over climate change, there is an understandable tendency to use recent weather events to draw conclusions about global warming. However, weather and climate are not the same--climate is far more complex. While we all know...

Reproductive rightists.(Letter to the Editor)
February 23, 2004... Kate O'Beirne's article "Agendas All Their Own" (Jan. 26) accuses international nongovernmental organizations that engage in advocacy--including ours--of covertly seeking "to impose their policies through undemocratic means." There are two key...

Erratum.(Correction Notice)
February 23, 2004... In the Feb. 9 issue, John Derbyshire's article, "The Decline of Stuff," is missing its final line. Following "As dreams are made on, and our little life" should have appeared: "Is rounded with a sleep." Apologies to our readers and to...

In ARG poll, President Bush earns 47 percent approval rating.(George W. Bush)(includes other news)(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * In ARG poll, President Bush earns 47 percent approval rating.... Bush in New Hampshire: "You can tell I'm upbeat and I've got reason to be. Not only the numbers say things are looking pretty good, the American people are telling me they feel...

Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.) on CBS: "I stood up against Ronald Reagan's illegal, unconstitutional war in Central America.".(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.) on CBS: "I stood up against Ronald Reagan's illegal, unconstitutional war in Central America."... In Fox News poll, Bush leads Kerry, 49 percent to 42 percent.... In Newsweek poll, Kerry leads Bush, 49 to 46.......

Cost of Medicare prescription-drug law skyrockets by $134 billion just two months after Bush signs into law.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Cost of Medicare prescription-drug law skyrockets by $134 billion just two months after Bush signs into law.... Bush: "Congress is now going to have to work with us to make sure that we set priorities and are fiscally wise with the taxpayers'...

In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R.) endorses former secretary of state Bill Jones for GOP nomination to challenge Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.).(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R.) endorses former secretary of state Bill Jones for GOP nomination to challenge Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.).... South Dakota Republicans pick state Sen. Larry Diedrich to battle Stephanie Herseth (D.)...

In Haiti, 15,000 marchers demand resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * In Haiti, 15,000 marchers demand resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.... North Korea offers to share missile technology with Nigeria.... French court convicts former French prime minister Alain Juppe, key ally of President Jacques...

David Letterman: "after the [Super Bowl] President Bush called the winning team.(Humor)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * David Letterman: "After the [Super Bowl] President Bush called the winning team, he called the Patriots, and listen to this, former President Clinton called Janet Jackson."

A 21st Century U.S. trade policy.
February 23, 2004... Two centuries ago, trade between nations consisted largely of agricultural goods, minerals, and basic commodities. In those exchanges, most countries had a natural advantage in some areas, disadvantages in others. The geography and climate...

Maybe, instead of steroids.(State of the Union address)(Humor)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Maybe, instead of steroids, the State of the Union address should have condemned the abuse of botox?

John Kerry would frown about that comment.
February 23, 2004... * John Kerry would frown about that comment, if he could.

Senator Kerry firmed up his status as the likely Democratic presidential nominee.(John F. Kerry)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Senator Kerry firmed up his status as the likely Democratic presidential nominee. He is said, probably correctly, to be more electable than Howard Dean. But this is to pick out one of the brighter stars in a dim constellation. Kerry opposes...

Sen. Barbara Boxer introduced the Freedom of Choice Act, which she says would be a statutory version of the Supreme Court's decisions on abortion.
February 23, 2004... * Sen. Barbara Boxer introduced the Freedom of Choice Act, which she says would be a statutory version of the Supreme Court's decisions on abortion. The bill would, as Roe v. Wade did, make it legal to procure an abortion through all nine...

Let's say you're Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader.(Democratic Party's alleged manipulations against presidential judicial nominees)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Let's say you're Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader. A junior Republican staffer on the Judiciary Committee has discovered a way to peek at internal Democratic memos concerning the battle over the president's judicial nominees. The memos...

In the immediate aftermath of September 11, Congress passed the Patriot Act to make it easier for law enforcement to fight terrorism.(Safe Act, proposed reforms to Patriot Act)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * In the immediate aftermath of September 11, Congress passed the Patriot Act to make it easier for law enforcement to fight terrorism. Ever since, civil libertarians of the right and left have been complaining, and often indulging in...

From time to time, the journalist Andrew Sullivan makes the argument that the establishment of gay marriage, for which he is a prominent polemicist, is the only way of preventing a proliferation of marriage-lite alternatives such as civil unions and domestic partnerships.
February 23, 2004... * From time to time, the journalist Andrew Sullivan makes the argument that the establishment of gay marriage, for which he is a prominent polemicist, is the only way of preventing a proliferation of marriage-lite alternatives such as civil...

Orange Alert.(national deficit)(Humor)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... ORANGE ALERT The deficit's growing like Topsy, Or, if you're the Wonderland kind, Like Alice, who gulped an elixir That made her behind feel confined. The president eyes the brouhaha, Serene as a swan on...

Was it another inflammatory racial crime of the kind that afflicted New York under its last three mayors, and that gave Tom Wolfe a bestseller?(police officer Richard Neri's shooting of Timothy Stansbury Jr.)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Was it another inflammatory racial crime of the kind that afflicted New York under its last three mayors, and that gave Tom Wolfe a bestseller? Officer Richard Neri, a housing cop, shot and killed Timothy Stansbury Jr., an unarmed...

An Iraqi newspaper has published a list, recovered from the Iraqi oil ministry, of foreign individuals and organizations whom Saddam Hussein bribed with oil revenues, generated by the U.N.-administered oil-for-food program.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * An Iraqi newspaper has published a list, recovered from the Iraqi oil ministry, of foreign individuals and organizations whom Saddam Hussein bribed with oil revenues, generated by the U.N.-administered oil-for-food program. "Those whom you...

Outwardly celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Iranian regime has alienated public support to the point of losing legitimacy.(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Outwardly celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Iranian regime has alienated public support to the point of losing legitimacy. For some time, reformers and hardliners have been dancing a careful minuet, always in step, for fear that...

Israel and the settlements.
February 23, 2004... Those who have consistently supported Israel, but not "Greater Israel," could be excused for experiencing a sense of vindication as one right-of-center Israeli leader after another has urged unilateral Israeli withdrawals from the West Bank or...

Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, father of the Pakistani bomb, and hitherto considered a responsible person, has administered an awful shock.(scientist admits providing plutonium-enriching technology to North Korea, Iran, Libya)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, father of the Pakistani bomb, and hitherto considered a responsible person, has administered an awful shock. Khan now admits that he built and supervised an extensive network to smuggle the technology and centrifuges...

"I witnessed a whole family being tested on suffocating gas and dying in the gas chamber--the parents, son, and a daughter.(crimes against dissidents and prisoners in North Korea)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * "I witnessed a whole family being tested on suffocating gas and dying in the gas chamber--the parents, son, and a daughter. The parents were vomiting and dying, but till the very last moment they tried to save [the] kids by doing...

Spiting the Booboisie.(investigation of alleged obscenity during Super Bowl performance of singers Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake)
February 23, 2004... PICTURE two panicked pop stars, stressing out in their dressing room. Both are nervous, jittery; they need something, anything, to get them through their next act. In a frenzy, they stumble on a fix that just might give them the charge they...

Speaking before the United Nations this past September, President Bush called on the world to crack down on sex slavery.(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Speaking before the United Nations this past September, President Bush called on the world to crack down on sex slavery. Nearly a million women and children are estimated to be abused by this trade around the world, including in the United...

Although Castro lost the USSR, a new patron has been found: not a great power, but a willing supplier of the oil Cuba needs.(Venezuela)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * Although Castro lost the USSR, a new patron has been found: not a great power, but a willing supplier of the oil Cuba needs. Fidel's benefactor and new best buddy is Hugo Chavez, leftist president of Venezuela. According to internal documents...

If my dearest wish is to kill and eat a fellow human being, and if your dearest wish is to be killed and eaten, and if we should chance to meet and confide our desires to each other, and if I should then, with your eager consent, go ahead and kill and eat you, has a wrong been done?(cannibalism conviction against Armin Meiwes)(Brief Article)
February 23, 2004... * If my dearest wish is to kill and eat a fellow human being, and if your dearest wish is to be killed and eaten, and if we should chance to meet and confide our desires to each other, and if I should then, with your eager consent, go ahead and...