Latest Article from Judith Miller

Timely Warnings

July 2, 2009  •  City Journal

As we celebrate America's independence this Fourth of July weekend, it's worth remembering the efforts of those who keep our nation safe. When it comes to American cities, that means the law enforcement and counterterrorism professionals who continue to thwart attacks and disrupt plots, some beneath the radar and out of the headlines.

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Latest Article from Soeren Kern

Spain Steps Back from Universal Jurisdiction

July 2, 2009  •  World Politics Review

The Spanish National Criminal Court (Audiencia Nacional) said on Tuesday it was scrapping an investigation into a 2002 Israeli Air Force bombing in Gaza that killed a suspected Hamas militant and 14 civilians. The move comes just days after the lower house of the Spanish Parliament voted to limit the scope of a 1985 law that allows judges to investigate crimes against humanity anywhere in the world.

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Latest from Frederick M. Hess's Blog

Uncle Sam's New Inducement to Borrow

July 2, 2009 at 2:02 pm

The Washington Post's Joe Davidson reports that Robert Miller, 30, is "just plain giddy." What has got Miller, a former Peace Corps volunteer, so pumped? Yesterday marked the launch of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, under which ten years of public service will prompt Uncle Sam to erase all student loan debts, and the Income-Based Repayment plan. Miller, who racked up $100,000 in student debt during graduate school, expects his monthly payment to drop from $850 to $220—and to giddily note (here we go) that "the vast majority of my debt I'm not going to pay."

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Latest Article from Judith H. Dobrzynski

UNESCO Gets Some Guts
Dresden, Germany, is stripped of its World Heritage status.

July 2, 2009  •  Forbes.com

Ever since the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) created its World Heritage Sites program in 1972, countries have vied furiously to appear on the list. The designations, which recognize places for their "outstanding universal value," enhance a country's pride, draw hordes of tourists and boost business.

It takes work--documentation, planning and often politicking--to win Heritage status. But it's worth it, especially for developing countries. In the program's 37 years, the honor has been granted to 890 cultural treasures around the globe.

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Latest Article from Clifford May

An Obama Doctrine?

July 2, 2009  •  Scripps Howard News Service

Punditry is easy. Policy is hard. Okay, to be fair, writing articles and speeches that are powerful and persuasive is a demanding job. But crafting sound policy adds layers of complexity.

Example: President Kennedy pledged that Americans will "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." Very inspiring. But try translating that into policies toward Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Russia, China, Venezuela, and Burma. That's tough.

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Latest Article from Steven M. Cohen

Less Than a Week...

July 2, 2009  •  FrontPageMagazine.com

Feckless politicians, if you will pardon the redundancy, have often self-destructed almost instantly in spectacular fashion. Names like Eliot Spitzer, Gary Hart, James McGreevey, Wilbur Mills, David Vitter, Larry Craig and Bill Clinton are but a few on a long list of public servants whose imprudent conduct resulted in ruinous, if not fatal, damage to their careers and reputations. While providing enormous entertainment value for political junkies and just plain voyeurs, this seemingly endless stream of personal conduct failures has rarely caused serious harm to the body politic, even taking into account the bitter partisan battle set off by Clinton's indiscretions with a decidedly junior subordinate, the sort of predatory behavior that ordinarily results in a whopping sexual harassment suit when involving corporate chieftains and the like.

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