Required reading on September 11th:
End States Who Sponsor Terrorism by Leonard Peikoff
Fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the Mideast have led to fifty years of increasing contempt in the Muslim world for the U.S. The climax was September 11, 2001.
Nihilism and the War Against Western Civilization by J. David Lewis
The attack of September 11, 2001 was only one incident in a concerted war on western civilization.
The hatred of the West is not based on jealousy but on hatred of the good because it is good. Nihilism, the desire to destroy, is why the enemies of freedom fly planes into buildings and blow themselves up with dynamite.
Diverting the Blame for September 11th by Onkar Ghate
Sept. 11 could have been prevented only by having a principled foreign policy.
What Have We Lost? by Robert W. Tracinski
One year later, the hole in New York’s skyline where the World Trade Center towers once stood is a visual reminder of something else that is missing: the ideas and attitudes that make a vigorous war in America’s self-defense possible.
The Betrayal of The Bush Doctrine by Alex Epstein
One year after his speech to Congress, President Bush has failed to fight a real war on terrorism.
Forgotten Heroes of 9/11 by Onkar Ghate
On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack on our way of life,justice demands that we acknowledge an overlooked hero: the businessman.
Columbus Day: The Cure for 9/11 by Thomas A. Bowden
Columbus Day’s celebration of Western Civilization reminds Americans why they deserve to win the war against Islamic totalitarianism.
Reflecting America: World Trade Center Memorial Should Celebrate America’s Producers by Diane Durante
The people who worked at the World Trade Center (WTC) were all productive people: they were there to do a job and earn money. They died on September 11 because they symbolized that productivity, not just to millions around the world who aspire to live like Americans, but also to the terrorists who despise all that America stands for.
Is Islam at Fault? by Warren Ross
There is a lot of confusion about the nature of Islam, and the extent to which it is the religion itself, as opposed to an “extremist” wing of it, that breeds terrorism. President Bush believes that Islam has been “hijacked” by the terrorists for their own use, and that Islam itself is a peace-loving religion. Is that true? Or is there something about Islam that promotes, condones or ideologically endorses terrorism? Is it a fundamental aspect of Islam, or a perverted interpretation?
A New Yorker Remembers the World Trade Center by Andrew West
“[P]eople tell me about pilgrimages to some dank pest-hole in a jungle where they go to do homage to a crumbling temple, to a leering stone monster with a pot belly, created by some leprous savage. Is it beauty and genius they want to see? Do they seek a sense of the sublime? Let them come to New York.”