War and Foreign Policy

Professor Berns has written a book capable of great harm. Not content with the world's major faiths, he proposes to establish a "civil religion" in the guise of patriotism. 

Patriotism and nationalism are powerful forces weighing on the public conscience in the aftermath of the attacks. It makes it very unpopular to ask certain questions and to wonder certain things.

President Bush claims that the war on terror "will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated." Does that include the ELF?

The U.S. government's recent show of force ostensibly to "close the barn door now that the horse has escaped" is not only misguided, it is dangerous for many reasons.

The recent World Trade Center disaster may provide some economic opportunities for small, select groups, but the vast majority of people—including most New Yorkers—will be left worse off than before.

In a usual wartime situation, the government massively expands and then falls back only partially after it is over. The present circumstances, however, are even worse than wartime.

The absence of capitalism would reduce us to barbarism and utter poverty.

Justus Doenecke's careful study of the opponents of American entry into World War II makes evident that the noninterventionists had a clearer grasp of essential truths about American foreign policy than their eager-for-war opponents.

Hollywood really knows how to blow things up, whether it be bombs doing it to battleships or a script accomplishing the same thing to historical fact. "Pearl Harbor," reviewed by Lawrence Reed.

History is never as clear-cut as it is taught in public schools, but in this instance, something very strange is afoot. Tibor Machan discusses new revelations on nineteenth-century American history.