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by Elizabeth Foss Other Articles by Elizabeth Foss American Girl vs. American Girls 10/15/05 Every night, when I put my daughters to sleep, I snuggle next to them under the pink, rose-festooned canopy over their bed. We talk about all sorts of things and I stay until they drift off. During the quiet time before the blanket of sleep envelopes my little girls, I gaze through the semi-darkness at the dolls on the shelves opposite the bed. The dolls are lined up after a day of play, a beautiful, tangible testimony to the innocence of girlhood. They are American Girl dolls...

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2005 – Secretary of the Navy and acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England honored the president and chief operating officer of McDonald's during a July 25 Pentagon ceremony for providing "super-sized" support for America's men and women in uniform. England presented Michael Roberts the Distinguished Public Service Award, calling him "hugely supportive" of the troops and praising him for "setting the tenor," not just for McDonald's Corp., but for all of corporate America. McDonald's joined the Defense Department's "America Supports You" program in March, becoming one of its major corporate sponsors. Since then, the company has played...

Douglas and Clinton April 29, 2005 How delighted Jason Gibbs must have been to utter the following sentence: "Governor Douglas believes we need people in the United States Senate who understand how important it is to protect and improve our environment." Gibbs is Gov. James Douglas' principal spokesman, and he was responding to a letter from Sen. Hillary Clinton to New York environmental officials supporting a test burn of tires at the International Paper plant in Ticonderoga, N.Y. IP wants to conduct a two-week test burn at the plant, and Clinton weighed in on the company's behalf, saying the plant...

Gal Luft is executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security in Washington, D.C. He is a specialist on strategic issues and energy policy with a PhD in strategic studies from Johns Hopkins University. A former lieutenant colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, his writings have appeared in Commentary, Foreign Affairs, the Los Angeles Times, Middle East Review of International Affairs, the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. Mr. Luft addressed the Middle East Forum in Philadelphia on October 27, 2004. Introduction In both World War Two and the Cold War, the side best deploying scientific...

<p>Schwarzenegger: "To resolve our fiscal crisis, the Legislature placed two measures on the ballot that comprise a bipartisan balanced budget plan." Westly: "Proposition 57 will refinance past deficit borrowing with lower annual interest payments."</p> <p>Schwarzenegger: "Prop. 58 requires a balanced budget every year without borrowing, so that we never get into this mess again."</p>

New poll shows Americans see Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran supporting terror A suicide bombing destroys a compound for Westners in Saudi Arabia. Americans don't think the Saudis are on our side in this war. Recent polling data from ARNSI (Alliance for Research on National Security Issues) – a joint project of the Center for Security Policy and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies – reveals that a majority of Americans view Iran, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Libya and North Korea as supporters of Al Qaeda or other international terrorist groups. Out of nine countries and the...

Opposing the War and Supporting the TroopsOpposing the war and supporting the troops. Consider the reasoning: I oppose the war, but I support the troops. I oppose the victory of America over Iraq, but I support the troops in their effort to achieve victory over Iraq. I oppose the efforts of President George W. Bush to remove Saddam Hussein and the Ba'ath Party from power in Iraq, but I support the troops who are carrying out the orders of President George W. Bush. I oppose the use of arms and equipment to defeat Iraq, but I support the troops who...