Saturday, April 30, 2005

The Lion at the Gate by Steven Hayward

The Lion at the Gate by Steven Hayward:
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
President Reagan, at the Brandenburg Gate,
West Berlin, June 12, 1987

Most of his senior aides didn't want him to say it. Indeed, they tried repeatedly to talk him out of it. You'll embarrass your host, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. You''ll anger and provoke Mikhail Gorbachev, with whom you've just started making progress on arms control. You'll whip up false hope among East Germans - for surely the Berlin Wall isn't coming down any time soon. Besides, Germans have grown used to the Wall. The ultimate reason: You'll look na�ve and foolish, Mr. President.

The Independent Institute

The Independent Institute

The Dole Institute

Welcome to the Dole Institute

Common Dreams | News & Views

Common Dreams | News & Views

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Reagan, Bush, and Taxes: Andrew E. Busch

Reagan, Bush, and Taxes by Andrew E. Busch

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Be Not Afraid: He Wasn't: Steven Hayward

Be Not Afraid: He Wasn't by Steven Hayward

Ronald Reagan, Hedgehog by Mackubin T. Owens

Ronald Reagan, Hedgehog by Mackubin T. Owens

The American Thinker

If you like to find thoughtful discourse on the web, try this site: The American Thinker. Here is the site introduction on The American Thinker's home page:

The American Thinker is devoted to the thoughtful exploration of issues of importance to Americans. Contributors are accomplished in fields beyond journalism, and animated to write for the general public out of concern for the complex and morally significant questions on the national agenda.

There is no limit to the topics appearing on The American Thinker. National security in all its dimensions, strategic, economic, diplomatic, and military is emphasized. The right to exist, and the survival of the State of Israel are of great importance to us. Business, science, technology, medicine, management, and economics in their practical and ethical dimensions are also emphasized, as is the state of American culture.

Monday, April 18, 2005

Success

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a little bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

View from Lebanon

"Politics is a contact sport."

- Publisher of an English language newspaper in Lebanon.