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April 2004

4/28/2004

 

"Abort Bush"  - The activists at the March for Women's Lives take partisan shots--and extol the joys of abortion. By Erin Montgomery, The Daily Standard

EU vs. Hamas - Israel’s doing what so many other nations signed on to do.  By Joshua Muravchik, NRO

'But he hates Jews' By Marcus J. Goldman, Washington Times

N. Korea Weapons Estimate To Rise - Study to Cite Greater Nuclear CapabilitiesBy Glenn Kessler, Washington Post

WHEN TERROR COMES HOME By AMIR TAHERI, New York Post

When Kerry Snubs the UN By Joel Mowbray, FrontPageMagazine.com

Author of Homosexual Marriage Ruling is Under Fire, Won't Budge By Robert B. Bluey, CNSNews.com

Teachers battle NEA over politics By George Archibald, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Kerry's fatal flaw By Tony Blankley, townhall.com

Contradictions at the core of Kerry campaign By Jonah Goldberg, townhall.com

When Will Kerry Be Ready for Prime Time? - Richard Wolffe, Newsweek

The Torricelli Option: Will Dems Dump Kerry? - Hugh Hewitt, WorldNetDaily

BONUS!!

 

The Enemy's True Face - ArnoldAhlert, New York Post

Halting the New Hatred - George Voinovich & Gert Weisskirchen, Wash Post

Hillary to Arab paper: Bush endangers Mideast - 'Stubborn and arrogant' administration doesn't understand situation, WND

Who's Afraid of the Patriot Act? -  Bernie Sanders thinks the Patriot Act lets the government spy on you for the books you read. Think again. By Claudia Winkler, weeklystandard.com

4/27/2004

 

The U.N. Brings Trouble to Kosovo -  How two Americans died at the hands of their fellow U.N. police. By Stephen Schwartz, The Weekly Standard

Fight or Flight? - Will France stand up to terrorism this time?By Glen Feder, NRO

Kerry demands Bush prove Guard service By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press

Plea from a Marine in Iraq By Robert Nofsinger, FrontPageMagazine.com

Why Does Clinton Escape 9/11 Blame? By Joel Mowbray, townhall.com

John Kerry -- Jihadistan's great white hope... By Mark Alexander, townhall.com

John Kerry's Catholic problem By Cal Thomas, townhall.com

John Kerry's Quiet Collapse - John Podhoretz, New York Post

We Must Make Up Our Minds to Win, or Bring Our Soldiers Home - R. Peters

Padilla's Life and Times - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

George W. Bush, By the Book - John Leo, US News & World Report

Once More into the Screech By Jed Babbin, American Spectator

BONUS!!

 

John Adam Smith Kerry By Patrick Hynes, American Spectator

We’re F*****’ Feminists! - An angry gathering in Washington.  By Kathryn Jean Lopez, NRO

4/26/2004

 

Abandoned Brothers By Don Bendell, American Spectator

"I Will Go To The UN" - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

The UN is Not a Panacea for Iraq - Alan Philps, Daily Telegraph

Why the Race is Looking so Good for Bush - Howard Fineman, Newsweek

Rudy Giuliani For UN Ambassador - John Podhoretz, New York Post

Withdraw U.S. Troops From Iraq - Ralph Nader, USA Today

Seeing Only What They Want to See By Cliff May, Townhall.com

Bush's Real Environmental Record By Larry Elder, Townhall.com

Americans Respect Guts, Seriousness and Commitment - Peggy Noonan, WSJ

Who Is Al Hubbard? - A look at John Kerry’s old crowd.By William Overend, NRO

The Un-Kerry - Meet John O’Neill, the Vietnam vet who once debated John Kerry on The Dick Cavett Show.By Alexander Rose, NRO

Myth or Reality? - Will Iraq work? That’s up to us.By Victor Davis Hanson, NRO

BONUS!!

 

Discrepancies noted in Kerry's record - Ex-skipper says website wrong By Michael Kranish, Boston Globe

Videotape Contradicts John Kerry’s Own Statements Over Vietnam Medals By Brian Ross and Chris Vlasto, ABCNEWS.com

Democrats to Target Cheney - Attacks on Vice President Aimed at Eroding Confidence in BushBy Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, Washington Post

How North Vietnam Won The War By Grunt.com

Kerry Disclosure: Plenty More to Tell - Boston Herald

If You Do Not Defend Iraq, It Will Not Be Saved - Paul Bremer, CPA

The Strong Horse?  - Failing to stay the course in Iraq would be a provocation for bin Laden.BY JAMES SCHLESINGER

Wallowing in Nuance, Dems Lack Resolve - Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times

Bush & Kerry: Up Close and Impersonal - Michael McGough, Pittsburgh PG

Only Bush Can Save Europe - Mark Steyn, The Spectator

Saddam's WMD have been found - New evidence unveils chemical, biological, nuclear, ballistic arms By  WND.com

 

4/19/2004

 

The 9/11 Commission’s Credibility Is At Risk  By Paul Rosenzweig, townhall.com

Bush makes no mistake in responses By Kathleen Parker, townhall.com

Kerry assails Cheney, Rove on Vietnam - They 'went out of their way to avoid' service, candidate says By Dan Balz, Washington Post

Bush Pushes Renewal of Patriot Act  WASHINGTON (Reuters)

Foiled Al Qaeda Attackers Caught Red-Handed with WMDs newsmax.com

King Abdullah: Al Qaeda WMDs Came From Syria  newsmax.com

Najaf's residents rip radical cleric By Maria Cedrell,  SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Old realities  By George Will, townhall.com

Kicking Over the Chessboard - Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Realities Palestinians Don't Want to Face - Cragg Hines, Houston Chronicle

Gorelick role raised early By Charles Hurt, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Pro-life teachers angered by march By George Archibald, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

4/16/2004

 

Kerry Says Bush Manipulates Fear of Terror Attack By NEW YORK (Reuters)

Volcker Wants U.N. Backing for Oil-for-Food Probe  AP

Site hosts anti-Kerry TV-spot contest - Conservatives take cue from MoveOn.org, start media competition  worldnetdaily.com

George Bush Sees No "Right of Return" By Don Feder, FrontPageMagazine.com

Chirac's War for Oil By Jamie Glazov, FrontPageMagazine.com

Iraq is Not Vietnam - Charles Krauthammer, Houston Chronicle

Campaigning on Defeat - Fred Thompson, Washington Post

"Are We Winning?"....."Yes, Sir, No Doubt About It" - Oliver North, Townhall

Apologize for What? - Cal Thomas, Washington Times

Democrats Are Risking Political Damnation - Ronald Klain, Los Angeles Times

Iraq is another Vietnam  By Rich Lowry, townhall.com

Washington Prowler - Kean Interest By The Prowler

BONUS!!

 

Ambassador Carney to 9/11 Commission: Probe Sudan Offer  newsmax.com

Castro's Thugs Beat Official at U.N. newsmax.com

4/15/2004

 

NATIONAL DISGRACE  NY Post Editorial

Kerry faces questions over Purple Heart By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff

Ashcroft declassifies Gorelick wall memo. [PDF]

Kerry's missing war plan By Donald Lambro, The Washington Times

Martyrs in Vietnam By Daniele Capezzone and Matteo Mecacci, The Washington Times

The Bush press conference   Editorial, The Washington Times

A Wrong Turn, Chaos and a Rescue - Marines Battle for Hours to Save Crew of Personnel Carrier Set Afire in Grenade Attack  By Pamela Constable  Washington Post

NATIONAL DISGRACE, CONT'D  Editorial, Washington Post

JOHN KERRY, WAR HERO? Editorial, Washington Post

Jamie's Gotta Go By Jed Babbin, The American Spectator

Gorelick's Wall - Wall Street Journal

President Bush Gets Help From the Partisan Liberal Press - Peggy Noonan, WSJ

 BONUS!!

 

Thank You for Choosing United, Mr. bin Laden - Ann Coulter, Townhall

From Gaza to Baghdad - Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Will the Opposition Lead? - Paul Berman, New York Times

Misery loves Kerry  By Debra Saunders, townhall.com

The Irresponsible Party By Michael Reagan, FrontPageMagazine.com

The Wacky World of French Intellectuals By Laurent Murawiec , meforum.org

A Berkeley Prof's “Intifada” Against America By Jonathan Calt Harris, FrontPageMagazine.com

 

4/14/2004

 

Paper of Bias Gets It Wrong – Again By Joel Mowbray, FrontPageMagazine.com

WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TO HEAR  NY Post Editorial

Iraq Fuels Democracy By Jacob Laksin, The American Spectator

“When I Left, We Were Winning” The conventional wisdom re: Vietnam is deficient.  By Mackubin Thomas Owens, NRO

Bob Kerrey clarifies the liberal view of blacks and women By Dennis Prager, townhall.com

Text of Bush's Press Conference The Associated Press, Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Dems' Blame of President for 9/11 Attacks is Insolent - R. Robb, AZ Republic

Kerry's Boldface Names - William Safire, New York Times

Pessimists Should Hear Voices of Free Iraqis - R. Brookhiser, NY Observer

'Kill Rumsfeld' ad withdrawn By Charles Hurt, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

George Bush's Vietnam? By Stephen Schwartz, Tech Central Station

 

BONUS!!

 

Titanic irresponsibility By Thomas Sowell, townhall.com

Titanic irresponsibility: Part II  By Thomas Sowell, townhall.com

New York Times’ Bush Smear Campaign By Joel Mowbray, townhall.com

Kerry's War Wound Called 'Fingernail Scrape'  newsmax.com

4/13/2004

 

Pro-Life Group Unveils Findings of Planned Parenthood/Girl Scouts Probe By Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com

Protestors Demand Direct Voting Rights in Hong Kong  By Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com

Marines Find Evidence of Suicide Squads  -  Deserted Shed in Fallujah Suggests Careful Planning, Foreign Presence By PamelaConstable, Washington Post

Kerry Ignores Reproaches of Some Bishops By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, NY Times

Vietnam's Central Highlands in Lockdown By MARGIE MASON, AP

Ted offensive By Diana West, townhall.com

Tepid on terror By Donald Lambro, The Washington Times

HERE'S THE REAL SCANDAL  NY Post Editorial

Clarke book has errors about arrest of Ahmed Ressam By Mike Carter, Seattle Times

Our soldiers in Iraq aren't heroes  By ANDY ROONEY, Buffalo News

Pakistani Tells of North Korean Nuclear Devices By DAVID E. SANGER, NY Times

Iraq Isn't Vietnam-And Saying It Is Hurts U.S. Troops - Mort Kondracke, Roll Call

BONUS!!

 

The Fruits of Appeasement - Victor Davis Hanson, City Journal

Preventing 9-11: Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda - Thomas Carroll, Seattle Times

4/12/2004

 

Islam, Jihad and Our Jugular Vein By Doug Giles, townhall.com

In a parallel universe called 'what if.'  By Kathleen Parker, townhall.com

Terrorist chemical threat 'worse than suspected' By Mark Huband, FT.com

Election Scorecard By Christopher Ruddy, newsmax.com

Democracies Cannot Be Built Overnight - Barbara Amiel, Daily Telegraph

Deliberately Distorting the Aug. 6 PDB - John Podhoretz, New York Post

Only a Nation at War Can Properly Confront Terrorism - Louis Freeh, WSJ

Iran leader sees U.S. 'vulnerable' in Iraq  worldnetdaily.com

'Tax the Rich' Mantra Won't Get the Jobs - Amity Shlaes, Los Angeles Times

America-Bashing on the Rise - Suzanne Fields, Washington Times

Party of International Passivity - What good are the Democrats?By Adam Wolfson, NRO

Holding Us Hostage - Speaking their language.  By James S. Robbin, NRO

4/9/2004

 

Kerry's New Hate-America Man By Shawn Macomber, FrontPageMagazine.com

Deliver us from Democrats By Ann Coulter, townhall.com

Kerry and Kennedy By Emmett Tyrrell, townhall.com

"Outsourcing" -- For Real  By Lawrence Henry, American Spectator

Grading Bush By Daniel J. Mitchell, The Washington Times

Western Cannibalism - Eating each other while our enemies smile By Victor David Hanson, NRO

Senator Kennedy, Iraq Is No Vietnam - And Vietnam wasn’t what you think it was By Mackubin Thomas Owens

The Way We Were - What the 20-20 commission won’t get at.  By James S. Robbins, NRO

The Truth Hurts - John Podhoretz, New York Post

The War on Terror is Here and Now. In Iraq - Ralph Peters, New York Post

We’re at War. Has America Forgotten? - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

Rice on the Record - Wall Street Journal

4/8/2004

 

Murdoch backs Bush and wants troops to stay  -  AAP

Kerry: Iraq a Great Failure of Judgment - AP

Iran, Hezbollah support al-Sadr By Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A chafing social bind in Germany By Benjamin P. Tyree, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Terror war destiny By Paul Greenberg, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Kerry hires online chief from MoveOn - Bush camp cries foul From John Mercurio, CNN

Kerry, Bush Campaigns Trade Barbs Over Deficit By Ronald Brownstein and Maria L. La Ganga,  LA Times Staff Writers

Leadership, front and center By William F. Buckley, townhall.com

Kennedy Dodges Questions on Judicial 'Memogate' CNSNews.com

Democrats split on Iraq after rise in violence By Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Iran to Build Reactor That Can Produce Plutonium Associated Press

Richard Clarke is Wrong About Iraq - Bob Kerrey, Wall Street Journal

BONUS!!

 

Fallujah Islamo-Fascists Meet The Marines - AustinBay, Strategy Page

Jobless Recovery May Not Have Been Jobless - Michael Barone, US News & WR

Nixon-Bush Equation Simply Doesn't Add Up - Collin Levey, Seattle Times

Powell's Frustration - Washington Times

4/7/2004

 

DIM-WITTED FANATIC SPEWS VILE MESSAGE OF VIOLENCE By ANDY GELLER, NY Post

Marines Battle Enemy Fighters in Fallujah ByPamelaConstable, Washington Post

China Stamps Its Authority on Hong Kong By Edward Cody and Philip P. Pan,Washington Post

Kerry: Raise the gas tax   Editorial, Washington Times

The pre-emptive strike By Brendan Conway, Washington Times

Liberals Will Run New Ad Before Condoleezza Rice Testifies By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com

Bodies of Evidence -  Mass graves will show that the United States was justified in liberating Iraq. By Terry Eastland, The Weekly Standard

Clinton, aides cast shadow over anti-Bush campaigns By Scott Shepard, COX NEWS SERVICE

How Many Jobs Have Really Been Lost Since March 2001? - Tim Kane, NY Times

Kennedy's Canard - New York Post

A War President's Mission - George Will, New York Post

Bush Fights Back, Defends Iraq War By Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com

BONUS!!

 

Panel to reconsider Clarke statements By James G. Lakely, THE WASHINGTON TIME

No WMD's In Iraq? By Douglas Hanson, AmericanThinker.com

Kerry and the Communists By Cliff Kincaid, AIM.org

Begging for Rebuke - John Kerry’s dubious Catholicism.By Carson Holloway, NRO

4/6/2004

 

Democrats Cheer Falluja Outrage By PowerLineBlog.com, PowerLineBlog.com

Al Qaeda absent from final Clinton Report By James G. Lakely, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Kerry's Crash Continues - Dick Morris, New York Post

A Necessary Fight in Iraq - Washington Post

Why No Christian Suicide Bombers? - Dennis Prager, Townhall

An Archbishop Tells the Truth About Islam By Val MacQueen, FrontPageMagazine.com

France Rounds Up Terror Suspects By Eva Cahen, CNSNews.com

Who pays the taxes? By Bruce Bartlett, townhall.com

President Bush's secret weapon By Cal Thomas, townhall.com

Christian majority awaits Supreme Court decision about 'under God' Phyllis Schlafly, townhall.com

Integrating Augusta National No Longer Martha Burk's Top Goal By David Thibault, CNSNews.com

Keep U.N. Justice Out of the U.S. By William J. Watkins, Jr. The American Spectator

BONUS!!

 

Terror’s Broken Promises By Jacob Laksin, The American Spectator

Blame the Bishops By George Neumayr, The American Spectator

4/4/2004

 

The Only Thing Faltering With Economy is Media Objectivity - J. Kelly, Pitt PG

Daschle's Duplicity on Judges - New York Post

Europe's Spreading Distemper - Jim Hoagland, Washington Post

Deleting 'Under God' Poses Dangers - Thomas Bray, Detroit News

No Lie: Kerry's Just a Wannabe - Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times

KERRY AND THE CARIBOU  NY Post Editorial

Not A Diversion - From the April 12 / April 19, 2004 issue: The war in Iraq has advanced the campaign against bin Ladenism. By Reuel Marc Gerecht

Boston's Democratic convention a quagmire By Jennifer Peter, Associated Press

Protests Unleashed by Cleric Mark a New Front in War By Anthony Shadid and Sewell Chan, Washington Post

Why I joined the N.R.A. By Mike S. Adams, townhall.com

Kerry voters may suffer buyers' remorse By Paul Crespo, townhall.com

Action is better than inaction By Diana West, townhall.com

BONUS!!

 

A World Obsessed With Arab Anger - Craig Weiss, ArizonaRepublic

The Lesson of Mogadishu - Mark Bowden, Wall Street Journal

4/3/2004

 

Syria Wants to Come In From the Cold By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com

Second Ad Demands Answers From Senate Judiciary Democrats By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com

Scoutophobic San Diego By Harold Johnson & Mark S. Pulliam, The American Spectator

Healing the poll wounds By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., Washington Times

Clarke's blabbering By Charles Krauthammer, townhall.com

How Saddam Bribed the UN, By Newt Gingrich, American Enterprise Institute, Frontpagemagazine.com

Judge quizzes doctor whether a baby ever cries during an abortion By LARRY NEUMEISTER, AP

Attacks shock Iraqis By Betsy Hiel, Tribune-Review

Kerry's Job Crisis - John Podhoretz, New York Post

Welfare Reform Works. Ted Kennedy Wants to Kill It - Wall Street Journal

 Dems Go Soft - Washington Times

Tolerating Casualties, From the Top Down - LawrenceKaplan, Washington Post

BONUS!!

 

Before 9/11 We Had a 'Problem', Today We Have a War - Daniel Henninger, WSJ

Hamas Leaders' Own Kids Deprived of Their Virgins - I. Seamans, Miami Herald

Bold Bush Versus Scary Kerry By Doug Giles, townhall.com

Jobless recovery? Try again By Larry Kudlow, townhall.com

Kerry's CAFE  - John Kerry talks about being the champion of the American worker. Auto-industry workers should look at his record. By Trent Wisecup, The Weekly Standard

Manila Folder - From the April 12 / April 19, 2004 issue: John Kerry's 1986 wimp-out in the Philippines. By P.J. O'Rourke, The Weekly Standard

Germans protest gov't welfare state cuts By Geir Moulson, Associated Press

Troops Wait Eagerly to Reenter Fallouja - Marines are determined to 'clean up' the Iraqi city where four Americans were slain. By Tony Perry and Edmund Sanders,  LA Times