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How many American lives has John Ashcroft saved? Plenty. Across our nation, enemy terrorists have been apprehended since 9/11 — in Portland, Seattle, Detroit, Chicago, Peoria, Columbus, Buffalo, Baltimore, Alexandria, and elsewhere. Thanks to Mr. Ashcroft and the Bush Justice Department, terrorist cells have been disrupted and prevented from launching attacks (and from killing both Americans and non-Americans who live here), and more than 2,000 illegal aliens from the Middle East have been deported. Meanwhile, opponents led by the ACLU have instigated a vicious campaign of slander against the Bush-administration efforts to protect American lives. Reluctant until very recently to...

Southern sayings are a treasure for they offer wisdom to the ear. There is a saying that was in style in the south that held that “any human that can birth a child has to have the strength of a mighty warrior”. Once a man views a birth, he should quickly conclude that a male mighty warrior is not up to the task of childbirth. He is simply not that strong. While for many the physical and emotional strength of women has never ceased to be that of amazement, their intellectual ability is thought by some laggards to be less...

"Racial profiling" has heated up again, and that's bad news for the war on terror. Maryland, New Jersey and California -- key battlegrounds in homeland security -- have recently taken measures against the alleged bias of their police officers. Ironically, such actions will cripple the unbiased policing that could prevent the next terrorist attack on U.S. soil. It is widely assumed that racial profiling is both common and well documented. In fact, the evidence for it is weak. Studies typically compare police enforcement data -- stops, searches or arrests, for example -- with a population benchmark. If the rates of...