The US political class's historical committment to 'Western Values' on display:
  • "I wouldn’t go so far as to say execute her [Jane Fonda], but I think we should cut her tongue off." Maryland State Legislator Michael Foley, as reported in the Baltimore Sun, March 7, 1973.
  • "Those who do not believe in the ideology of the United States, shall not be allowed to stay in the United States." US Attorney General, Tom Clark, Addressing the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, 15 January 1948; cited in David Caute, The Great Fear: The Anti-Communist Purge Under Truman and Eisenhower, p. 15, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1979.

April 6, 2006
In This Issue
Ninotchka
About the Cover Pic
Five months to WW2 and Hollywood is still obsessing over the Soviet Union and soft on Hitler.
Featured Essay
When the weather is changing fast you need a Weatherman to see which way the wind is blowing.
Featured Graphic
From the IC's drawing archive.
Political Cartoon
Red State Republican turns on the charm.
Worth Reading
A translation of an essay from the German weekly Freitag on the real meaning of the defeat of Hitler Germany. Its relevance for Americans is obvious.