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Professor of political science Michael McFaul argues thatthe conditions exist to increase the number of democratic nations andthat the United States can and should use its power to encourage andsupport liberty and democracy in nations that have never beforeenjoyed freedom. Foreign correspondent Robert D. Kaplan contends thatnot all nations have the conditions in which democracy can thrive,that some nations prosper without it, and that democracy may be lessimportant in the future.
Professor of political science Samuel L. Popkin arguesthat presidential election campaigns perform a unique and essentialservice in informing and unifying the American people. Politicalscientist Anthony King contends that American officeholders spend toomuch time and effort running for office, which detracts from theirresponsibility to provide good government.
Paul D. Wellstone, a Democratic senator from Minnesota,argues that the new campaign spending reform legislation constitutesan "enormous step forward" in lessening the undue power of wealthyspecial interests in U.S. elections. John Samples, director of theCato Institute's Center for Representative Government, predicts thatthe new campaign finance law will reduce voter turnout, make it moredifficult for challengers to win against incumbents, and stifle freespeech.
Reporter Bernard Goldberg cites studies of journalists'attitudes and recalls some of his own experiences at CBS News to showthat the culture of the news media is hostile to conservatism. Radiotalk show host Jim Hightower cites a number of examples indicatingthat there is in fact a paucity of "actual liberals, much lessprogressive populists", with access to a national audience to counterthe many conservative voices in the media.
Supreme Court chief justice William H. Rehnquist arguesthat Congress cannot regulate activities within a state that are noteconomic and do not substantially affect commerce among the states.Supreme Court justice Stephen G. Breyer upholds the right of Congressto regulate activities within a state if Congress has a rational basisfor believing that it affects the exercise of congressionalpower.
Freelance writer Daniel Lazare argues that the electoralcollege is an undemocratic institution that no longer serves todemocratically choose a president. Richard A. Posner, a judge and alegal scholar, sees more difficulties in abolishing the electoralcollege than in retaining it, and he maintains that the U.S. SupremeCourt has the right to ensure that the casting of a state's electoralvote conforms with that state's laws.
Former judge Robert H. Bork contends that, in denying theeffort of the Florida Supreme Court to rewrite the Florida electionlaw, the U.S. Supreme Court correctly prevented Al Gore fromoverturning George W. Bush's narrow victory in the 2000 presidentialelection. Professor of jurisprudence Cass R. Sunstein concludes thatthe intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the vote recount incontested Florida districts lacked precedent, was unprincipled, andraised questions regarding the denial of equal protection, which theCourt was unwilling to confront.
Essayist Robert W. Lee argues that capital punishment isthe only fair way for society to respond to certain heinous crimes.Law professor Eric M. Freedman contends that the death penalty doesnot reduce crime but does reduce public safety and carries the risk ofinnocent people being executed.
Writer Carl T. Bogus argues that even local gun controllaws will reduce the number of gun-related crimes. Social analyst JohnR. Lott, Jr., argues that giving law-abiding citizens the right tocarry concealed handguns deters street crime.
Mary Frances Berry, chair of the U.S. Civil RightsCommission, contends that affirmative action is needed becauseminorities have suffered so much negative action throughout Americanhistory. Columnist Linda Chavez argues that racial preferences createa surface appearance of progress while destroying the substance ofminority achievement.
Law professor Charles R. Lawrence III asserts that speechshould be impermissible when, going beyond insult, it inflicts injuryon its victims. Author Jonathan Rauch maintains that there can be nogenuine freedom of expression unless it includes the freedom to offendthose who oppose the expressed opinion.
Legal philosopher Robert P. George asserts that, sinceeach of us was a human being from conception, abortion is a form ofhomicide and should be banned. Writer Mary Gordon maintains thathaving an abortion is a moral choice that women are capable of makingfor themselves and that aborting a fetus is not killing aperson.
Wall Street Journal editorial writer Amity Shlaesmaintains that the federal income tax is too high, too complex, andunfair in withholding income from wage earners. Philosophy professorsLiam Murphy and Thomas Nagel contend that the issue of tax fairness ismisunderstood because, contrary to what most people believe, taxes donot take one's property but, in fact, help to establish propertyrights.
Economist Paul Krugman maintains that corporate greed, thedecline of organized labor, and changes in production have contributedto a sharp increase in social and economic inequality in America.Christopher C. DeMuth, president of the American Enterprise Institute,asserts that Americans have achieved an impressive level of wealth andequality and that a changing economy ensures even moreopportunities.
Political science professor Lucian W. Pye warns that Chinais not to be trusted in its economic and political dealings with theUnited States and other nations. Chinese studies professor David M.Lampton maintains that popular assumptions about China's military,political, and economic objectives are wrong and should becorrected.
Political commentator Patrick J. Buchanan argues thatlarge-scale, uncontrolled immigration has increased America's socialand economic problems and deprived it of the shared values and commonlanguage that define a united people. Daniel T. Griswold, associatedirector of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies,contends that immigration gives America an economic edge, does notdrain government finances, and is not remarkably high compared withpast eras.
Editor Norman Podhoretz maintains that America must notonly eliminate the Al Qaeda network terrorists but also overthrowstate regimes that sponsor terrorism. Editor Thomas Harrison arguesthat America's war on terrorism is simply an attempt to preserve anoppressive status quo and that the only way to eliminate terrorism isto form a third party that seeks a more democratic and egalitarianworld.
Professor of economics Douglas A. Irwin asserts that allcountries benefit from free trade because it promotes efficiency,spurs production, and results in better goods at lower prices. DavidMorris, vice president of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance,argues that free trade is undesirable because it widens thestandard-of-living gap between rich and poor nations.
William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard,and Robert Kagan, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace, maintain that America must exercise a role ofworld preeminence to shape the international environment in order toprotect American interests. Benjamin Schwarz, a correspondent forThe Atlantic Monthly, and Christopher Layne, a MacArthurFellow in Peace and International Security Studies, conclude that itis burdensome, risky, and ultimately futile for America to attempt topreserve its status as the only great power.
Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper defends militarytribunals as consistent with established law and as necessary toprotect American jurors and court personnel from an internationalterror network. Aryeh Neier, of the American Civil Liberties Union,contends that the proposed military tribunals would deprive defendantsof essential rights guaranteed under both American and internationallaw.
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