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http://www.insightmag.com/ ............................................... Folks, Washington’s buzzing with politics now that your Congress is back at work. Jamie Dettmer’s inside report on Sen. Bob Torricelli’s growing reelection woes seems to have caused quite a stir. You can still find it at http://www.insightmag.com/news/264896.html. And I think you’ll enjoy discovering Jamie’s thoughts on the high political cost of secrecy at the White House http://www.insightmag.com/news/264941.html. This along with our usual sterling collection of articles on Iraq, more Chinese espionage, and other stories no one else is reporting. That’s it for today. I’ll talk to you Monday, when I’ll still be your newsman in Washington, from the Bunker. ............................................... IS THE IRAQ THREAT GROWING? Don Rumsfeld says the short answer is “yes,” writes Pamela Hess. http://www.insightmag.com/news/266242.html ............................................... IT’S THE OIL, STUPID! Robert Maginnis tells us America's Persian Gulf policy has always been about our national interests. http://www.insightmag.com/news/265652.html ======================================== Inside the 9/11 Intelligence Failure! Read Bill Gertz’ “Breakdown” And you’ll learn why intelligence services are called “blind, deaf and dumb.” And how they became “welfare bureaucracies” saturated with the doctrine of appeasement and incapable of effective clandestine operations. http://www.conservativebookservice.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=c6007&sour_cd=INB004101 ======================================== WATCHING CHINA SHOPLIFT U.S. DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY Ex-Senate aide Bill Triplett explains Chinese pilfering tactics at defense exhibits http://www.insightmag.com/news/266618.html ............................................... TEARING THE WHITE HOUSE’S VEIL OF SECRECY Jamie Dettmer writes that at least the Bush administration is consistent in its determination to keep the ways of government secret, but at what cost? http://www.insightmag.com/news/264941.html ............................................... TAKE THE ANTHRAX VACCINE AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING Wade-Hahn Chan reports that although the anthrax vaccine routinely is administered to those at high risk of exposure to the disease, many experts doubt the vaccine's safety and effectiveness. http://www.insightmag.com/news/264888.html ............................................... THE CAMPUS ‘DIVERSITY’ MILL Walter Williams says you've written a tuition check, carted your son or daughter off to college, given last-minute admonitions and made tearful goodbyes. For those thousands of dollars, the anguish of seeing your teen-ager pack up and leave home for the first time, and entrusting him or her to strangers, what are some of the things you might expect? One thing for sure is that your youngster will encounter and be bombarded with diversity newspeak. http://www.insightmag.com/news/264898.html ............................................... MUGABE LAND GRAB BRINGS FAMINE FOR HIS PEOPLE Adrian Blomfield tells us that Zimbabwe's president is seizing farms without compensation and turning them over to his relatives and political cronies. http://www.insightmag.com/news/264936.html ............................................... SYMPOSIUM – PRO & CON ARE SETTLEMENS ON THE WEST BANK AN OBSTACLE TO PEACE? JAMES ZOGBY AND JEAN ABINADER SAY -- YES: Palestinian villages have been trapped and strangled within these Israeli compounds. http://www.insightmag.com/news/264881.html DON FEDER SAYS – NO: Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria in reality serve as obstacles to war. http://www.insightmag.com/news/264883.html ............................................... HAND-WRINGING REPUBLICANS NEED TO FOLLOW THE PRESIDENT Frank Gaffney writes that like a chorus of Hamlets, a number of Republican elders recently have begun wringing their hands in public over President George W. Bush's evident determination to liberate the people of Iraq and, thereby, end the mortal peril Saddam Hussein poses to them and the rest of us. http://www.insightmag.com/news/264890.html .............................................. LEARNING FROM THE FAILED EDUCATION FADS OF OTHERS Thomas Sowell opines that while we ought to learn from our own experiences, it is even better to learn from others' experiences, saving ourselves the painful costs of the lessons. In the case of the dominant educational fads of our times, many have been tried before in other countries. Failures there should have warned us that they were likely to fail here as well. http://www.insightmag.com/news/264893.html ............................................... IS ISRAEL LOOKING FOR A DEAL WITH SUNUNU? Ralph Hallow writes that Jewish groups expect pro-Israel Sen. Bob Smith to lose primary http://www.insightmag.com/news/266284.html ======================================== INSIGHT SUBSCRIPTION SPECIAL! Save $50.83 (Off Our Newsstand Price) https://www.collegepublisher.com/insightsub/subform1.cfm ======================================== You have received this newsletter because you have a user name and password at Insight on the News. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, visit "http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=unsubscribe". You may also log into Insight on the News and edit your account preferences on the Web. If you have forgotten or don't know your user name and password, it will be emailed to you after visiting the following link: http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=emailPassword&serialNumber=16oai891z5&[EMAIL PROTECTED]