By HEATHER ROBINSON
With the midterm elections fast approaching, the panic over Iraq seems more intense than ever. That country, the thinking goes, is a hopeless mess, and there could be a precipitous American withdrawal, especially if the Democrats win.
But doing so would leave the …
From The American Spectator
By HEATHER ROBINSON
As offensive as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s recent anti-Bush tirade at the United Nations was, his calling President Bush “the devil” was a lot less offensive than modern American liberals who attack our President on a daily basis.
When I watched Jon Stewart joke about …
I’m a Zionist, and I liked Spielberg’s film.
From opinionjournal.com
BY HEATHER ROBINSON
Avner Kaufmann, the reluctant warrior and protagonist of Steven Spielberg’s movie “Munich,” is honorable, strong, a family man–that is, a typical Israeli. That is why “Munich,” although intensely criticized by pro-Israel commentators, ultimately does Israel and the civilized world …
From The New York Post
By HEATHER ROBINSON
They killed Mithal Al-Alusi’s sons, but he won’t stop. He believes truth and freedom are too precious. Al-Alusi is the founder of the nine-month-old Democratic Party of the Iraqi Nation (DPIN), a grassroots political party that champions individual rights. He believes the new Iraq …
From Time Out New York Student Guide,
Fall 2000
Our completely unscientific survey of random pedestrians says: Fuhgeddaboutit!
by HEATHER ROBINSON
Whenever I go home to Pittsburgh I cross paths with my Aunt Tess, who never fails to recount the story of her trip through Grand Central Terminal in 1952. “The way those people …
Liberal Iraqis
From The American Spectator
By HEATHER ROBINSON
I read with great interest William Tucker’s Tuesday column in which he discussed my recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about democracy in Iraq and specifically Mithal al-Alusi, a liberal member of the Iraqi Parliament.
In Mr. Tucker’s piece, he compares Mr. al-Alusi …
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