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Rants


Culture
Muse Are the Best Band in the World
The One Fashion Accessory Every Celebrity Must Have
The Case of the Nude Countess
A New Friend
Philosophy Reloaded
A Note on the Jayson Blair Affair
The French Character
The Unreality of War
A Good Vacation Spot for Cultural Relativists
Premise for a Novel
Martin Amis Update
My Favorite Nabokov Passage

Intelligence and Espionage
Two Cheers for the Czar
London Calling
The Real Chalabi Debacle
Intelligence and Pre-Emption
Unfinished Review of the New Helms and Colby Books
Burning Sources in Baghdad
Assassination Matters
The Homeland Intelligence Mess
Twelve Deadly Bungles

Islam and the Arab Mind
Killing Women for Having Sex
"She Has No Option Except to Die"
The Life of Mohammad
Condi Should Ask the Saudis

Judaism, Christianity and the Western Mind
Thinking With the Blood
The Catholic Encylopedia and the Jews
A Note on the Death of Jesus Christ
Reagan and the Pope: The Secret Files

Philosophy
The Morality of Style
A Theory of Human Nature
A Note on Natural Law
What is Integrity?
Four Types of Human

Politics
The Real Failure in Iraq
China Misperceived
The Ghosts of 9/11
Killing Them with Kindness
I Like This Guy
More Bush-Bashing and Rice-Baiting
The Politics of Sodomy and Anger

Sex and the Sexes
Atlas Shagged
Kerry and the Women
The Dictionary of Sex Differences: "Suitors"
There's No Female Einstein, Because There's No Female Hitler
This, Then Is What We Term Venus
Harvard President Subjected to "Show Trial"
Heartfelt Banalities on the Decline of the Male

Terrorism
The Manchurian Terrorist?
Is Osama in China?
Where in the World is Osama?
The Next Terror Target: Italy?
It's Not About bin Laden
Six Al Qaeda Deceptions
One Year After 9/11: Lessons Learned
Bin Laden's Spies
How Not to Think About Al Qaeda
On the Treatment of Our POWs
Why America Slept

Correspondence
Chameleons in the Mail Bag
Literary Criticism and Counterintelligence


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