The following is a summary of the August, 2003 issue of the St. Croix Review:

      In the Editorial “ Saudi Arabia and Iraq ” Angus MacDonald surveys the relevant facts that must be kept in mind in our dealings with both nations.

      In our correspondence section, W. Edward Chynoweth writes a critical response to Michael S. Swisher’s review of The Cambridge Apostles, and Mr. Swisher answers his response.

      In five essays Herbert London tackles the newest peace process in the Middle East; he finds a new trend in the American culture: back to basics; he evaluates the rise in the euro in relation to the dollar; he compares two sets of painters, Picasso-Matisse v. Manet-Velasquez; and reviews Richard Weaver’s arguments in Ideas Have Consequences and believes that they are valid, though they need qualification.  

      In Allan C. Brownfeld’s three essays he writes about the month that brought the Civil War to a close, the Supreme Court’s recent decisions concerning affirmative action, and the Bush administration’s increasing use of secrecy in governing.

      D. J. Tice shares an extended reverie on summer, considers the sad revelation of William Bennett’s gambling, and comments on the dilemma posed by the Minnesotas Sex Offender Program.   

      Thomas Martin asks those Americans who protest U.S. involvement in Iraq (and everyone else too): “What is worth living and dying for?”

      In “Why Blacks Should Say No to Law School ,” Winkfield Twyman Jr, who is a graduate of Harvard Law School , writes that Blacks who are admitted to elite law schools through affirmative action face a soul-crushing experience. In a profession that places the highest emphasis on law school grades, Blacks with lower scores on the LSAT, or lower grades in undergraduate schools, cannot possibly compete.

      M. Lester O’Shea, in “Where Was the Outrage?” questions why the sexual misconduct of the American Catholic clergy was allowed to get so far out of hand. He believes the cause is a very modern disregard by the clergy for the teachings of the bible, with emphasis placed instead on political causes. He believes the problem also lies within many Protestant churches.

      Hannes Hacker writes that modern-day Environmental dogma is primarily responsible for the 14 deaths in the Columbia tragedy, and that the same dogma had a hand to play in the 1986 Challenger explosion. 

      In “A New Phase in American History” by Anthony Harrigan, writes that U.S. leadership will need a strategic economic policy as well as an interventionist foreign and military policy if it is to meet the threat posed by hostile Islamists.

      Joseph S. Fulda presents an intellectual puzzle in “Partially Resolving the Tension Between Omniscience and Free Will: A Mathematical Argument.”     

      Martin Harris, in “Oink” writes about recent CEO scandals, and economic patterns in our history in which abuse by executives has been followed by grabs for power from politicians. Using the dairy industry and agricultural history he reveals that there have been conservative populists, and their solutions still make good sense.