One of the unlamented developments of this election year is the Democratic Party’s retreat to the Left. Although the media claim the party's voters have learned their lesson by settling for the “electable” John F. Kerry, a cursory examination of the Democrats shows they remain animated by anti-Bush furor. The party rank-and-file may have decided they prefer the sing-song cadences of … [Read more...]
“Charitable” Foundations: ATMs for the Left
March 2, 2004 By Ben Johnson
Filed Under: Abortion, Affirmative Action/Race, AFL-CIO, Conspiracy theories, Feminism, Foreign policy, FrontPage Magazine, George Soros/Shadow Party, Homeland Security, Labor Unions, Left-wing Philanthropy, Missile Defense, Radical Left, SEIU, Teresa Heinz Kerry Tagged With: 527 groups, Abortion, AFL-CIO, America Votes, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute, Americans Coming Together (ACT), Andrew Stern, Ann Richards, anti-white conspiracy theories, Aryan Nations, Aspen Institute, Aspen Institute’s Global Interdependence Initiative, Baba Odinga, Barbara Ehrenreich, Ben Johnson, Bill Clinton, Bill Moyers, Black Liberation Army, Black Panthers, Carl Pope, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Cecile Richards, Center for American Progress (CAP), Center for Constitutional Rights, Center for Defense Information (CDI), Che Guevara, CIA, Citizen Action, Communist Party USA, cop-killers, Cornel West, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Cuba, Cuban Committee for Democracy, Daniel Ellsberg, Delores Huerta, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Dick Morris, Edward Kelly, Ellen Malcolm, EMILY's List, felon disenfranchisement, Feminism, Feminist Majority, Fidel Castro, Florence and John Schumann Foundation, Florence Fund, Ford Foundation, FrontPage Magazine, FrontPageMag.com, G-8, George Soros, Gina Glantz, Global Exchange, globalism, Gloria Steinem, Harold Ickes, Harold Meyerson, Herman Bell, Hillary Clinton, Ho Chi Minh, Howard Dean, human shields, Hussein Ibish, Ina Solomon, Institute for Global Communications, Institute for Policy Studies, Institute for Public Accuracy, International ANSWER, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, International Occupation Watch, Iran, Jalil Muntaquin, John Ashcroft, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Writer’s Fellowship, John Edwards, John Kerry, John Moyers, John Podesta, Lani Guinier, Left-wing Philanthropy, Les Aspin, Leslie Cagan, Link TV, Lynne Stewart, Maher Mofeid Hawash, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Mao Tse-tung, Medea Benjamin, Media Fund, Michael Dukakis, Mike Bauer, Million Mom March, minority racism, Minyon Moore, Missile Defense, Morton Halperin, MoveOn.org, Mumia Abu-Jamal, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (NAACP-LDEF), Nancy Pelosi, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Nation magazine, National Lawyers Guild, National Organization for Women (NOW), National Review, News, Norman Solomon, North Korea, NOW with Bill Moyers, Open Society Institute (OSI), PBS, People for the American Way (PAW), Peter Lewis, Phil Crane, Philip Agee, Phyllis Bennis, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Progressive Insurance, Public Citizen, Public Citizen Foundation, Ralph Nader, Robert Kuttner, Robert Reich, Robert Seth Hayes, Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, Ron Carey, Russell Maroon Shoats, Sami al-Arian, Schumann Foundation, Sean Penn, SEIU, Sierra Club, Soros Documentary Fund, Sundiata Acoli, Surdna Foundation, Teddy “Jah” Heath, Teresa Heinz Kerry, The American Prospect (TAP), The Sentencing Project, Thomas Ryan, Tides Center, Tides Foundation, TomPaine.com, U.S. Patriot Act, United for Peace and Justice, USPIRG, William Goodman, Win Without War, World Trade Organization (WTO), “Indonesia: Islands on Fire”
Will Women be Drafted in Rangel’s Army?
January 14, 2003 By Ben Johnson
This article's topic was pitched to me before I formally began my duties as Associate Editor at FrontPage Magazine. Charlie Rangel had introduced a bill to reinstate the draft, in hopes of destroying support for the looming war with Iraq. Jamie Glazov sent me an e-mail saying while FPM's leadership supported reintroducing the draft, it opposed Rangel's cynical motives. I replied that I would be … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Bill Clinton, Feminism, FrontPage Magazine, Homosexual issues, Iraq, National defense Tagged With: B. B. Bell, Bill Clinton, Bush draft rumors, Charlie Rangel, conscription, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Feminism, FrontPage Magazine, gays in the military, Iraq war, Les Aspin, News, Politics, social engineering, women in combat
