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July 23, New York Sun HAROLD FURCHTGOTT-ROTH “THE DANGERS OF THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE” Putting the government in a position of deciding the content that must be broadcast and, implicitly, which content must not, is an untenable situation in a free society. Other countries have state-owned or controlled broadcast stations—not America. [Federal Com - munications Commission Chair man Dennis Patrick] and his FCC colleagues did not abolish the Fairness Doctrine to help Rush Limbaugh and other conservative talk radio hosts who were not yet on the air. No one could have predicted in 1987 how much America wanted conservative talk radio. Mr. Patrick and his colleagues simply saw the obvious: an unconstitutional policy that was hamstringing the day-to-day operations of commercial broadcasters. July 19, Financial Times WILLIAM ODOM (CO-AUTHORED WITH LAWRENCE KORB) “TRAINING LOCAL FORCES IS NO WAY TO SECURE IRAQ” In July 2005 the total number of attacks on coalition forces, Iraqi civilians and Iraqi security forces was about 2,500. Two years later, the number of attacks had more than doubled. During that same period, the number of Iraqi army and police trained and equipped had grown from about 150,000 to more than 350,000. Arming the Shiadominated security forces makes about as much sense as arming the Bosnian Serbs to provide security after the NATO withdrawal. The reason for this spike in violence is obvious. It is a result of a sectarian struggle for power overlying several lesser civil conflicts, and the security problems are part of this struggle. Training or equipping these forces is not a solution. July 17, New York Sun JAIME DAREMBLUM “CARACASTAN” The expansion of Iran’s presence in Latin America and the Caribbean signifies a break with its diplomatic isolation, caused by its terrorist activities abroad, by its pursuit of nuclear weapons, and by Mr. Ahmadinejad’s anti-Semitic and Holocaust-denying antics. Helped by Mr. Chavez, who realizes how his relationship with Iran complicates the stability of the hemisphere, Iran intends to find more allies in America’s Latin and Caribbean neighbors. July 11, New York Sun CAROL ADELMAN “UPDATING FOREIGN AID” The conventional assumption that foreign aid counts only when it comes from governments is caught in the time warp of Marshall Plan-era thinking when both private investments and charity abroad were minimal. Over the past two decades, new means of delivery have sprung up to help the needy who are abroad. Venture philanthropy like the Britain-based Riders for Health started a self-sustaining business through private donations and volunteers. The successful venture provides 1,200 vehicles in five African countries, transporting 900 nurses to remote areas and patients to hospitals. Government foreign aid is being supplemented and augmented by private insurers providing affordable insurance to the very poor. July 2, Weekly Standard PAUL MARSHALL “ENDANGERED SALMAN” [Egyptian] State Security has now also leveled charges against Quranist founder Ahmed Subhy Mansour, who formerly taught Islamic history at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, the major center of Sunni learning. He was fired because of his views and imprisoned in 1987. Subsequently he found asylum in the United States and lives in Virginia. Also charged is Dr. Othman Mohamed Ali, who lives in Canada. These arrests are part of the Egyptian government’s double game in which it imprisons members of the Muslim Brotherhood when the latter appear to become too powerful, while simultaneously trying to appear Islam - ic itself and blunt the Brother hood’s appeal by cracking down on religious reformers, who are very often also democracy activists. June 29, Wall Street Journal DAVID SATTER “THE SUMMIT IN KENNEBUNKPORT” There will undoubtedly be an attempt in Kennebunkport to put a good face on U.S.-Russian relations. But this should not come at the expense of self- 20 HUDSON INSTITUTE / FALL 2007
censorship on the U.S. side which changes nothing in Russian behavior and denies us the possibility to influence the underlying tendency. In fact, the best President Bush can do is speak frankly to Putin about the obstructive and self-defeating character of his policies. This may not improve the atmosphere, but the U.S. cannot allow itself to be drawn into a world of self-serving Russian illusions. By telling Putin things he needs to hear, Bush may provoke a boorish response. But he will be behaving like a true friend. June 25, Chronicle of Philanthropy clearly different from the internment of Japanese American citizens. June 20, WashingtonPost.com RICHARD WEITZ “A BUSH-PUTIN DISCUSSION ON THE RADAR” Despite its concerns, the Bush administration should continue to engage the Russians on a possible joint use of the Gabala radar while keeping open the possibility of deploying Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) systems in Poland and the Czech Republic. The fact that the radar is technically inadequate is less important than the potential for Russian-American dialogue over the base to limit the negative spill-over from the BMD dispute and, ideally, expand to address other important security issues. For example, the dialogue could generate creative thinking about how to address missile defense issues in the strategic arms accord that Russia and the United States have begun negotiating to replace the START and SORT agreements when they expire in a few years. It could also accelerate the two countries’ interlocking efforts to develop more secure international civilian nuclear fuel arrangements. WILLIAM SCHAMBRA “PHILANTHROPY’S MISGUIDED FOCUS ON ‘ROOT CAUSES’” Most foundations are driven by the conviction that they must not waste money on charity, which simply puts Band-Aids on society’s problems. Rather, they must try to get to the problems’ root causes, thereby solving them once and for all. After a full century of efforts to follow this rule, it’s time to ask: Is it anything more than a mindless mantra? June 21, National Review Online JOHN FONTE “RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING” As in any government policy, there are bureaucratic mishaps and high-handedness here and there, but the language of the immigration bill (“devastating,” “detrimental,” “many who suffered”) implies that there were major human rights violations against American citizens of European descent during World War II. This is simply false, and is HUDSON I N S T I T U T E Leadership and Communications Herbert I. London President Deborah L. Hoopes Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Rachel DiCarlo Currie Managing Editor Diane Reed Corporate Secretary Kenneth R. Weinstein Chief Executive Officer Grace Paine Terzian Vice President, Communications Mitzi H. Pepall Art Direction and Design Richard Weitz Director, Program Management Interns Sibylle Getzin and Kathryn Kimball provided assistance with this newsletter. 1015 15th Street, N.W., Sixth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone 202.974.2400 / Fax 202.974.2410 info@hudson.org / www.hudson.org / ©2007 Hudson Institute Hudson Institute is a non-partisan policy research org anization dedicated to in no - vative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity, and freedom. For more information about Hudson Insti tute, visit our website at www.hudson.org. www.hudson.org FALL 2007 / HUDSON INSTITUTE 21
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