F.D.R.’s Irresponsible Deception

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reputation is at an all-time high these days, thanks to reflections on his handling of  The Great Depression prompted by our current financial mess. But looking at F.D.R.’s record  risks ethics whiplash, as a new book again reminds us.  Continue reading

The Price of American Principles

As everyone knows by now, Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, a 39-year-old Arlington-born Army psychiatrist, shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, wounding many more.  Although he originally told the Army that he was not especially religious, Hasan had become a devout Muslim in recent years. You didn’t have to be the Amazing Kreskin to predict what the combination of a Muslim soldier and a shooting spree would spark from some voices on the Right: immediate “I told you so’s” about how politically correct squeamishness prevent sensible profiling that could prevent such tragedies. Continue reading