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CONSERVATIVES ON THE NILE

Dr. Jack Wheeler December 8, 2004

Liberals live in Egypt – on a river called Denial. Yes, it’s an old joke – but it’s to emphasize that there will be no liberals on this adventure. This coming Easter Vacation, I will be taking two dozen conservatives – conservatives only – for a cruise on a luxury yacht to experience the splendor of the Nile.

Specifically timed for the week prior to Easter – March 17 to March 26, 2005 – so parents can bring their children, we cruise and dine in luxury while visiting the temples of Karnak and Luxor, the Valley of the Kings with (more…)

A STORY ABOUT SHARING

ttpn December 8, 2004

Computers are so much a part of life. You use them at home and work; maybe you even use a laptop. Chances are your kids have a computer for schoolwork. And of course, you’ve got a printer.

If this is the kind of setup you have, you may be a candidate for a home network. If your familiarity with networking is based on your experiences at the office, however, you may have avoided the idea; it seems expensive, complicated and messy, with lots of drilling involved.

It also must be very complicated; after all, your office probably has a person (more…)

SOLVING SOCIAL SECURITY AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AT THE SAME TIME

Dr. Jack Wheeler December 7, 2004

When I mentioned to Interior Secretary Gale Norton at the White House Christmas Party this week that she was the key to solving Social Security and US energy independence – both at the same time – you can imagine how much her eyes widened. “I am?” she responded with wonderment and her beautiful smile.

We all know that Social Security will soon be sinking under the titanic weight of some $26 trillion in unfounded liabilities, with far too many young folks paying for far too many old folks. Beyond that, the program is a preposterous rip-off, paying retirees a negative (more…)

THE END OF THE LEFT’S HISTORY

Michael Ledeen December 2, 2004

The hysterical reaction of the Western Left to the reelection of President George W. Bush is not just a primal scream from politicians and intellectuals deprived of political power. The violent language, numerous acts of violence, and demonization of Bush and his electorate — the same as that directed against Tony Blair in Britain, Jose Maria Aznar in Spain, and Silvio Berlusconi in Italy — portend a more fundamental event: the death rattle of the traditional Left, both as a dominant political force and as an intellectual vision.

For the most part, the Left only wins elections nowadays when their (more…)

SHAKESPEARE IN VENEZUELA

Dr. Jack Wheeler December 2, 2004

While the focus of the world is on Ukraine, Putin’s Russia, Iraq, nukes in Iran, et al, it has become obvious to a small number of folks in Washington that the world’s most dangerous man is not in any of these places and is off most everyone’s radar scope: Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.

Imagine Fidel Castro in the prime of his life with billions of dollars of oil money. Given his pathological hatred of America, what do you think he would spend his money on? Suppose he thought the President of the United States was trying to knock him off (more…)

LAPTOPS, CONTINUED

ttpn December 2, 2004

The main reason I’m researching laptops right now may seem trivial. My favorite cafï¿½ in Jerusalem, Aroma, now has WiFi.

Communications are a key element of the laptop experience – perhaps even more so than with a desktop. Many laptop users do their work on the road and update their main computer later. So your laptop investigation should include looking at networking and communications options.

The most basic kind of networking is what used to called ‘sneakernet,’ where one stuffs a floppy disk into a drive, copies files and moves the disk to another computer. If your laptop has a (more…)

WINNING THE FUTURE

Guest Author December 1, 2004

This is the transcribed text of a speech Newt gave to a private meeting of conservative leaders I attended in Washington last week. –JW

Thank you very much. This is a very important group which is a big part of how we ended up beginning to be – I emphasize beginning to be – the natural governing majority of the country and so it’s a thrill for me to be here.

I want to give you a very brief outline and then I’m going to take questions for most of my time because just looking around the room I know (more…)

THE TYRANNY OF CHINA’S HISTORY

Dr. Jack Wheeler December 1, 2004

Chinese, written and spoken, is my candidate for the weirdest major language on earth.

At the Monterey Institute, where US diplomats are taught foreign languages, it takes on average 600 hours of instruction to be fluent in a European language such as French or German, 1200 for Arabic – and 2400 in Chinese.

(This means, of course, that for China and the world to communicate, Chinese must speak English, as the world will never speak Chinese).

Beyond the technical difficulties lie far deeper problems, resulting in a grossly myopic view of China’s history and future. The one buried most deeply (more…)

PIGS IN TIBET

Dr. Jack Wheeler December 1, 2004

I took this picture of the Potala on my first expedition across Tibet in 1986. Even though I’ve since logged over 10,000 kilometers criss-crossing Tibet, it is always a fantastic thrill to see one of man’s great architectural masterpieces, built seven centuries ago high on the Tibetan Plateau.

It is no thrill, however, for Tibetans. For them, the Potala is “dead,” for the Dalai Lama no longer lives there. The Potala is instead a bitter reminder to Tibetans that their country has been stolen, that they are slaves to their masters, the Chinese.

A Tibetan’s most prized possession, the (more…)

EXAMINING THE TERRORIST MIND

Guest Author November 24, 2004

[Marc Sageman, M.D., was a CIA case officer in Afghanistan between 1987-89 and is now a forensic psychiatrist. He is the author ofUnderstanding Terror Networks(University of Pennsylvania Press:2004), and is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Dr. Sageman’s research, based on 400 psychiatric case histories of Moslem terrorists provides a fascinating insight into the cause of Islamofascist terror. -JW]

After leaving the CIA, I was happy in my naïve belief that I had left all that behind me. But after 9/11, like everyone, I wanted to do something. What people were saying about the perpetrators shortly after the attacks was simply not consistent with my own experience. I began to apply the principles of evidence-based medicine to terrorism research, because there really was no data on the perpetrators.

There were theories, opinions, and anecdotal evidence, but there was no systematic gathering of data. I started gathering terrorist biographies from various sources, mostly from the records of trials. The trial (more…)

WE’RE ALL WINNERS

Dr. Jack Wheeler November 24, 2004

Just like Al Gore, John Kerry’s most human moment during his entire campaign for the presidency was his concession speech. As I sat crying in relief that it was over and we had won, I heard him say something I will never forget.

He said that no matter who you voted for, we’re all winners:

In an American election, there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates are successful, the next morning we all wake up as Americans. And that is the greatest privilege and the most remarkable good fortune that can come to us on earth.

That (more…)

FIXING THE BLUE STATES

Dr. Jack Wheeler November 24, 2004

We’ve all had a good laugh at the moonbat barking of Blue State Liberals about seceding from Red State America. To keep the fun going, let’s flip the secession meme around and talk about red counties seceding from the blue states in which they are politically imprisoned.

An inspection of the red-blue County Map of the 2004 presidential election:

shows that Blue States like California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan are mostly colored red – that is, a substantial majority of the counties in those states voted for Bush. Why should, one might ask, the overtaxed red counties of (more…)

BROWSER HELPER OBJECTS: Conclusion

ttpn November 24, 2004

The recommended tool for preventing BHOs from infecting your computer is WinPatrol. It (and its advocates) purports to make sure that no BHO gets installed on your system without you knowing it. It also protects against spyware and viruses.

“Oh, no!, some of you are mumbling, not another $20. Don’t I have enough protection against all these intruders, especially if I’m running Windows XP and have installed Service Pack 2?” Let’s see – maybe you do.

The basic version of WinPatrol is free, while the full version is $19.95. You can download it at WinPatrol .

WinPatrol has some (more…)

KATHY’S DREAM, KATHY’S CLOWN

Dr. Jack Wheeler November 23, 2004

It was in 1983 in Paris that I met my first Russian dissidents. They were rabidly Anti-Communist and passionately argued for freedom and democracy for Russia. Impressed, I nonetheless put them to the test. “What about the other internal colonies of the Soviet Union?” I asked. “I take it that you all advocate freedom and democracy for, say, Ukraine, as well, right?”

My inquiry went through them like a jolt of angry electricity. “Ukraine is a part of Russia!” they exploded. “Ukraine has been a part of Russia for centuries! Ukraine will always be a part of Russia!” I couldn’t (more…)

CHAVEZ IN CHILE?

Dr. Jack Wheeler November 23, 2004

This picture of Teddy Roosevelt is a family heirloom. The reason is that the man standing in front of TR is the Chief of the Secret Service Presidential Bodyguard – my grandfather Lucien C. Wheeler.

Lucien was with the Secret Service guarding the lives of four presidents (TR, Taft, Wilson, and Harding). He admired and revered TR above all. While he passed on many years ago, I feel quite sure he would feel the same towards GW. George W. Bush is a man’s president, just like Teddy Roosevelt.

Lucien would also have been extremely alarmed at what happened regarding the (more…)

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SHAKESPEARE IN VENEZUELA

LAPTOPS, CONTINUED

WINNING THE FUTURE

THE TYRANNY OF CHINA’S HISTORY

PIGS IN TIBET

EXAMINING THE TERRORIST MIND

WE’RE ALL WINNERS

FIXING THE BLUE STATES

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CHAVEZ IN CHILE?

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