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Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-smell-of-sulfur/87709/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:30:39 EST It’s hard to imagine how the apologists for Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are going to manage to put the gloss on the attacks being made by his regime on the new figure emerging in the opposition, Henrique Capriles Radonski. Mr. Capriles is a Catholic whose maternal grandparents were Jews from Poland. He is emerging as a challenger to succeed the cancer-ridden president. But now Mr. Capriles, governor of the state of Miranda, is being made the target of the kind of crude anti-Semitism that one... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-plunge-in-gasoline/87707/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:42:19 EST “Gas Price Up 83% During Obama” is the headline up on the Drudge Report this afternoon. It links to a CNS dispatch on the fact that President Obama is citing the soaring price of gasoline as one of the reasons he wants a cut in the payroll tax. We remarked on this point a year ago, when Mr. Obama, in his weekly radio address, declared that there was “no silver bullet” to deal with rising gasoline prices. We noted the irony that the president should choose such words, because if one priced... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-real-contraception-question/87702/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:53:50 EST The best piece we’ve read in respect of the showdown over the Obama administration’s contraception mandate is in the latest number of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. The sage who puts it out, James Grant, might catapult into his corn flakes upon reading that sentence. For ostensibly, his article has nothing to do with the Obamacare mandates that are creating such a collision with the Catholic church and leading figures in the Protestant and Jewish communities. The words “contraception” and... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/a-legal-backwater/87698/ Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:10:30 EST America is in danger “of becoming something of a legal backwater,” a justice of the High Court of Australia, Michael Kirby, is quoted this week as telling the New York Times. His comment is in a scoop that runs under the headline “‘We the People’ Loses Appeal With People Around the World.” The story follows up on the remarks of Justice Ginsburg, who last month told an interviewer of Al-Hayat TV at Egypt that were she drafting a constitution in the year 2012, “I would not look to the U.S... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/lost-in-egypt/87693/ Sun, 5 Feb 2012 03:33:13 EST That’s an incredible video of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg circulating on the World Wide Web. It shows a sitting associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, speaking on Al-Hayat TV in an Egypt that is about to begin writing the foundational law for its attempt at democracy, saying “I would not look to the U.S. constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.” Instead she suggests she might look at the constitution of South Africa. “That was a deliberate attempt... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/beyond-susan-g-komen/87692/ Sun, 5 Feb 2012 02:34:29 EST The feature that stands out for us in the controversy over Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the role of Mayor Bloomberg. When Komen, the largest breast cancer charity, disclosed that it intended to approve no new grants to Planned Parenthood, Mr. Bloomberg joined in the attack on Komen. He announced he would give $250,000 to Planned Parenthood and asserted that “politics have no place in health care.” The Wall Street Journal published two columns by James Taranto, one before Komen retreated and... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-truth-about-ray-kelly/87684/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:43:24 EST History is filled with examples of law enforcement and intelligence officials overreaching during moments of perceived national security crisis. In the 1970s, the Church Committe investigated both the F.B.I. and C.I.A. for spying on the political activities of Americans during the Vietnam War. These investigations led to the creation of oversight mechanisms: the F.B.I., for example, has benefited from Congressional oversight and a robust inspector general who has uncovered a number of... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/sarah-palins-complaint/87681/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:28:08 EST That is some post Sarah Palin put up on her Facebook page in advance of the Republican primary Tuesday at Florida. She is accusing the GOP establishment of employing the “tactics of the Left.” She means that faction within the party that “fought Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and which continues to fight the grassroots Tea Party movement today.” She accuses them of having “adopted the tactics of the left in using the media and the politics of personal destruction to attack an opponent.” In a long... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/santorums-fidelity/87680/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:33:38 EST One of the best questions in the Republican debate at Jacksonville will prove, we predict, to be the question about religious faith, and the best answer was the one of Senator Santorum. Ira Stoll at futureofcapitalism.com has a similar reaction. The question had been put by a local lawyer, Suzanne Bass. “How,” she asked, “would your religious beliefs, if you’re elected, impact the decisions that you make in the office of the presidency?” All four gave terrific answers. Congressman Ron Paul said... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/romney-resisting-reform/87677/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:09:59 EST Governor Romney’s exchange with Lawrence Kudlow in which the governor resisted talk of a gold standard is an important moment in this campaign. It was aired on CNBC yeserday. It reminds us of an exchange we had some years ago with Milton Friedman. At a lunch in Hong Kong, we asked Friedman for his view on the gold standard. “The problem with the gold standard,” Friedman replied, “is that you can go off it.” So we asked him: “Isn’t there the same deficiency in the law against murder? It can be... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/karl-roves-next-move/87673/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:37:35 EST An Elizabeth Warren fund-raising email has reached us outlining the pact she has struck with Scott Brown, her opponent in the senatorial race at Massachusetts. The deal is, she says, “aimed at keeping advertising by Wall Street, Karl Rove, and other big players out of our campaign for the United States Senate.” James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal sent out yesterday a terrific dispatch about it, calling the pact an “appalling agreement” and a “conspiracy of silence.” It appears to be an... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-gingrich-paul-flirtation/87672/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:16:07 EST The shrewdest question of at Tampa last night will, we predict, prove to be when Brian Williams turned to Congressman Ron Paul and asked him point blank: “Would you support a Newt Gingrich as nominee of the GOP?” The libertarian from Texas didn’t miss a beat, saying, “Well, he keeps hinting about attacking the Fed, and he talks about gold. Now if I could just change him on foreign policy, we might be able to talk business.” Then the matchmaker from NBC turned to the Georgian and asked: “Speaker... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/santorums-sagacity/87670/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:19:49 EST One of the best moments in the debate at Tampa came after a break, when Brian Williams of NBC turned to Senator Santorum and said he wanted to get him in on the question of Iran. “Specifically, as a last resort, as you said, taking out Iran's nuclear program,” the moderator said. “The problem with that, so many in the military tell you, is the target list. Where do you limit it — the air strikes that some estimate would begin at 30 to 60 days sustained, taking out air defenses, all of that... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/gingrichs-synthesis/87667/ Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:10:28 EST Newt Gingrich is on his game, to judge not only by his victory in South Carolina but the remarkable speech he delivered when the vote was in. It seemed as if he’d waited for months to get the whole country’s attention, and when he had it last night he laid out a full vision — signaling a contest between two Americas. One whose inspiration is the ideas of the left, epitomized by President Obama and one of his mentors, Saul Alinsky; the other an America of the Founders, of the Declaration, the... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/gingrichs-gold-group/87666/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:38:08 EST The announcement by Newt Gingrich that he intends to appoint Lewis Lehrman and James Grant to co-chair a new Commission on Gold will serve as a signal that he has determined, if given the chance, to undertake monetary reform in a serious way. The former speaker made his announcement only days after declaring for a return to the gold standard so that it would be radically more difficult for America to dodge its fiscal problems. After he made his announcement, these columns expressed the concern... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-missing-gold/87663/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:51:07 EST “The U.S. government did two dramatic things after World War II. They created a GI Bill which enabled literally millions of returning veterans to go to college for the very first time. My father, when — who was in the Second World War, went to college on a GI Bill. So there was an enormous expansion of opportunity that enabled them to integrate into a new, emerging society. The second thing they did is, they dramatically cut taxes, and the economy took off and grew dramatically, and it absorbed... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/gingrich-goes-for-gold/87657/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:21:29 EST The call by Newt Gingrich for the creation of a commission on gold to examine how America can return to a system of hard money is a step forward for him and the Republican Party as we go into the most formative months of the campaign. The former speaker issued his call at Columbia, South Carolina, at a policy forum on American global leadership. He used the phrase “hard money” to speak of a gold standard of the kind the Founders of America had in mind. It would mean, he said, “you can’t just... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/religious-freedom-day/87656/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:37:46 EST Today is Religious Freedom Day, proclaimed by President Obama as it was by many presidents before him. The date is chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the passage, on January 16, 1786, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, which was written by Thos. Jefferson and is one of the few state laws that is as famous as nearly any law passed by the Congress. The Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom marked the end of the establishment of the Anglican Church in the state that gave... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/secrets-of-the-fed/87654/ Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:09:19 EST In respect of the latest publication of the transcripts of the Federal Reserve, let us just say that we’re against it. The transcripts were disclosed the other day, five years after they were made. This seems to be the tradition at the Fed. It’s a tradition this newspaper opposes. What we support is the silence of the Fed. We objected when Chairman Bernanke announced he would start holding quarterly press conferences. It’s bad enough he has to testify before Congress. It’s bad enough he made... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/mahathirs-progress/87652/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:39:29 EST The latest figure to come out for a restoration of a role for gold in the international monetary system turns out to be none other than Mahathir Mohamad. He is the former prime minister of Malaysia who, after 22 years in office, bowed out with a diatribe against the Jews, whom he accused of running the world. That was in 2003. No doubt he was still smarting six years after the dressing down he’d received for his rant, made in 1997 at the meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Hong Kong... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/guantanamo-of-the-times/87649/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:15:49 EST The 10th anniversary of the Guantanamo detention center is being celebrated at the New York Times with an article suggesting that we could improve the human rights situation in respect of Guantanamo by giving it — wait for it — to the remnant Stalinist dictatorship of Fidel Castro. The author of this brainstorm, Jonathan Hansen, is a professor at Harvard. He sketches what he sees as a negative history of American relations with Cuba going back to the struggle for independence from Spain. He... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/strangely-austrian/87646/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:14:58 EST For a measure of how the impact of Congressman Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty is starting to be felt even at Europe, feature the op ed page of today’s Financial Times. Its leading piece is by one of the London daily’s star columnists, Gideon Rachman, and runs under the headline “Why I’m feeling strangely Austrian.” It’s a wonderful reprise of the lay of the land, ideologically. He sees four broad emerging trends, which he calls “rightwing populist, social democratic-Keynesian... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/mr-romney-and-mrs-griswold/87642/ Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:57:49 EST One of the remarkable things about the Republican debate last night is that, in the year 2012 in a debate about the future of the country, the questions turned to Estelle Griswold. She was the executive director of Planned Parenthood at Connecticut. In November 1961, she opened a birth control clinic at New Haven, only to be arrested for violating a state law prohibiting the use or sale of birth control medicines and devices. She was fined $100. It was her appeal, known as Griswold v... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/santorums-next-stop/87640/ Sat, 7 Jan 2012 07:47:35 EST It’s hard to say how far Senator Santorum will be able to take his campaign, but we hope it’s far enough that he’ll be able to make a stop here in New York and deliver a major speech in respect of abortion. New York City has emerged as the abortion capital of America, a point that was made in January a year ago at an extraordinary press conference held in Manhattan by a number of the leading clergymen in the city, including the archbishop of the New York, Timothy Dolan,* and the leader of the... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-new-fiat-money/87638/ Fri, 6 Jan 2012 08:58:23 EST Forgive us, but are we the only newspaper that finds it a bit — what’s the right word here? — circular for the Fed to make a megillah out of publishing its forecasts in respect of interest rates? The idea seems to be that the Fed is going to publish not only its own forecast of interest rates but the forecasts of its individual policy makers. It reminds us of the wiseacre who asked Freddie the Fixer which nag was going to win the classic known as the Galloping Mile. Freddie answered him with... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/a-constitutional-moment/87635/ Thu, 5 Jan 2012 07:51:54 EST President Obama’s decision to use a recess appointment to put through the nominee he wanted for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sets up one of those constitutional moments we’ve been writing about in these columns for the past couple of years. It’s unclear how far the Republicans will be able to push their objections, if at all. But it’s hard to see how the president comes out of the showdown anything other than a big winner, simply for the attempt to assert his constitutional powers... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/heart-of-atlanta-v-ron-paul/87631/ Mon, 2 Jan 2012 21:04:59 EST On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Congressman Ron Paul is being pressed about his opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The question was put to him over the weekend by Candy Crowley of the Cable News Network. What Ms. Crowley asked the libertarian Republican was whether he thought the country would have been better off in terms of race relations without the 1964 Act. Dr. Paul replied that “we could have done it a better way because the Jim Crow laws, obviously had to get rid of and we’re... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/a-hero-of-new-york/87624/ Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:59:48 EST New Yorkers looking for a symbol of Michael Bloomberg’s failing mayoralty could choose as their hero (or martyr, as it were) the proprietor of an Italian eatery at Staten Island, Charles Hermansen. According to a dispatch in the New York Post, Mr. Hermansen is shuttering his restaurant, Cucina di Napoli, and putting the building up for sale. This is after he was closed by the Mayor Bloomberg’s health department. Mr. Hermansen charges that it raided his restaurant during its most crowded hour... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/yes-virginia/68502/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor— I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O'Hanlon 115 West Ninety Fifth Street Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/vaclav-havel/87615/ Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:17 EST One of the most moving moments we experienced in recent years was a visit to the Checkpoint Charlie Museum at Berlin. Its main exhibit is devoted to documenting the attempts to escape Soviet communism in East Germany, and all of it is affecting. But we remember lingering over one exhibit in particular, the manual typewriter that, it was noted, had been used to write Charter 77. We remember trying to explain to our boys, then just beginning middle school, the enormous significance of the... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-iron-man/87604/ Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:59:25 EST Congratulations are in order for Britain, which has vetoed the latest scheme to try to paper over Europe’s problems and declared its intention to stand apart. It seems that Prime Minister Cameron is steering for the course illuminated by Prime Minister Thatcher in her famous speech at Bruges, Belgium, where she declared that Britain would hang back from a full embrace of the new Europe, saying: “We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/andy-stern-v-free-labor/87603/ Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:06:27 EST One of our favorite moments in a long newspaper life came in a conversation about the fall of the Soviet Union. We had put a question to the president of the AFL-CIO, Lane Kirkland, along the following lines. “Lane,” we said. “what about all the talk about how our victory over the Soviet Union was a conspiracy between President Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and yourself.” He looked at us and said: “They had nuttin’ to do with it.” Kirkland didn’t mean to deny the role of Reagan and the Pope... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/secretary-of-state-bolton/87598/ Wed, 7 Dec 2011 17:51:47 EST A bit of excitement is being caused by the promise of the former speaker, Newt Gingrich, that if he is elected president he will nominate Ambassador John Bolton to be state secretary. It is said to be giving reassurance to conservatives that Mr. Gingrich is a man they can trust. But the impact of the promise is amplified by the moment. We have just watched the State Department turn around and do nothing after the American ambassador to Belgium blamed Israel for Muslim anti-Semitism and... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/paladinos-point/87597/ Tue, 6 Dec 2011 23:04:58 EST We understand the Republican nominee is being set down as ‘Crazy’ Carl by, among others, the same newspapers who, while saying they were for tax cuts and reform in Albany, endorsed Eliot Spitzer. It doesn’t take a double-blind study to see that Mr. Paladino is politically inexperienced and has his personal flaws. But it is also the case that he is the candidate who more clearly comprehends the catastrophe that has engulfed the state and more faithfully hews to the principles of political... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/gingrich-v-gutman/87594/ Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:10:14 EST For a glimpse of the savvy that is propelling Newt Gingrich to the front of the Republican pack, feature the speed with which he called for the resignation of President Obama’s ambassador to Belgium. The envoy, one Howard Gutman, told a conference hosted by the European Jewish Union that, as his remarks were characterized by the Weekly Standard, Israel is to blame for the fact that anti-Semitism is growing among Muslims. What the ambassador said, according to the report in the Standard, is that... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/bernankes-forgotten-footnote/87588/ Fri, 2 Dec 2011 14:28:50 EST As the markets settle down after the big move by the central banks to stabilize the situation in respect of Europe, we find ourselves thinking of the speech the Federal Reserve’s Ben Bernanke gave at the National Press Club on November 21, 2002,* when he was but a governor and not yet chairman. The speech, entitled, “Deflation: Making Sure ‘It’ Doesn’t Happen Here,” offered an explanation of how the Fed would operate, hypothetically, once it had already brought its main monetary policy tool... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/showdown-brewing-over-war/87584/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:57:37 EST The vote in the Senate yesterday to defy President Obama’s threat to veto legislation that would give the military the first chance to interrogate operatives of al Qaeda, even those who are American citizens captured here at home, sets up a situation to watch. The president is determined to preserve his constitutional authority over the military. The congress, however, is hell bent on ensuring that, as it was put by a leading senator from Mr. Obama’s Democratic Party quoted in the Washington... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/value-of-holiday-retail-sales-plunges/87582/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:06:16 EST Amid all the reports of record-breaking retail sales over Thanksgiving, the fact is that the value of what consumers laid out has plunged, yet again. This extends a trend that has been broken but once since the National Retail Federation began issuing the numbers in 2005. The value of what was spent this year fell quite sharply actually, to 31.0 million ounces of gold from 33.2 million ounces that the cash laid out by consumers a year ago would have fetched in gold at the time. And 2010 wad... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/raymond-kellys-next-job/87580/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:31:02 EST What does the future hold for New York’s police commissioner, Raymond Kelly? On the one hand, the local papers suggest that he’s been in a rough patch, with the arrest of some officers for gun running and some others for fixing parking tickets. Some of the protesters of Occupy Wall Street complained of rough handling by the NYPD. On the other hand, even his critics concede he’s been one of the greatest police commissioners in history, and many New Yorkers are hoping he’ll run for mayor. Mr... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/god-and-thanksgiving/87153/ Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:13:15 EST “As we stand at the close of one year and look to the promise of the next, we lift up our hearts in gratitude to God for our many blessings, for one another, and for our Nation,” is how President Obama spoke of Thanksgiving this year. It is a reminder of to whom thanks are being given. It is also part of a long tradition, going back to Washington, who, when he issued his first Thanksgiving proclamation on October 3, 1789, here at New York City, noted that Congress had requested he recommend “a... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/up-from-el-alamein/87578/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:04:36 EST One of our favorite stories is told about an adulterous woman who stayed too long with her paramour across the river and missed the last ferry home.  She beseeches the ferryman to row her across. He refuses because it is getting dark. She returns to the home of her paramour and begs him to escort her across the bridge, which is infested with thieves, but he is afraid of the scandal. So she races, alone, over to the bridge, where she is set upon by thieves and killed. The question is who is at... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/modernizing-monroe/87577/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:03:12 EST One declaration during the Republican debate on foreign policy that caught our ear was Governor Perry’s call for a 21st Century version of the Monroe Doctrine. He’d been asked about the Mexican border. “I think it’s time for a 21st century Monroe Doctrine,” he replied. It was a reference to the policy put in place in 1823 by the fifth president, Jas. Monroe, who declared that “the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/ron-pauls-fed-chairman/87573/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:32:01 EST It would be a shame were this election season to go by without at least one newspaper commenting on Congressman Ron Paul’s vow that were he elected president the person he’d nominate to be chairman of the Federal Reserve is James Grant. This happened on Fox News, where it was noted that Dr. Paul’s call for the abolition of the Fed wouldn’t start right away. So who, he was asked by journalist Stephen Hayes, would be his pick for Fed chairman? “Hmmmm,” the congressman replied. “Probably Jim Grant... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/ron-pauls-90-seconds/87564/ Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:39:15 EST A controversy has erupted over the fact that in the CBS debate on foreign policy Congressman Ron Paul got only 90 seconds. The congressman’s campaign chairman, Jesse Benton, was quoted by the Hill newspaper in Washington as accusing CBS News of arrogance and of thinking it could choose the next president. “Ninety seconds,” the Hill quoted the campaign’s manager, John Tate as saying, “That’s how much of the first hour of tonight’s GOP debate was given to Ron Paul. 90 measly seconds out of 3,600... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-presidential-instrument/87557/ Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:10:52 EST Please stay on this. I am — I am willing — our — our cases say repeatedly that the President is the sole instrument of the United States for the conduct of foreign policy, but to be the sole instrument and to determine the foreign policy are two quite different things. To say he’s the sole instrument simply means that congressmen traveling abroad, or globetrotting ex-presidents, nobody except the President of the United States pronounces the foreign policy. But it doesn’t necessarily mean that... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/cain-and-his-accuser/87555/ Sat, 5 Nov 2011 17:05:13 EST If Herman Cain is holding his ground in the polls despite the sexual harassment charges against him — as some soundings suggest — our guess is that it has to do with the spirit of the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This is the article of the Constitution that contains what is known as the “confrontation clause.” It says that in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to be confronted with the witnesses against him. There just seems to be something... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/mystery-at-harvard/87554/ Sat, 5 Nov 2011 10:09:05 EST Our story of the week concerns neither the Group of 20 meeting at Cannes, nor the Greek drama unfolding at Athens, nor the anonymous charges of sexual harassment against Herman Cain, nor even the prospect of a return to prison by Miss Lohan. Rather it turns out to be the mystery that has erupted at Harvard. It came into focus in the wake of the protest that took place Wednesday, when students of Professor Greg Mankiw walked out of his famous Economics 10 class because, in their reckoning, the... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/jerusalem-and-the-founders/87552/ Fri, 4 Nov 2011 14:13:16 EST Many of us will be watching the Supreme Court of the United States Monday, when the justices are scheduled to hear one of those only-in-America cases, where a child is challenging one of the most powerful of the government’s secretaries. Rick Richman of Jewish Current Issues has written about it today on Contentions. The youngster in the case is a nine-year-old American boy, Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky. The secretary he is suing is Hillary Clinton. He is asking the court to order her to carry... Editorial of The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-unesco-opportunity/87546/ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:10:22 EST The decision of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to approve full membership for Palestine provides America an opportunity not only to halt its funding of the organization but to withdraw entirely — and permanently. The halt in funding is required by a law passed by Congress in the 1990s and signed by President Clinton. Unesco was warned of this consequence by Mr. Clinton’s wife, Secretary of State Clinton, shortly before Unesco took its vote. Her warning had...