The following is a summary of the June, 2006, issue of the St. Croix Review:

In the editorial, “Politicians,” Angus MacDonald draws on history for perspective for the mess in Washington. He looks at the raising of the debt ceiling, earmarks, corporate welfare and farm subsidies, and the refusal to explore and drill for oil. There is much blame to go around, and the American people come in for their share. But he points to recent history to show when we have returned to common sense and charted a course away from disaster. 

Herbert London, in “Restating the Obvious about Islam” provides some much-needed truth about the nature of the enemy we face; in “Clockwork Orange in France,” he writes of the Muslim youths seething with resentment and committing horrible crimes, and he relates how the French intellectuals are doing their best to ignore them; in “Israel’s Options” he points out needed responses to the reality of a Hamas-led Palestinian government; in “Lawsuits and Security” he observes that the ACLU is suing to prevent the warrantless surveillance of suspected terrorists who call into U.S., and he reminds us of what is at stake; in “Criticism of Catholics and Muslims: An Eye Opening Contrast” he remarks on the differing reactions to protests, one concerning The Da Vinci Code, the other another cartoon of Mohammed. 

Jack Kelly asks the central question in the war on terror in “The Clash That Can’t Be.”

In “George Washington: The Indispensable Founding Father,” Allan Brownfeld examines the events and circumstances of Washington’s life, and the birth of the nation. He discusses the qualities of character that made Washington extraordinary. In “The Decline of Newspapers: Is It a Threat to a Thriving Democratic Society?” Allan Brownfeld examines the reasons why there is anxiety in the nation’s newsrooms.

“The Rules of Civility” were transcribed by George Washington from Catholic sources in Europe, where they had been in circulation from the1500s. While some of these prescriptions seem vestiges from a vanished age, other are considered good manners today. One does gain insights into Washington’s character by reading his rules for proper behavior, and we can catch a glimpse of how much our country has changed.

As the lawyer who argued the Kelo case before the Supreme Court, Scott G. Bullock provides insightful knowledge of the infamous result in “Hands Off My Home: The Abuse of Eminent Domain.”

William Barr’s writes that we need to rediscover the solid virtues we have lost in “Life Without a Moral Compass.”

Murray Weidenbaum gives us an insider’s look in “Ten Management Lessons from Ronald Reagan.”

Martin Harris shows how educators can befuddle parents, and hide their less-than stellar performance in “And Educational NECAP-ing in the Classroom.”

In Jigs Gardner’s “Writers of Conservatives: 3” he look at Scott Nearing, who was a committed Communist and a leader of the “back to nature” movement current in the 1960s.

Looking at history and seeing the calamities that have happened, John D’Aloia Jr. comes up with some ideas in “How to Prepare for Natural Disasters.”