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February 2004

2/23/2004   IRAN: THE DEATH OF ILLUSION By AMIR TAHERI, NY Post W GOES MULTILATERAL By John Podhoretz, NY Post Kerry on the Record: Attacking U.S. Intelligence By Dave Eberhart, NewsMax.com Bush is winning war that matters now BY MARK STEYN, Chicago Sun-Times Why Do Dems Call Bush a Liar? - They endanger the country by personalizing the Iraq issue.BY DANIEL HENNINGER, WSJ Kerry's Inner Dove By Joshua Muravchik, 'The Times They Are a-Changin' -- Again - Suzanne Fields, Washington Times Credibility Was America's Most Precious Asset - Arnaud de Borchgrave, WT Kerry's Radical Activism Ignored By the Liberal Media - Washington Times Edwards' Elusive View of the World - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune Why George W. Bush will win in 2004 By Trevor Bothwell, townhall.com About Face! Forward March! - Daschle's repositionings.By Robert Moran, NRO

2/20/2004   Turnabout's fair play for Kerry  BY ROBERT NOVAK, SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Broken Glass Democrats - Can their anger overcome Bush's normality? By Peggy Noonan, WSJ Kerry's Anti-War Past May Haunt His Candidacy- Hugh Hewitt, Weekly Standard Look Who's Talking in the Arab-Muslim World - Thomas Friedman, NY Times The Emperor’s New Climate: Is Global Warming Real? -- Part Three By Duncan Maxwell Anderson, newsmax.com Bring It On - Bush has the foreign-policy record America needs., By Jonah Goldberg, NRO The Coming of Nemesis - Hubris and the law of unintended consequences. By Victor David Hanson, NRO Max Cleland, Liberal Victim - Election mythology. By Rich Lowry, NRO Kerry's unanswered questions By Oliver North, townhall.com Source Gives Details of Iran Nukes DealBy ROHAN SULLIVAN, The Washington Times Saddam's fan club By Ariel Cohen, The Washington times The Kerry Files, Volume II -  John Kerry believes his service in Vietnam inoculates him from Republican attacks on national security issues. But what about Kerry's activities after he came back from Vietnam? By Hugh Hewitt

2/19/2004   Hanoi Jane Memories - Some vets are not fonda John Kerry.  By Anne Hendershott, NRO Mr. Magoo Bites Back - Hans Blix was never going to disarm Saddam.  By Andrew Apostolou, NRO John Kerry, slimmer than a Budweiser frog By Ben Shapiro, townhall.com European Union’s Moral Bankruptcy By Joel Mowbray, townhall.com The Emperor’s New Climate: Is Global Warming Real? Part Two By Duncan Maxwell Anderson, newsmax.com The Edwards Surprise By WILLIAM SAFIRE, NY Times QAEDA'S CHILLING NEW TERROR PLANS By NILES LATHEM, NY Post Wisconsin's Warning Signs   By Doug Ireland, tompain.com Anti-Bush Effort Sending Volunteers to Senate Offices By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com Law Firm Files Brief With Supreme Court in Support of Boy Scouts - CNSNews.com File under: 'Omission Accomplished' By Ann Coulter, townhall.com The war on terror: The world doesn't get it – yet By Larry Elder, townhall.com

2/18/2004   The Emperor’s New Climate: Is Global Warming Real? By Duncan Maxwell Anderson, newsmax.com DNC won't heed Kerry's call to end 'AWOL' attacksBy James G. Lakely, THE WASHINGTON TIMES U.S. allies pressured to justify war supportBy David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Party of John Kennedy, or Jimmy Carter? - David Brooks , New York Times Laws Be Damned By Al Rantel, newsmax.com McCain: Hanoi Hilton Guards Taunted POWs with Kerry's Testimony, newsmax.com An Imperfect Storm, Katie Bar the Door! By Geoff Metcalf, newsmax.com The Party of Kennedy, or Carter? By DAVID BROOKS, NY Times Thanks, Kalat ‘Deficit of Decency’ in America - Senator Zell Miller, Georgia Consider the Following Hypothetical Situation -Tony Blankley, Washington Times The Next Plague - Anne Applebaum, Washington Post Bonus!!   Gay wedding lawsuits put off - In one case, judge marks group down on punctuation By David Kravets and Lisa Leff, Associated Press Limbaugh, ACLU file papers to keep medical records private By Peter Franceschina and Christy McKerney, Sun Sentinel Palestinian Authority is seen near collapse By Charles A. Radin, Boston Globe Bush and the National Guard: Case Closed By Byron York, NRO

2/17/2004   It's the Context, Stupid - Suzanne Fields, Washington Times The Deficit is No Reason to Raise Taxes Now - Martin Feldstein, WSJ Islamic Hardliners in the Heartland By Chicago Tribune Marriage mania grips S.F. as gays line up for licenses Scores of couples camping out in the name of love By Simone Sebastian and Tanya Schevitz, SF Chronicle Kerry Nation? - Don't bet on it. By Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard Meet the Press By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, New York Times Kerry silent on broadcasting's moral slide - But seeks revival of Fairness Doctrine to drive conservatives off air  WorldNetDaily.com Lest We Forget: President Bush On the Iraqi Threat By George W. Bush, WhiteHouse.gov Kerry's Convenient Vietnam Vision - New York Post Medals Don't Make a President - Charles Krauthammer, Time The Misunderestimators Are Back - John Podhoretz, New York Post Jackson wary of same-sex rift By Marcella Bombardieri, The Boston Globe

2/16/2004   A few questions for John Kerry By George Will, townhall.com Libyan Arms Papers Are Linked to China - Nuclear Secrets Passed Through PakistanBy Joby Warrick and Peter Slevin, Washington Post Kerry Should Be Wary of Dredging Up Past - Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times The Democrats Have Had Their Fun - Peggy Noonan, Washington Post Bush's Honorable Service - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Get Off the Guard Duty - Mike Barnicle, NY Daily News Democratic Realism - Charles Krauthammer, American Enterprise Institute Flip-flop on Iraq - Robin Shepherd, Chicago Tribune Fields of Jihad - Brian Bennett and Vivienne Walt, Time Kerry went from soldier to anti-war protester By Tom Bowman, Sun National Staff BUSH'S GUARD 'ACCUSER' ADMITS FAULTY MEMORY By DEBORAH ORIN, NY Post The Democratic candidates and a strategic vision By Herbert London, townhall.com

2/15/2004   An Imminent Threat to His Own Credibility - Paul Greenberg, Washington Times Zarkawi’s Cry - A terrorist's words of despair., NRO Kate’s Take: The White House on the Offense, Kate O’Beirne, NRO Why Families Say Kerry Betrayed POWs and MIAs By Dave Eberhart, NewsMax.com Kerry faces fight on security - For war hero, GOP looks at Senate voting record By Susan Milligan, The Boston Globe Playing the Vietnam card By Kathleen Parker, townhall.com Kerry smears without fear By Brent Bozell, townhall.com A HIPPIE PREZ? By HOWIE CARR, NY Post The Right War for the Right Reasons - R. Kagan & W. Kristol, Weekly Standard Disunited we stand  By William Murchison, The Washington Times Bonus!!   Just Imagine...Trying to believe in the make-believe world of the present age. By Victor Davis Hanson, NRO Bush, Kerry Both Served Honorably - Bob Ewegen, Denver Post

2/13/2004   Max Cleland Drops a Political Grenade By Ann Coulter, FrontPageMagazine.com George W. Bush: Military Pilot By Dan Ford, WarBirdForum.com Iran fails to declare nuclear design By Roula Khalaf in London, FT.com A Tale of Nuclear Proliferation: How Pakistani Built His Network By WILLIAM J. BROAD, DAVID E. SANGER and RAYMOND BONNER, New York Times Billionaire bashes Bush  BY DAVE NEWBART, Chicago Sun-Times Attacks on Boy Scouts may expand to religion, U.S. Supreme Court told By Tom Strode, Saving Ourselves From Self-Destruction By MOHAMED ELBARADEI, New York Times ElBaradei: World may be headed for nuclear destruction By Reuters John Kerry's Shifting Stands - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe Tip for the Democrats: It's Not About Vietnam - Ruben Navarrette, Seattle Times Kerry After Vietnam - William Hawkins, Washington Times Budget Critics Should Offer Definitive Alternatives - Gary Andres, Wash Times Bonus!!   The Great Donkey Mystery of 2004 Why Kerry? By Jonah Goldberg, NRO George W. Bush as Henry V - The Guard choice in context. By Mackubin Thomas Owens, NRO Kennedy’s Misfire - Hollow words from the other Bay State senator.By Congressman Ron Lewis, NRO Heroic John Kerry? By Gary Aldrich, townhall.com

2/12/2004   "America is Satan. Islam Will Invade America and Europe."  By MEMRI Invoking Clinton's Name, Bush Critics Call for Censure By Robert B. Bluey, CNSNews.com Photo of Kerry with Fonda enrages Vietnam veteransBy Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Happy 94th to Boy ScoutsBy Bob Barr, The Washington Times Found: A Smoking Gun By WILLIAM SAFIRE, New York Times John Kerry: Shredding Documents & Abandoning Veterans- B. Shapiro, townhall.com George Bush In Uniform - New York Post A man and his medals By Debra Saunders, townhall.com Bush Plans To Back Marriage Amendment - Constitution Would Specify Man, WomanBy Mike Allen and Alan Cooperman, Washington Post Democrats seek more proof of Bush service By DEB RIECHMANN,  Associated Press Writer SHADES OF SERVICE By BOB MCMANUS, New York Post Old Crimson Interview Reveals A More Radical John Kerry - The Crimson reported Kerry called for U.N. control of troops in 1970 By  ZACHARY M. SEWARD Bonus!!!   War hero Kerry shows no policy leadership By Jonah Goldberg, townhall.com The Disunited States of America By Bill Murchison, townhall.com Kerry’s Donation Records Under Fire, Money From Chinese Army By Charles R. Smith, newsmax.com His Old Pompous Self  By Shawn Macomber, The American Spectator The Antiwar War Hero ByGeorge Neumayr, The American Spectator Letters to the Editor -  'Bush and I were lieutenants' , The Washington Times

2/11/2004   Did Bush, Cheney, & Powell Deliberately Mislead Us? - Stuart Taylor, Nat'l Jrnl Dems Don't Get Terrror Threat - Nicole Gelinas, New York Post The Allies' Mindless Bickering - David Ignatius, Washington Post Islamic Law Prof: "America Has Changed the World for the Better" By MEMRI The White House releases new National Guard records.  By Byron York, NRO John Edwards 'Increased the Cost of Medicine', Former Associate Says By Marc Morano, CNSNews.com Punishing Bush May Punish The Country By Paul M. Weyrich, CNSNews.com Kerry, Edwards and company: Have they forgotten? By David Limbaugh, townhall.com Weapons of political destruction  By Thomas Sowell, townhall.com WHAT KERRY SAID – Editorial, NY Post Kerry Won't Scare Any of the Big Beasts - Mark Steyn, Daily Telegraph A Fateful Choice - Frank Gaffney, Jr., Washington Times Bonus!!   Gen. Giap: Kerry's Group Helped Hanoi Defeat U.S. – newsmax.com Kerry: I'll be a good dhimmi  -  Jihad Watch

2/10/2004   The War on the War on Terror By P. David Hornik, The American Spectator Good girls do By SARA WILSON, The Globe and Mail Kerry no hero in eyes of Vietnam-era veteran By CHRISTOPHER WARD, The Atlanta Journal – Constitution Kerry's Medals Strategy - Wall Street Journal What if al Qaeda Had Been Hit Pre-emptively? By Joel Mowbray, townhall.com All Against Bush - Whom should the Democrats nominate?By Christopher Hitchens, Slate Intelligence hit mark on nuclear ambitions By Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Vaccine supplies dwindle for many diseases By Joyce Howard Price, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Core policy differences By William R. Hawkins The Washington Times SELF-DEFENSE By John Podhoretz, New York Post NUCLEAR WAL-MART By PETER BROOKES,New York Post Kerry More Commanding as Chief? - The Bush vs. Kerry Vietnam debate.  By Mackubin Thomas Owens, NRO

2/9/2004   But What Would Kerry Do? - Michael Barone, US News & World Report Kerry and the Special Interests - Washington Times Will Early Primaries Give Dems 'Buyers Remorse?' - J. Witcover, Baltimore Sun The Imminence Myth - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard Trying to Make Sense of Iraq's WMD - R. James Woolsey, Wall Street Journal Kerry Plays Both Sides on Iraq War - Max Boot, Miami Herald Kerry's Simple-Minded, Fake Populism - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal John Kerry's Special Friends - David Brooks, New York Times Defector: N. Korea Has Uranium Program - AP U.S. Terror Expert Warns of Dirty BombBy STEVEN GUTKIN, The Washington Times Bush to Release Vietnam-Era Military Records - Sen. Kerry, the Democratic Frontrunner, Says Honorable Discharge Does Not Answer Question About National Guard ServiceBy Dana Milbank, The Washington Post Kerry's 19 Years in Senate Invite Scrutiny By Helen Dewar and Dan Balz, Washington Post Staff Bonus!!   At Least 7 Nations Tied To Pakistani Nuclear Ring By Peter Slevin, John Lancaster and Kamran Khan, Washington Post Transcript for Feb. 8th The Interview on Meet the Press with Tim Russart - Guest: President George W. Bush, NBC Kerry Criticizes Bush Over Guard Service By JONATHAN D. SALANT, AP There Are More Democratic Memos - A fired GOP aide says they contain evidence of wrongdoing.  By Byron York, NRO Philosophy, Not Policy - Why Bush isn't good at interviews.  By Peggy Noonan, WSJ Opinion

2/7/2004   "Peaceful" Egyptians for Suicide Bombing By MEMRI Catholics Attack Kerry on Abortion Stance By RICHARD N. OSTLING Intelligence Quotient - The WMD debate.  By NR Editors Democrats Taste Blood By Ben Stein, The American Spectator Planting the Seeds of Victory By The Prowler Bush strikes back with defense of warBy Joseph Curl, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Mr. Tenet's speech – Editorial, The Washington Times DENIAL & DIXIE By GEORGE F. WILL, NY Post SIN OF OMISSION By RALPH PETERS, NY Post ABUSING ISLAM By AMIR TAHERI, NY Post Why We Went to War - From the October 20, 2003 issue: The case for the war in Iraq, with testimony from Bill Clinton. By Robert Kagan & William Kristol, The Weekly Standard - 10/20/2003 Bush Names Iraq Panel - Former Sen. Robb, Retired Judge Silberman, Sen. McCain Among Those Appointed By Fred Barbash, Washington Post Bonus!!   Desperately Seeking Consensus By Clifford D. May, townhall.com Bush Guard Commander Recants AWOL Charge – newsmax.com More Iraqi WMD fallout... By Mark Alexander, townhall.com Surging US economy leads global recovery By Mark Tran, The Guardian The Future of Preemption - The death of the Bush Doctrine has been wildly exaggerated. By Max Boot, The Weekly Standard Finneran seeks to delay start of gay marriages -Constitutional convention becomes focus of lobbying  By Frank Phillips and Raphael Lewis, Boston Globe Staff

2/6/2004   Kerry May be Overdoing the War-hero Shtick - Collin Levey, Seattle Times THE REAL KERRY By HOWIE CARR, New York Post Pressure Drop - Kay's testimony, and the facts of history, makes the record clear.By Representative J. D. Hayworth, NRO Deathblow to Marriage - Gay marriage has real implications.  By Stanley Kurtz, NRO Mass. Lawmakers Mull Gay Marriage Ruling By STEVE LeBLANC, Boston (AP) Hanoi Kerrys Page Jewish Singer in Heckled in France By Eva Cahen, CNSNews.com Candidates assail Bush on CIA, Iraq By The Associated Press The nuclear supermarket By Anton La Guardia in Vienna, Ahmed Rashid in Lahore and Alec Russell in Washington Rumsfeld says Iraq likely had armsBy Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Transcript: CIA Director Defends Iraq Intelligence, FDCH E-Media Truth Goes AWOL - Sam Johnson, Steve Pearce and Mark Kirk, TheWashington Times

2/5/2004   Terrorism? What Terrorism?  The exit polls show an unconcerned Democratic party.  By Byron York, NRO John Kerry’s America What he said about us. By William F. Buckley Jr. - June 8, 1971, commencement address to the United StatesMilitaryAcademy at West Point Court Orders Same-Sex 'Marriage' for Massachusetts By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com Bank Robbers Love Gun Control, Group Says  By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com AP Exclusive: Kerry Blocked Law, Drew Cash By JOHN SOLOMON, AP Arafat Aide Accuses U.S. of 'Blackmail' By LARA SUKHTIAN, AP Elections in the Age of Terror - Tony Blankley, Washington Times The Know-'Em-All - Michael Segal, Wall Street Journal Auschwitz Under Our Noses - Anne Applebaum, Washington Post Kerry's inconsistencies – Editorial, The Washington Time Rumsfeld: More Time Needed for WMD Search - Defense Secretary Defends Iraq War in Senate TestimonyBy William Branigin, Washington Post Staff A Snapshot in Time - Putting Bush-Kerry poll numbers in perspective.By Robert Moran, NRO Bonus!!!   John Kerry's War Record By Michael Benge, FrontPageMagazine.com January 13, 2003 Kerry Discussion: Thoughts of a Vietnam POW - From the mailbag, Ex-POW Joe Crecca shares his thoughts on John F. Kerry: By Joe Crecca Hanoi Kerry's War Record – Just what do we know of Kerry’s War Record THE HERO FACTOR By Eric Fettmann, New York Post Bush A Military “Deserter?” Calm Down, Michael – factcheck.org What Intelligence Failure in Iraq? By Laurie Mylroie, FrontPageMagazine.com

2/4/2004   Nuclear Black Market Is Small, Covert By GEORGE JAHN, AP Saudi Delusions By MEMRI, MEMRI.ORG 'Several Confirmations' Powder Found in Senate Building Is Ricin – Fox News Archbishop would refuse Communion to Kerry – Worldnetdaily.com Massachusetts Democrat took donations from Chinese military chief By Michael Isikoff, Newsweek U.S. Judge Overturns Va. Abortion Law By DAVID E. LEIVA, AP Nigeria Seen as 'Not Responsible Enough' to Possess Ballistic Missiles By Stephen Mbogo, CNSNews.com Utah House Wants United States Out of UN By PAUL FOY, ASSOCIATED PRESS Hillary Veepstakes - Dick Morris, New York Post Arming Red China - Washington Times Inquiry is Pointless: Intelligence Always Open to Interpretation - J. Keegan, DT Bush's Guard Service In Question - Democrats Say President Shirked His Duty in 1972By Lois Romano,  Washington Post Bonus!!   Kerry calls on Bush to settle questions on military record By Patrick Healy, Boston Globe George W. Bush is the latest in a long line of U.S. presidents who once served in the National Guard. By Lisa Daniel, January 2001, National Guard Association of the United States Powell Says New Data May Have Affected War Decision By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post John Kerry’s Confusion - The Massachusetts senator is stuck in a static world.  By Tom Nugent, NRO No Fizzle - Sharia thrives (and preys) in Nigeria.  By Paul Marshall, NRO Class warfare isn't classyBy Neil Cavuto, The Washington Times

2/3/2004   Anti-Bush passion fuels Kerry's surge BY STEVEN THOMMA, The Detroit Free Press As nasty as it gets  By Diana West, townhall.com Revealed: the gas chamber horror of North Korea's gulag  By Antony Barnett ,The Guardian The Communists Can Count on Kerry By Don Feder, FrontPageMagazine.com The Forgotten Immigration Need: Assimilation By Marc Levin and Winfield Myers, FrontPageMagazine.com Was John Kerry "Brainwashed" on Iraq - Wall Street Journal Will Bush Become a One-Term President? - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times The Problem Was the Intelligence, Not the Policy - Peter Brookes, New York Post U.S., China Are on Collision Course Over Oil - Gal Luft, Los Angeles Times Multicultural fear and loathing By Suzanne Fields, The Washington Times Potemkin WMDs? Really?  By Michael Ledeen, NRO Loose Canons - Kerrying On Regardless By Jed Babbin, The American Spectator Bonus!!   Kerry Took Cash From Chinese Military Intelligence – newsmax.com Pakistan Nuclear Expert Gave Info to Iran By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, AP 343 - Real numbers in Iraq.  By Michael Novak, NRO $9 Billion on Health Care for Illegal Immigrants. Why? - IBD The European Predicament - Its economy is enfeebled by high taxes and regulations. Unless leaders take unpopular steps today, Europe faces dire consequences.By Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek Probe to go beyond Iraq war By Joseph Curl, THE WASHINGTON TIMES IRAQ: 'CHAOS' IS PROGRESS By AMIR TAHERI, New York Post SPOOK CLEAN-UP By PETER BROOKES, New York Post

2/2/2004   Is Soros Planning 'October Suprise' for Bush? By Jon E. Dougherty, newsmax.com McAuliffe: Dems Will Focus on Bush AWOL Charge – newmax.com Earth's Temperature History: Putting the 20th Century in Proper Perspective MyDoom unleashes some scary thoughts about future of Net  By James Coates, Chicago Tribune A nuclear weapons `Wal-Mart', Chicago Tribune Opinion For Democrats, a last hope for centrist politics -  Editorial, The Seattle Times More cheating by Tehran – Editorial, The Washington Times See Bush's Strong Hand -- and Raise the Ante By Walter Russell Mead, LA Times Iraq danger definitely not 'overhyped' By Chris Weinkopf, LA Daily News Sen. Kerry's history not today's issueBy Thomas Sowell, LA Daily News Democratic Party Chief Attacks Bush on Military Record By KIRK SEMPLE, NY Times The Farewell Dossier By WILLIAM SAFIRE, The New York Times

2/1/2004   The Hutton Report By Armstrong Williams, townhall.com FRENCH FOR BRIBERY – Editorial, NY Post Our Foreign Legions  - Lessons and cautions from Europe on assimilating immigrants.BY FRANCIS FUKUYAMA, WSJ Left-Right Divide Pits Equality vs. Freedom - George Will, Indianapolis Star Why Was Intelligence on Iraq so Wrong? - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Kerry Biography: He's Risen Without Trace - M. Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times Willie Horton redux By Jay Bryant, townhall.com Terror tipoff halts flights to Dulles By Guy Taylor, THE WASHINGTON TIMES More cheating by Tehran – The Washington Times Editorial Budgets of Mass Destruction  By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, New York Times CHOOSING TO FORGET  By FREDERICK J. CHIAVENTONE, New York Post Our Basic Instincts Were Sound  By GarySchmitt, LA Times