Is the United States a Terrorist State?

From The U.S. Government Guide to Surviving Terrorism, we read that the U.S. Department of Defense defines terrorism as "the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or...

Death: The Claremont Institute Style of Patriotism

The newest issue of the Claremont Review of Books (Summer 2005) begins an appeal for funds ("Make the Pledge"--p. 40) with this statement: "Our country is at war, and at the heart of a successful war effort must be the political conviction that this country is worth...

President Bush: No Higher Calling than Military Service

Leading the pack of Christian warmongers that I mentioned in my last post who practically elevate military service to the level of the Christian ministry is President Bush himself. But Bush does them one better. He insists that there is no higher calling than military...

Christians and the Military: A Dissenting View

Christian defenders of war and the military, and especially those who practically elevate military "service" to the level of the Christian ministry, ought to pay more attention to the words of those who have been in the military instead of disqualifying me from...