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December 2004

12-16-2004 War In Iraq The Defense Secretary We Have - William Kristol, Washington Post What the Media Got Wrong About Spc. Wilson and Rumsfeld - J. Guardiano, WSJ Iraq Through Iraqis' Eyes - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe "Voices of Iraq" War on Terrorism WND shuts down Hamas websites - Inquiries prompt major clampdown on terror group's U.S.-hosted pages WND U.S. Muslim event hails Khomeini - Mainstream figures speak at 'tribute to the great Islamic visionary' By Art Moore, WND Terror detainees win Lords appeal BBC "Islamophobia" and the Reality of Islamic Terror By Robert Spencer, FrontPageMagazine.com Media The Year of the Blog - An anti-Christian hit piece lets Newsweek become the latest big media organization to be debunked by the blogosphere. By Hugh Hewitt, Weekly Standard Media -- covering the war, or making news? By Larry Elder, townhall.com America’s Enemies Don’t Play "Misty" for Me By Jed Babbin, American Specataor San Francisco supervisors propose sweeping gun ban By ISA LEFF, Associated Press Cheating suspected in vote By Ralph Z. Hallow, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Schools prohibit Christmas colors - District targeted with lawsuit after officials require white-only supplies for 'winter' party By Ron Strom, WorldNetDaily.com Death of the Democratic Party Democrats Puzzle Over How to "Manipulate Symbols" - Peggy Noonan, WSJ Next Four Years Lawsuit Reform a Bush Priority - President Seeks to Limit Class-Action, Malpractice Cases By Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post Climate Summit Global Warming Is A Human Rights Violation, Activists Say By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com UN Climate Conference Shuts Up Reporter Asking About Science By Marc Morano, CNSNews.com Stories of Interest Europe Has Some Serious Problems - Jonah Goldberg, Townhall

12-14-2004 War In Iraq Creating a Constitution For and By Iraqis - Jonathan Morrow, Los Angeles Times Bush Right to Stand Firm on Iraqi Election Date - Dante Chinni, CS Monitor Death of the Democratic Party Empty Chair: The DNC Can't Change the Party - Chris Suellentrop, Slate Progressive Oxymorons ﾠ By Christopher Orlet, American Spectator Media CBS Awaits Scolding for Rather-gate, NY Times Skates By Nathan Burchfiel and David Thibault, CNSNews.com Death of the Democratic Party Friendly Advice For the Democrats - Mark Shields, Creators The Cultural Ignorance of the Left - Alan Aker, Rapid City Journal War on American Values ACLU planning lawsuit over 'intelligent design'  - School district requiring students to learn about alternatives to theory of evolution WND Rein in the ACLU By Phil Kent, Washington Times Climate Summit Study Claiming Rapid Arctic Ice Melt Refuted at Climate Summit By Marc Morano, CNSNews.com 'Ignore Global Warming,' Says Former Greenpeace Member By Marc Morano, CNSNews.com Stories of Interest The new whine from sour grapes By Suzanne Fields, townhall.com

12-13-2004 War On Terror Islamic terror based on Quﾒran: ex-CIA official By SHELDON KIRSHNER, CJN The Trojan Horse of Wahhabism By Stephen Schwartz, Tech Central Station War In Iraq How Hard Is It to Figure Out Which Side to Be On in Iraq? - Tom Friedman, NYT The Big Picture in Iraq - Frederick Chiaventone, New York Post Iraqi Elections a Test of American Faith - Kathleen Parker, Orlando Sentinel Europe’s Future From this writerﾒs masterly analysis it is clear that Europe is finished By Melanie Phillips NEW FRONTIERS IN DEFENCE: BETWEEN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTINENTAL POLICING By New Frontiers Foundation Rise of Islamofacists Is it only Mr Bean who resists this new religious intolerance? By Charles Moore, Telegraph Death of the Democratic Party The Stories Liberals Tell - Colin McNickle, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review UN A Devil's Brew at the U.N. - Mortimer Zuckerman, US News & World Report US Reportedly Favors Australian As Next IAEA Chief By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com China EU dispute as China arms ban stays in force By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels, Telegraph We Ignore China's Growing Power At Our Peril - Mark Helprin, Wall St. Journal

12-11-2004 War On Terror 'Madrid attack' averted in London BBC The Ents of Europe - Strange rumblings on the continent. By Victor Davis Hanson, NRO War In Iraq Scary Surprises In Mosul - David Ignatius, Washington Post UN The coalition of the crooked and unfree?-Chrenkoff Just scrap it and start over By Oliver North, townhall.com Europe’s Immigrant Problem Europe's failed multiculturalism By Claude Salhani, Washington Times Death of the Democratic Party Sen. Reid's remarks Editorial, Washington Times MoveOn to Democratic Party: 'We Own It'   By SAM HANANEL, Associated Press Minority Party Still Ducks Basic Problem - Peter Brown, Orlando Sentinel The Democrats’ Declaration of Independence - By George Neumayr, American Spectator Next Four Years President reaches out to willing Democrats By Bill Sammon, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Media PRESS PILE-ON  BY DOUGLAS MACKINNON, NY Post The War On America’s Morals School censors Christmas from student performance - But superintendent leaves references to Hanukkah, Kwanzaa WND Stories of Interest Of mice, men and in-between - Scientists debate blending of human, animal forms By Rick Weiss, Washington Post

12-09-2004 War On Terror Egypt Trying To Prepare Arab Public for Better Relations With Israel By Julie Stahl, CNSNews.com Leftist Lies about Gitmo By Charlie Daniels, FrontPageMagazine.com War In Iraq Rumsfeld Grilled By Soldiers? By Stl Missick UN The U.N. vs. Iraq ﾠ By Jed Babbin, American Spectator Condiﾒs First Test: The Oil-for-Food Scandal By Joel Mowbray, townhall.com U.S. out of U.N. - now! By Cal Thomas, townhall.com Immigration Judge to rule on blocking Arizona illegals initiative By Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Death of the Democratic Party Obscure Minority ﾠ By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., American Spectator The New and Improved Racism By Ann Coulter, FrontPageMagazine.com 2004 Election (Yet Again!) Jesse Jackson: 2004 Election 'Ain't Over' By Marc Morano, CNSNews.com Threats to America International Law Targets American Sovereignty - The ICRC report is just the latest use of a wolf in sheepﾒs clothing. By Andrew McCarthy, NRO The War On America’s Morals Battle over God in U.S. history class Cupertino teacher sues to tell role of Christianity By Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle Dickens classic too religious for school - Principal cancels dramatization of 'A Christmas Carol' WND Stories of Interest Giving Couple Hits the Jackpot and Keeps on Giving By Dawn Rizzoni, CNSNews.com

12-08-2004 War On Terror Subtle Signs of Positive Change - Jim Hoagland, Washington Post War In Iraq The New Seriousness - How to read the Bush administration's commitment to Iraq. By Tom Donnelly, Weekly Standard UN House Republicans call for Annan to step down By Amy Fagan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Ukraine Snag in Deal Among Ukraine Political Foes By NATASHA LISOVA, Associated Press Writer Plot to assassinate candidate confirmed - Doctors: Ukraine's Yushchenko victim of bio or chemical agent WND Rise of Islamofacists WHAT 'FUELED' THE SAUDI RAID By AMIR TAHERI, NY Post Nation Slap at Thomas Stinks of Racism - Zev Chafets, NY Daily News Next Four Years DUBYA: A RUTHLESS, ELEGANT PRESIDENT By John Podhoretz, NY Post The greedy AARP By Rich Lowry, townhall.com With Bush at Table, Count on Big Bets - Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal The War On America’s Morals Suit targets fed cash for faith-based kids group By Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic Stories of Interest Unmarried gay couples lose health benefits By Kimberly Blanton, Globe Staff   Will China Steadily Eclipse America? - Dan Simpson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

12-07-2004 War On Terror Outside the Geneva Conventions - Ted Lapkin, Sydney Morning Herald America Still Vulnerable - Graham Allison, Baltimore Sun War In Iraq The Frustrated Archbishop - A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq. BY ARTHUR CHRENKOFF, WSJ UN Kofi must go Canadian National Post Congress May Block UN Budget Over Oil-for-Food Probe By Jeff Johnson, CNSNews.com Rise of Islamofacists France Moves to End Hizballah TV's Hate Broadcasts By Eva Cahen, CNSNews.com Palestinian candidate supports talks, violence By Dan Ephron,  Boston Globe Death of the Democratic Party Why Democrats Will Continue Losing the 'Moral Values' Vote By Sterling Rome, CNSNews.com 2004 Election An election day secret By Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe Nation Civil rights panel gets new chief By Steve Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Illegal aliens cost California billions By Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Next Four Years Spending Political Capital - Tod Lindberg, Washington Times The War On America’s Morals Muscular Christians Flex Their Muscles By S. T. Karnick, American Spectator A Question of Faith for a Holiday Parade By KIRK JOHNSON, NY Times Stories of Intrest Essay Claiming 'Scientific Consensus' for Global Warming is Ridiculed By Marc Morano, CNSNews.com

12-06-2004 War On Terror Watchdog 'bowed to pressure from Iran' on bomb materials By Damien McElroy, Telegraph Iran Says It's Not Obliged to Give Inspectors Access to Military Sites By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com Prosecuting Preachers of Hate By Erick Stakelbeck, FrontPageMagazine.com MEDIA Why does the media lie about Powellﾒs speech to the UN? By Joel Mowbray, townhall.com Leaving the hall of mirrors By Caroline B. Glick, townhall.com Wither The Mainstream Media? - William Bennett, RealClearPolitics War In Iraq The Iraq Promise - The sounds emanating from the Middle East are the sounds, faint but unmistakable, of the ice cracking. By William Kristol, Weekly Standard A Misleading Portrait of Iraq's Coming Election By Scott Hogenson, CNSNews.com Generals See Gains From Iraq Offensives Insurgents Expected To Adopt New Tactics By Bradley Graham, Washington Post Moral Case Lacking in Antiwar Cry - Cathy Young, Boston Globe Ukraine Let My People Go - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times Putin's 'Chicken Kiev' - William Safire, New York Times Rise of Islamofacists Stoned to death... why Europe is starting to lose its faith in Islam By Charles Bremner, Times Election 2004 Baby Gap: Birthrates & the Electoral Map - Steve Sailer, American Conservative Ohio Papers Getting Nowhere on Vote Fraud Allegations By Joe Strupp, Yahoo Next Four Years They Still Haven't Figured Him Out - Bush's unexpected qualities. By Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard Two set for civil rights panel By Steve Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Reid: Democrats Will Fight on Key Issues By Rick Weiss, Washington Post The War On America’s Morals Pro-choicers told to rethink By Julia Duin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Boy Scouts in danger in Portland! By Tom Zeiger, WND Threats to America How to End the Iraq War - The anti-war movement can force the Bush administration to leave Iraq by denying it the funding, troops, and alliances necessary to its strategy for dominance. By Tom Hayden, AlterNet Fifth Column General: Tom Hayden's Plan to Defeat America in Iraq By John Seward, FrontPageMagazine.com Stories of Intrest Dutch Descend Into Barbarism - Dave Kopel, Rocky Mountain News Seniors organization digs in for fight over private Social Security accounts - AARP opposes plan By Jim Drinkard, USA TODAY  HillaryCare in Tennessee - The disaster that might have been for the entire country. WSJ

12-04-2004 War On Terror Tenet calls for Internet security By Shaun Waterman, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Kerik Named to Lead Homeland Security By DEB RIECHMANN, AP White Muslim - From L.A. to New York to . . . jihad? By Brendan Bernhard, LA Weekly China Grumbles Over US Sanctions on Firms Selling Weapons Know-How to Iran By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com How Far Weﾒve Come - Letﾒs not forget. By Victor Davis Hanson, NRO The Islamization of Europe? By David Pryce-Jones, Commentary The Violin and the Guitar By Frimet Roth, Israeli Insider MEDIA Hate TV ﾠ By Shawn Macomber,  American Spectator Tom Paine, but no pajamas By Suzanne Fields, townhall.com The big change in the news By Paul Greenberg, townhall.com Don't Expect the Government to Be a V-Chip - Michael Powell, New York Times War In Iraq Islam and Freedom - James Wilson, Commentary Ukraine Election The battle over Ukraine By Charles Krauthammer, townhall.com We Will Lead Our People to a Legitimate Victory - Victor Yushchenko, WSJ Global Power Fault Line - Austin Bay, Washington Times Ukraine Supreme Court Declares Election Invalid Rueters U.N. – A Failed Organization Most nations back Annan in oil-for-food scandal BY EDITH M. LEDERER, Chicago Sun Times How Close Was Kojo Annan to Oil-for-Food? Fox News Shake-up at the U.N.? By Joel Mowbray,  Washington Times U.N. worker accused of genocide in Rwanda - Formal charges were dropped, but questions remain By Lisa Myers & the NBC investigative unit Death of the Democratic Party Frost in Orlando ﾠ By The Prowler, American Spectator Anti-Abortion Dems Seek Better Seat at Table Fox News NO MORE MOORE! By Jim Geraghty, NRO Republican Party A hammer with a heart By Mona Charen, townhall.com The War On America’s Morals Conservatives Hit Waxman for Report Blasting Abstinence-Only Sex Ed By Erin Brezsnyak,  CNSNews.com Schools barred from telling parents of abortion - California AG says leaving campus for certain services confidential WND Policy aimed at Scouts By Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Meet the Newest Member of the Faculty - Roger Kimball, Wall St. Journal Threats to America China tests ballistic missile submarine By Bill Gertz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Interesting Stories The Diary of the "Angel of Death" - E. Wiedemann & J. Glüsing, Der Spiegel

12-03-2004 War On Terror When It's OK to Hate- Shmuley Boteach, Jerusalem Post "Trust, But Verify" Never More True - Seattle Times U.S. told of Iranian effort to create nuclear warhead By Bill Gertz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Iran making missiles that could hit Europe ﾖexiles Reuters Eye of the Storm: What if it's not Israel they loathe? By AMIR TAHERI, Jerusalem Post Diplomats: U.N. Lacks Right to Inspect Sites in Iran By Louis Charbonneau, Rueters 200 pledge willingness to carry out suicide attacks against Americans, Israelis By NASSER KARIMI, AP MEDIA The Education of Dan Rather - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal You Can Blog, but You Can't Hide - Eugene Volokh, New York Times War In Iraq Biased coverage in Iraq By Helle Dale, townhall.com Ukraine Election 6 Questions For Critics of Ukraine's Revolution - Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian U.N. – A Failed Organization Calls for Annan to Quit Put UN on Defensive By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com A U.N. Prodigy ﾠ By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., American Spectator Chirac and Schroeder back embattled Annan AFP Bush Calls for Full U.N. Oil-For-Food Probe Rueters Death of the Democratic Party The Center for Constitutional Rights Has Germany Investigate America By Stephen Brown, FrontPageMagazine.com Don't look now -- but Bush is uniting the country By Larry Elde, townhall.com AN ARGUMENT FOR A NEW LIBERALISM.  - A Fighting Faith,  By Peter Beinart The War On America’s Morals Christmastime event is no-Christian zone - Santa, 'holy homosexuals' OK for parade, but no floats with direct religious themes By Joe Kovacs,  WorldNetDaily.com In defense of the Scouts Editorial, Washington Times A lesson for the liberal elite By Bernard Moon, Boston Globe Interesting Stories Meteorologist Likens Fear of Global Warming to 'Religious Belief' By Marc Morano, CNSNews.com Death by Committee - What the Groningen Protocol says about our world, and where it might lead next. By Hugh Hewitt, Weeky Standard RED CROSSUP Editorial, NY Post Nearly Half of Britons Unaware of Auschwitz ﾖPoll By Jeffrey Goldfarb, Rueters

12-02-2004 War On Terror Ridge Resigns As Homeland Security Chief AP Pentagon, analysts hit anti-U.S. bias at Red Cross By Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Israeli envoy says Iran trying to foil peace prospects By Barbara Slavin, USA TODAY  Tehran's Triumph - Europe and the U.N. bless Iran's march toward a nuclear weapon. Editorial, WSJ Kowtowing to Tehran Editorial, Washington Times One More Round on Iran's Nukes Editorial, NY Times Safe for mullocracy Opinion, Jerusalem Post MEDIA Theft of Academic Freedom Issue at Yale By Sarah Mishkin, YaleDailyNews.com Rather's Ruin By Chris Weinkopf, American Enterprise Our Universities At Work Columbia University's Hysterical Professor By Daniel Pipes, FrontPageMagazine.com Judges Ambush Military Recruiters ﾠ By Jeremie Arthur, American Spectator War In Iraq The Fourth Election - William Safire, New York Times So You Support the Troops? - Russ Vaughn, The American Thinker Ukraine Election Ukraine Mulls New Elections to End Political Crisis By Sergei Blagov, CNSNews.com Media Has Fallen for Propaganda of US Stooges in Ukraine - J. Laughland, SMH The Freedom Haters - Anne Applebaum, Washington Post When is a Mob Good? When It's Ours, Of Course - S. Jenkins, Times of London Ukraine Parliament Votes to Sack Government By Elizabeth Piper, Reuters Ukraine Rivals Reach Compromise Deal By ALEKSANDAR VASOVIC, Associated Press U.N. – A Failed Organization To Save the U.N., Cut the Dues - Dick Morris, The Hill Death of the Democratic Party Religion, Politics, and the New Obtuseness - Liberals in a tizzy over religious voters and Bush's reelection need a refresher course on the American tradition of religious expression in the political arena. By Claudia Winkler, NRO Democrats Must Make Changes - Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics Dems Must Oppose Bushﾒs Imperial Conquests - Nicholas von Hoffman, NY Obsvr Next 4 Years Greenspan is the man to reform Social Security By George Will, townhall.com A New Index for Social Security - John Kasich, New York Times Defense of our Borders What part of 'enforcement' don't they understand? By Michelle Malkin, townhall.com The War On America A Moral School's Carol Rule for the Grinch? Fox News Macy's stores boycotted for replacing 'Christmas' - Effort punishes 'Miracle on 34th Street' icon, claims chain offending millions of customers WND Attack on decency By Walter E. Williams, townhall.com A broken window into civilization By Kathleen Parker, townhall.com

12-01-2004 War On Terror Terrorism is Terrorism, UN Reform Panel Says By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com Iran hails UN nuclear 'victory' - A top Iranian official has claimed a "great victory" over the US after the UN said it would not punish Iran's nuclear activities with sanctions. BBC Nuclear Agency Praises Iran IAEA Supports Arms Pact, Won't Seek Sanctions By Dafna Linzer, Washington Post Holland: Trouble in a Multiculturalist Utopia By Michael Radu, FrontPageMagazine.com Expert: Massive WMD attack 'inevitable' - Yossef Bodansky says U.S. losing war on terrorism WND Cleric 'had jihad notebook' By Trudy Harris, The Austrailian Rise of Islamo-Facists Islamic protest forces cancellation of Bangladeshi women's swimming contest AFP War In Iraq Attacks on Troops Plummet After Fallujah Rout newsmax.com Don't Postpone Elections in Iraq - Washington Post Delay in Elections Gains Iraq Nothing - Amir Taheri, New York Post Telling the Fallujah Story to the World Ukraine Election The problem is Putin By George Will, townhall.com Ukraine Opposition Ends Compromise Talks By NATASHA LISOVA, AP U.N. – A Failed Organization Kofi Annan Must Go By NORM COLEMAN, WJS Fatal Failure - The U.N. wonﾒt recognize the connection between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. By Anne Bayefsky, NRO Death of the Democratic Party The Grassroots Can Save Democrats - Joe Trippi, Wall Street Journal Next 4 Years Civil rights leaders urge close study of Gonzales By Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES ACLU War on America Senate GOP eyes counter punches to aid Boy Scouts By Amy Fagan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Interesting Stories Netherlands Hospital Euthanizes Babies By TOBY STERLING, AP