'World Opinion be Damned'

It is a testament to the perverse priorities of our politicians and journalists that the biggest American outcry over Abu Ghraib was not the gruesome decapitation of American Nicholas Berg by terrorists, but the fact that many Arabs and Europeans are mad at us.

Why U.S. must cultivate world opinion

Editor’s note: While this article does not directly confront the opinion expressed by the Ayn Rand Institute op-ed on this page, it does suggest why the opinion of moderate Muslims around the world is important to U.S. objectives and demonstrates an awareness of the possibilities of education in defusing future radicalism, both essential if the U.S. and the world are to ever win the war on terror.

Sinclair Broadcasting theft of honor stopped

Did public opinion, money, or the law defeat Sinclair Broadcasting’s attempt to steal John Kerry’s honor?