| 151 | Just War Preview: In an age of terrorism, guerilla and total warfare the medieval doctrine of Just War needs to be re-defined. Moreover, issues of legitimacy, efficacy and morality should not be confused. Legitimacy is conferred by institutions. Not all morally justified wars are, therefore, automatically legitimate. Frequently the efficient execution of a battle p... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 152 | The Inverted Saint - Hitler Preview: "My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded only by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God's truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter. In boundless love as a Christian and as ... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 153 | The Roots of Anti-Americanism Preview: The United States is one of the last remaining land empires. That it is made the butt of opprobrium and odium is hardly surprising, or unprecedented. Empires - Rome, the British, the Ottomans - were always targeted by the disgruntled, the disenfranchised and the dispossessed and by their self-appointed delegates, the intelligentsia. Yet, even by ... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 154 | Fascism - The Tensile Permanence Preview: Nazism - and, by extension, fascism (though the two are by no means identical) - amounted to permanent revolutionary civil wars. Fascist movements were founded, inter alia, on negations and on the militarization of politics. Their raison d'etre and vigor were derived from their rabid opposition to liberalism, communism, conservatism, rationalism, ... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 12 October,2003 |
| 155 | Redefining Insurance Fraud: On Managed Care Preview: Want to hear MY definitions of "insurance fraud”? I'll tell you anyway. Insurance fraud is when an HMO sells you a policy at an exorbitant rate and then finds all manner of ways to frustrate your pursuit of benefits. Insurance fraud is when an HMO impedes access to procedures and specialists by requiring further "review" or "investigation.” ... (more) Published By: Robert Levin Submitted: 19 October,2003 |
| 156 | M.A.D. About Nukes Preview: Every living person and every one to come has the right to have and use any weapon that may be used against them. The only way to prevent pre emptive strikes is for opponents to agree to a simultaneous strike, which seldom happens. Who doubts that the defense policy of Mutually Assured Destruction prevented war between the Soviet Union/Russia and... (more) Published By: Ed Howes Submitted: 19 October,2003 |
| 157 | The Ironies Of MASH Preview: The TV show MASH ran for 11 years taking nearly every opportunity to bash the US involvement with the Korean War, which was actually an allegory for Vietnam. Many episodes showed a moral relativism between the US side and the communists, the doctors(with the exception of Frank Burns) made no distinction between the wounded and often talked about d... (more) Published By: Stephen Schochet Submitted: 21 October,2003 |
| 158 | Tales Of Hollywood And Politics Preview: Arnold Schwarzenegger's surprise announcement that he was seeking the California Governorship brought to mind the many times Hollywood figures have been involved in politics. Here are some related anecdotes: When actors first came to Hollywood there were signs put up in front of hotels and apartments that said no dogs or actors allowed, with the... (more) Published By: Stephen Schochet Submitted: 21 October,2003 |
| 159 | The Plan for Iraq Preview: When I allow my trained attack dog out of the yard to run the streets, I am responsible for any damage the dog does. The Bible says so and modern statutory law says so. Careless dog owners are locked in American prisons today. When Congress turned America's President loose, Congress became responsible for the consequences. But you would never kno... (more) Published By: Ed Howes Submitted: 26 October,2003 |
| 160 | A Chat with Saddam Preview: He never did say why he chose to call me, but for the past few months I have enjoyed some rather lively chats with Saddam. He said he has been wanting to speak to America and the rest of the world and he should only have to call one of us. He said he could have published his thoughts on the Internet, but he prefers the give and take of conversati... (more) Published By: Ed Howes Submitted: 26 October,2003 |
| 161 | A Chat with Osama Preview: After speaking with Saddam, I was not especially surprised to hear from Osama. He did not care to speak with me off the record and wanted me to record and publish our conversation. He said he could no longer imagine talking to any American in a position of authority. He said he had been trying to do that for more than twenty years and the respons... (more) Published By: Ed Howes Submitted: 26 October,2003 |
| 162 | Chasing Shadows! A Dream Preview: I feel the earth under my feet shake, and the explosions deafen my ears. Day change to night as the thick dark smoke obscures visibility for hours. And I begin to see death with my naked eyes. But after all the shootings and bombings, the smoke clears at last. And we expect to see seven dead devils: Hatred, Oppression, Frustration, Injustice, Mist... (more) Published By: Arthur Zulu Submitted: 04 November,2003 |
| 163 | Saddham Hussein: Not Yet Uhuru Preview: So Saddham Hussein--the "sadman of Iraq," murderer, and possessor of weapons of mass destruction--is finally caught like a rat. He was hiding in a "spider hole," in a farm near his hometown of Tikrit, not far from one of the palatial palaces that he had built for himself by the River Tigris. And everyone is raising a high five and slapping each ... (more) Published By: Arthur Zulu Submitted: 20 December,2003 |
| 164 | The Chinese Bin Laden: The terrorist leader China forgot Preview: On December 15, the People's Republic of China commenced a series of press releases on "Uygur Terrorism" in which they "publicly" and for the "first time" identified Uygur organisations and individuals that they claim to be terrorists. The Uygur are a Turkic/Muslim ethnic group numbering some 7 million who live mainly in the economically and str... (more) Published By: Stephen Sullivan Submitted: 23 December,2003 |
| 165 | Earthquake Diplomacy Preview: Earthquake Diplomacy Relief materials cannot bring peace (Satire) It is good to send aid to quake victims. But it cannot stop the terrorists and the nukes. What the people of Bam didn't suffer in the hands of the leaders of the 'rogue state' of Iran, was inflicted on them by an earthquake. So the city of about 80,000 souls had her population ... (more) Published By: Arthur Zulu Submitted: 10 January,2004 |
| 166 | Two Party Madness Preview: Mathematics suggests that a two party political system should be twice as good as a one party system. The reality is multiplication. One times one = two. A couple, dancing as one. Republicrats and Democans in a blurring identity crisis. The disenfranchised sit out this dance and pray for miracles. We ignore a simple and obvious political solut... (more) Published By: Ed Howes Submitted: 18 January,2004 |
| 167 | We are Going to Live on Mars Preview: Good news is hard to come by these days. But alas there is one. Man will soon be living on the red planet Mars. The Journey started on a good foot. The space rocket Spirit successfully landed on the planet. It began photographing and digging up Mars and sending messages back to the earth that will soon be vacated. And there is back slapping an... (more) Published By: Arthur Zulu Submitted: 21 January,2004 |
| 168 | The 25 Fallacies of President Bush's State of the Union Address on Terrorism ( Part 2 ) Preview: Fallacy 11. "We are working with Iraqis and the United Nations to prepare for a transition to full Iraqi sovereignty by the end of June.... The killers will fail, and the people of Iraq will live in freedom." There is no full sovereign country on this earth. Because the small powers—the minnows are perpetually living under the shadows of the... (more) Published By: Arthur Zulu Submitted: 06 February,2004 |
| 169 | The 25 Fallacies of President Bush's State of the Union Address on Terrorism ( Part 1 ) Preview: On 20 January 2004, George Bush Jr. the President of the United States gave his last (?) State of the Union Address. In this article, I will point out 25 fallacies of the speech on the war on terror. Fallacy 1. "By bringing hope to the oppressed and delivering justice to the violent, [the American servicemen and women] are making America more s... (more) Published By: Arthur Zulu Submitted: 06 February,2004 |
| 170 | How the Weapons Disappeared by George Bush Preview: Fiction. That literary genre, supposed to be for dreamers, is growing fast. Not in the number of writers churning out fairy tales, but even among politicians—first citizens. And the number one citizen of the world for that matter—the President of the United States! Not that George Bush actually wrote an epic novel. But what he told Fox News rec... (more) Published By: Arthur Zulu Submitted: 18 February,2004 |