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Paid articleThe Never-Ending War (July 2002)
0"The Never-Ending War" That Never Ended Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon take on Israel, from a 1967 Lebanese newspaper. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East MICHAEL B....
Paid articleBlind World Leadership (June 2000)
m I the only one who thinks we're governed by nutcases? It's hard to reach any ott~cr conclusion about our foreign polic? "team"- Clinton, Core, Cohen and Albright. They're the Washington...
Paid articleThe White House Joins the Teamsters (November 1998)
THE WHITE HOUSE JOINS THE TEAMSTERS TIES BETWEEN A CORRUPT LABOR UNION AND A CORRUPT PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION SUGGEST A CONSPIRACY FOR MUTUAL ENRICHMENT AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKERS. AS USUAL,...
Paid articleThe Terrorism Spectator: Striking Out (October 1998)
THE TERRORISM SPECTATOR by Michael Ledeen Striking Out B ill Clinton's glorious war against international terror is cut from the same doily as his glorious victories against Saddam Hussein and...
Paid articleThe Collapse of Clinton Foreign Policy (July 1998)
THE COLLAPSE OF CLINTON FOR'EIGN POLICY Call it Clinton's New World Disorder. From China and Russia to Iraq and India and Pakistan, nukes and a new arms race are the order of the day, much of...
Paid articleThe Nation's Pulse: Walsh vs. Starr (April 1998)
THE NATION'S PULSE by Michael Ledeen Walsh vs. Starr H ow convenient the political memory! Now afflicted with their own Special Prosecutors, the Democrats bemoan the incredible powers of the...
Paid articleThe Sick Men of Europe (April 1998)
THE MEDIOCRITIES IN CHARGE OF TODAY'S EUROPE THINK THE ARRIVAL OF A SINGLE CURRENCY WILL SAVE THE CONTINENT FROM ITSELF. MICHAEL LEDEEN T hese are decidedly bad times for Europe, and for those...
Paid articleThe Trade Weapon, and Other Myths (February 1998)
lea V •111111•^ addam Hussein's recent act of bravado—barring American observers from sites believed to be used for the production of weapons of mass destruction—was not an isolated event, but...
Paid articleThe New Cold War Revisionism (June 1995)
Michael Ledeen The New Cold War Revisionism As new information is resolving old controversies, the New York Times reverts to its habit of covering up Soviet disinformation—even if that means...
Paid articleAfrica Goes South (April 1995)
Michael Ledeen Africa Goes South Sub-Suharan Africa remains mired in poverty, corruption, and disease—and its condition isn't likely to be improved by the Faustian bargain struck last year in...
Paid articleThe Public Policy / Intelligence, Anyone? (January 1995)
Intelligence, Anyone? by Michael Ledeen T he Aldrich Ames affair, in which a single KGB mole wrecked as many as a hundred CIA operations and killed off many of our foreign agents, has revealed a...
Paid articleSpectator's Journal! Neo-Italy (August 1994)
SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL Neo-Italy by Michael Ledeen T he Italian Revolution has reached its halfway point, having liquidated the old political parties and having made possible a radical transformation...
Paid articleSpectator's Journal/ The Big Botch (July 1994)
The Big Botch by Michael Ledeen W e are in the midst of the seven lean years of American foreign policy. Bill Clinton, the first modern president to go for days on end without even receiving a...
Paid articleDecontrol Freaks (June 1994)
Decontrol Freaks The Bush and Clinton administrations' unprecedented giveaway of secret military technology. by Michael Ledeen and Stephen Bryen uring the presidential campaign of 1992, Bill...
Paid articleThe Fellini Spectator/A Man of the Right (January 1994)
A Man of the Right by Michael Ledeen L ike all great artists, Federico Fellini had an ambivalent attitude toward his society, and in return he incurred his fair share of its misunderstanding and...
Paid articleItaly's Great Purge (October 1993)
A year after Francois Mitterrand was elected president of France, I asked Italian Socialist leader Bettino Craxi what he thought of him. He scowled. "It's as if we had never existed," he...
Paid articleSpectator's Journal/Heading South (May 1993)
T he old order spins ever more violently out of control, making it increasingly difficult to get our bearings. Around the periphery, the teeming masses are restless, now rallying to the banner of...
Paid articleLawrence Walsh, Grand Inquisitor (March 1993)
you've seen his face repeatedly over the past six-plus years, right out of American Gothic; a stern, gaunt, righteous face with a tinge of the Torquemada, the sort of face that matches the title:...
Paid articleSpectator's Journal / Europa! Oy, Europa! (February 1993)
you probably noticed that, as we were marching off to establish the new world order, Europe hit the fan. It shouldn't have surprised us all that much—after all, Europe's given us fascism, Communism,...
Paid articleThe Nation's Pulse/Busting the Bureaucracy (October 1992)
Busting the Bureaucracy by Michael Ledeen / n the midst of the second democratic revolution, our leaders have lost their bearings, which is neither surprising nor daunting. None of our current...
Paid articleCommon Sense 1992 (June 1992)
Michael Ledeen Common Sense 1992 Worldwide, the people are saying no to Big Government in a revolution that remains leaderless. T he natives are restless. From Marseilles and Milan to Moscow and...
Paid articleThe International Pulse/A Stern Gang (May 1992)
A Stern Gang T he emptiness of our public rhetoric is a useful measure of the failure of our political class to comprehend the revolutionary moment we are living. As the Soviet Empire came undone,...
Paid articleGun-Shy (February 1992)
Gun-Shy by Michael Ledeen T he old models of domestic and international behavior are disintegrating, the new ones not yet defined. The former Soviet Union is a shambles, and neither we nor the...
Paid articleSpectator's Journal/Casey's Final Mission (November 1991)
SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL CASEY'S FINAL MISSION rr hat congressional investigators I should be digging into the October Surprise Hoax rather than studying Bill Casey's greatest operation is a tribute to...
Paid articleLeftist Liars and Ideological Suicide (October 1991)
Michael Ledeen LEFTIST LIARS AND IDEOLOGICAL SUICIDE World events since 1980 differ so widely from what leftist rhetoric would have predicted that the left's ideologues have had to resort to...
Paid articleOperation Desert Shame (June 1991)
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR VOL. 24, NO. 6 / JUNE 1991 Michael Ledeen OPERATION DESERT SHAME As President Bush has learned to his chagrin, Realpolitik can justify short-term tactics, but not...
Paid articleGod Is on Our Side (April 1991)
C THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR VOL. 24, NO. 4 / APRIL 1991 Michael Ledeen GOD IS ON OUR SIDE How else to explain the blunders of Gorby, Saddam & Co. that keep saving us from the consequences of our...
Paid articleWe Are Number One (March 1991)
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR VOL. 24, NO. 3 / MARCH 1991 Michael Ledeen WE ARE NUMBER ONE America's performance in the Gulf war charts the outlines of a one-superpower world. As misconceptions die in...
Paid articleThe Second Democratic Revolution (October 1990)
Michael Ledeen THE SECOND DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION Cold War or no Cold War, the worldwide movement toward democracy will be reversed if the United States does not continue to lead it. W e have...
Paid articleThe Beginning of the Beginning (February 1990)
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR VOL. 23, NO. 2 / FEBRUARY 1990 Michael Ledeen THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING For all we know, Gorbachev is the Pope's agent busily dismantling the Soviet Empire. The trick...
Paid articleIran Without Khomeini (August 1989)
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR VOL 22 NO. 8 / AUGUST 1989 Michael Ledeen IRAN WITHOUT KHOMEINI We are consoled during the official period of mourning by the knowledge that opportunities for better...
Paid articleSpectator's Journal/Endgame: Pressuring Gorbo (May 1989)
SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL ENDGAME: PRESSURING GORBO T he disintegration of the Soviet I Empire continues apace. As Soviet journals and newspapers report the horrors of the health system, the...
Paid articleThe Suave Gorbachev Wears No Clothes (February 1989)
Michael Ledeen THE SUAVE GORBACHEV WEARS NO CLOTHES Gorbo's New York speech was an admission of failure, an appeal to creditors for more money and more time, and a general cry for help. The...
Paid articlePresswatch/Parting Shots (January 1989)
PARTING SHOTS by Michael Ledeen FT" his will be my final "Presswatch" 1. column and I want to thank Bob Tyrrell and the whole crowd for giving me the chance to look at the Fourth Estate for the...
Paid articlePresswatch/Screamers (December 1988)
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Paid articlePresswatch/A Shrinking World (November 1988)
PRESSWATCH A SHRINKING WORLD Iisbeen a great summer for the media, and we must choose among a cornucopia of goodies. The award for the most fascinating story comes from the Ivory Coast, courtesy...
Paid articlePresswatch/The New McCarthyism (October 1988)
PRESSWATCH THE NEW McCARTHYISM by Michael Ledeen T he great evil of McCarthyism was 1 the political witchhunt, in which innocent people were smeared and ruined on the basis of rumor and innuendo...
Paid articlePresswatch/Silly Seasonings (September 1988)
PRESSWATCH SILLY SEASONINGS by Michael Ledeen I t's the silly season, and not just because of the nominating conventions of what are misguidedly called our political parties. For two days in the...
Paid articlePresswatch/Mysteries and Oversights (August 1988)
PRESSWATCH MYSTERIES AND OVERSIGHTS T he campaign for some kind of I oversight for the media, resulting in the establishment of some standard of accountability, is gathering momentum. It...
Paid articlePresswatch/Weasel Words and Deeds (July 1988)
PRESSWATCH WEASEL WORDS AND DEEDS W hen does a journalist take responsibility for what he writes, and when does he "fudge" it by wrapping various disclaimers around it? I don't know if this is a...
Paid articlePresswatch/Treason and Accountability (June 1988)
.................................................................................................................. PRESS WATCH TREASON AND ACCOUNTABILITY E arly in April, an appeals court in...
Paid articlePresswatch/Deadly Reminders (April 1988)
PRESSWATCH DEADLY REMINDERS by Michael Ledeen Lest we forget, the media have become part of government in this country (and in most other Western countries as well), but with Michael Ledeen is...
Paid articlePresswatch / Double Standards (March 1988)
PRESSWATCH DOUBLE STANDARDS rr he old, street-wise reporter in the 1 films I grew up with always used to tell the young cub out of school, "Just tell the story, and let the chips fall where they...
Paid articlePresswatch / When the Soviets come to Washington (February 1988)
PRESSWATCH WHEN THE SOVIETS COME TO WASHINGTON rr he coverage of the summit is probably best left to the drama critics and the psychoanalysts, but a few points are appropriate. First, the West...
Paid articlePresswatch/Self-Deceptions (January 1988)
PRESSWATCH SELF-DECEPTIONS by Michael Ledeen rr he greatest triumph of Soviet disinformation is undoubtedly the spread of "moral equivalence," according to which there is no substantial...
Paid articleTerrorism/A New Sense of Professionalism (December 1987)
Michael Ledeen/Terrorism A NEW SENSE OF PROFESSIONALISM IT es been a banner decade for inter- national terrorism, but some people just aren't satisfied. You'd think both Michael Ledeen, TAS's...
Paid articlePresswatch/Distortions, Omissions, Lies (November 1987)
PRESSWATCH DISTORTIONS, OMISSIONS, LIES Is there such a thing as a life cycle of a newspaper? Can one measure its vital signs and diagnose symptoms of a possibly fatal disease? There are...
Paid articlePresswatch/Hot Times on the Potomac (October 1987)
PRESSWATCH HOT TIMES ON THE POTOMAC W e are all suffering from withdrawal after the Iran-Contra Committee hearings, which thankfully lasted until the vacation season set in. But those journalists...
Paid articlePresswatch/Spikes and Inouyendoes (September 1987)
PRESSWATCH SPIKES AND INOUYENDOES C ometimes it's the small acts of nastiness that tell us the most about a person. Eight years ago, when I was interviewing people for a book I co-wrote about...
Paid articlePresswatch/Top Secrets (August 1987)
PRESSWATCH TOP SECRETS by Michael Ledeen C ome years ago, I knew a person who had spent his professional lifetime on Capitol Hill, mostly as a senior staff member of committees investigating...
Paid articlePresswatch/Exposing a Disaster (July 1987)
PRESSWATCH EXPOSING A DISASTER by Michael Ledeen rr he biggest story of the year—per1 haps the biggest story of the decade—was buried in the pages of the country's leading newspapers, and only...
Paid articleThe Future of Foreign Policy (June 1987)
Michael Ledeen THE FUTURE OF FOREIGN POLICY It will depend on whether we support democratic revolution. W ith the explosion of the Iran/ contra aid debacle, we are once again involved in an...
Paid articlePresswatch/The Shame of It (May 1987)
PRESSWATCH THE SHAME OF IT by Michael Ledeen T et us start with a quiet item, buried on page 12 of US. News & World Report in its March 9 edition: White House officials aren't the only ones who...
Paid articlePresswatch/A Selective Bunch (April 1987)
PRESSWATCH A SELECTIVE BUNCH by Michael Ledeen Woodward Rides Again The Iran/contra story, which by now has left the American public with terminally glazed eyes (they can't remember all the...
Paid articlePresswatch/Crashing Boars (March 1987)
PRESSWATCH CRASHING BOARS by Michael Ledeen W e are all indebted to the Philadelphia Inquirer for publishing, on January 3, the story of the month. Its significance is such that I quote it in its...
Paid articlePresswatch/Getting It Straight (February 1987)
PRESSWATCH GETTING IT STRAIGHT A 11 media watchers are grateful for the Iranian/contra business, since it will give us years of raw data. And those who are concerned about the influence of media...
Paid articlePresswatch/Heroes and Objects (January 1987)
PRESSWATCH HEROES AND OBJECTS Heroes of the Month: To Jonathan Yardley for his Washington Post article of October 20 on Secretary of Education William Bennett. "Bennett is the best friend higher...
Paid articlePresswatch/Woodward Disinforms (December 1986)
"Presswatch/Woodward Disinforms" Analyzing the "disinformation" story—launched by that master of the subject, Bob Woodward, in the Washington Post on October 2—is a daunting undertaking. By now, the basic premise of Woodward's...
Paid articlePresswatch/Sid's Seizures (November 1986)
The coveted dunce caps for the month go to Sidney Blumenthal and his hard-working editors at the Washington Post for Blumenthal's characteristic blooper on July 17: "I always feel elated," said...
Paid articlePresswatch/Silly Season (October 1986)
Seth's final revenge, "the old shade's last shady deal," are of scant help in explaining the situation. The Crawford countian's custom of determining the market value of his franchise has usually...
Paid articlePresswatch/Bums (September 1986)
ican's pride and the media elite's disdain may betray an endemic sourness of spirit among those who try to set the nation's tastes but do not succeed. Not far below the surface, however, can be...
Paid articleEminentoes/Our Man in Moscow (August 1986)
down to business in the obligatory coi tion sequence (performed to the hard driving rhythms of Harold Faltermeyer's banal score), she purrs , "Maverick, you big stud," and it' s unclear...
Paid articlePresswatch/Pelton and the Post (August 1986)
PRESSWATCH r PELTON AND THE POST by Michael Ledee n The sermon for today deals with the press and national security, a subjec t that has recently seen a gaggle of top Administration...
Paid articlePresswatch / I'll Be Lying at State (July 1981)
I'LL BE LYING AT STATE by Michael Ledeen From the Washington Post, recently stung by the discovery it had not checked its stories carefully enough, comes a new phenomenon in journalistic ethics:...
Paid articlePresswatch / Throwaway Countries in Throwaway Times (March 1981)
PRESS SWATCH THROWAWAY COUNTRIES IN THROWAWAY TIMES by Michael Ledeen The Freedom of Information Act, continued: Most of those who cheered when the FOIA was passed undoubtedly expected that it...
Paid articlePresswatch / Boycott the Times (February 1981)
BOYCOTT THE TIMES by Michael Ledeen It is time to organize the great 1981 national boycott of the New York Times. Now that Richard Burt has left, one can expect to find an uninterrupted flow...
Paid articlePresswatch / Billy Lie (December 1980)
"Presswatch / Billy Lie" - a cover for anti-Semitism. Not always. At any rate, if all those who object to certain aspects of Israeli policies should pass for anti-Semites, Israel itself would have more of them...
Paid articlePresswatch / Sunni Days (November 1980)
"Presswatch / Sunni Days" living before they have had the time to become "men," and they duly turn into charmless, premature adults lacking that sense of the child in man that Nietzsche rightly admired. That a female...
Paid articlePresswatch/KeepingDisinformed (September 1980)
"Presswatch/KeepingDisinformed" there will be no comment here about television coverage of the great "dream ticket" escapade in Detroit. Instead, this space will be devoted to two stories that never...
Paid articlePresswatch / Imam Is Not Alone (August 1980)
The news breakthrough of the month comes from Tehran. According to Kayhan, on Friday evening, J u n e 14, Iranian f i g h t e r planes opened fire on a "luminous flying object" that...
Paid articlePresswatch / Defaming Kissinger in Just 60 Minutes (July 1980)
"Presswatch / Defaming Kissinger in Just 60 Minutes" As of this writing, CBS News has yet to inform its viewers of the strong negative reaction to the 60 Minutes broadcast of 4 May entitled...
Paid articlePresswatch / Imam We Trust (June 1980)
"Presswatch / Imam We Trust" This month's award for runaway prose goes to the world press in general for its coverage of AmericanIranian affairs during the first half of March. That, you'll recall, is...
Paid articlePresswatch/ Is There Intelligence at the Times? (May 1980)
"Presswatch/ Is There Intelligence at the Times?" What is the secret dream of every red-blooded American journalist? To be an intelligence agent. Consider the treatment given by the Los Angeles Times to an...
Paid articlePresswatch / Where News Is Made (April 1980)
"Presswatch / Where News Is Made" This month's award for runaway prose goes to Lou Cannon and David Broder of the Washington Post for their description on February 10 of George Bush's tactics in the...
Paid articlePresswatch (March 1980)
mountain air, and even enjoy a cigarette without fouling the interior of our tank. That's a real advantage to operating in North America. My driver here speaks passable French, so when we got...
Paid articleThe KGB Radio Hour (February 1980)
"The KGB Radio Hour" nature, rather tedious people, with boring concerns; ,but because they are also fairly literate and fairly imaginative, they are able to bore the rest of us as well. Their work lacks genuine...
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