Ted Carpenter on the Strikes in Afghanistan: The Right Response."
Carpenter praises the war in Afghanistan and the measured, appropriate military action engaged by the Bush administration. 10/09/01
Brink Lindsey Looks at "The Last Totalitarians."
Cato's Center for Trade Policy Studies Director traces the roots of radical Islam to the 20th century's worst totalitarians - all enemies of modernity, technology and prosperity. 09/29/01
David Boaz on the Job Ahead.
Boaz outlines what steps need to be taken to provide for the common defense, and to defend American lives and property. 10/11/01
Ivan Eland: Don't Poke at Hornet's Nests.
Cato's director of defense policy studies writes a study that cautions against a global war on terrorism that will likely stir up more anti-American animosity and trigger more attacks. Eland advocates a robust, surgical attack to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban and the al-Queda forces it's hiding.
Niskanen: Hold Off on Attacking Iraq.
Cato's chairman urges the U.S. to "risk peace," and not invade Iraq unless Saddam Hussein is proven to sponsor terrorism on a global scale.