Commentary - America's Future

By Susanna Dokupil • Feb 08,2004

Atlas Shrugged: An American apocalyptic tale

Is Ayn Rand's classic, Atlas Shrugged, founded on the use of traditional Christian apocalyptic archetypes?

By Nikos A. Leverenz • Feb 02,2004

Reagan 2004

This year marks the tenth anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s heartfelt letter disclosing the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Reagan will enter his 93rd year on February 6. For him, that day...

By James N. Markels • Feb 02,2004

A life sentence for immigrants

In the way that water in a bucket will surely discover any cracks or holes, people have an uncanny knack for finding cracks in the law. As much as we’d...

By David Freddoso • Jan 25,2004

Feeding the sharks

There was room for doubt after the narrow 2000 election, but there was none after 2002. President Bush took firm control of Washington, his popularity decisive in establishing Republican control...

By Christopher Kilmer • Jan 25,2004

Gephardt puts away his disco shoes

Dick Gephardt's loss in Iowa spells the death Democrats' blind allegiance to big labor and its ugly stepsister, anti-free trade protectionism.

By David Donadio • Jan 23,2004

Obama pulls the trigger in Pakistan

Hope and change for the U.S., Munir Ahmad of the AP reports, but not for al-Qaeda: Missiles fired from a suspected U.S. spy plane killed 10 people Friday in Pakistan...