BIRD'S EYE Test of a Lifetime
By Karl Zinsmeister
We must prove the bin Ladens of the world wrong in their belief that modern living has evaporated our strength and discipline and courage.
SIDELIGHTS News Scraps
By Brandon Bosworth
Flag fights. TV contraception. Armed in Fort Collins. Whale-eaters. Socialist tax cuts. Your euro not my euro.
SCAN Short News and Commentary
Fight terror: Drill for oil in America. Parchment defense. Don't count on Muslim friendship. Executing justice. Hollywood turnaround? Opening space. What a thoughtful terrorist.
TWO VIEWS Time to Bring Back the Draft?
We need bolstered security in airports, along our borders, on coastal patrols, and elsewhere. Time for a new twenty-first century draft? Charles Moskos debates Lawrence Korb.
"LIVE" WITH TAE Josiah Bunting
Josiah Bunting III, superintendent of VMI, classical pianist, and novelist discusses the current mood on campus, the importance of character and leadership training, and the poinson of today's runaway credentialism.
ENTERPRISING Air Terror Saves Amtrak?
By Ryan Sager
Like an old, pathetic gambler, Amtrak constantly claims it is this close to turning things around - with just a little more money.
BOOK TALK Reviews of New Books
Blake Hurst - The World is Not for Sale, by Jose Bove and Francois Dufour * Kevin Hassett - Toward Rational Exuberance, by B. Mark Smith * Jesse Walker - Omon Ra, by Victor Pelevin, translated by Andrew Bromfield
DIGEST Summaries of Important Research
Must Latinos always be Democrats? Psychologically unbalanced. Teacher merit pay gets a tryout. The Fidel-clone in Venezuela.
THE MAIL Reader Responses
It's urgent now: Reorganize ourmilitary. IBM's nto dead. You can't win if you're not willing to lose. The mess on Indian rservations. Send energy to Congress.
Feature articles
We'll Win This War
By Michael A. Ledeen
The United States is very good at fighting revolutions. We need to press for one now.
Why They Hate Us
By Karina Rollins, Hillel Fradkin, David Wurmser
It's a fundamental moral clash, observes Karina Rollins. Muslims pine for the glories of their past, explains Hillel Fradkin. Islamic extremists are on a roll, warns David Wurmser.
Citizen Soldiers
By Eli Lehrer
After September 11, TAE spent time with Israeli security forces to study the state of the art in anti-terrorism. A firsthand report.
Reviving the Assassination Option
By David Silverstein
America has assassinated dangerous enemies in the past. Today that may be once again the most humane way to eradicate terror without harming innocents as well.
Suicide Soldiering Through the Ages
By Matthew Stevenson
Suicide warfare is rare but hardly unknown. A review of this disturbing mode of battle across recent history.
Tighten America's Borders
By Steven Camarota and Steven Emerson
Terror groups are manipulating our openness and actually basing many operations right in our homeland. Entry to America is a prvilege, not a right - and here are better ways to police it.
Walking the Tightrope
By Deroy Murdock
Keep a lid on government bloat during the terror war, else we wake up some day in a state we don't like.
