WHAT WAR HAS WROUGHT

Anthrax I could put up with, an “emergency alert” every 24 hours now seems like normal everyday life, but there is one aspect of the new era that is utterly intolerable: Alan Dershowitz in wartime. The man who was once so vaingloriously solicitous of our “civil rights,” a self-described “civil libertarian,” is now proposing a … Continue reading “WHAT WAR HAS WROUGHT”

Defending Peacetime

You might not think that peace and prosperity would need defending against the pervasive sacrifice and death that characterize war and conflict. To assume that most people, especially public intellectuals, would prefer peace to widespread devastation, however, would be to make a mistake. There are certain sectors of American intellectual life – spread sometimes surprisingly … Continue reading “Defending Peacetime”

Preventing Future Terrorism

How can we prevent future terrorist attacks? The first step is a foreign policy that rests on a simple principle: We’re prepared to defend ourselves, but we threaten no one. Such a foreign policy should have four elements. 1. Noninterference Our government should never interfere in other countries’ disputes, never arm foreign governments, and never … Continue reading “Preventing Future Terrorism”