The following is a summary of the October, 2005, issue of the St. Croix Review:

In the editorial, “Katrina,” Angus MacDonald writes about the aftermath of the hurricane and ponders what the event reveals about American Character.

In the “Letters to the Editor” section Edward Chynoweth believes the use of women soldiers is a terrible policy, for which politicians, and others, are responsible. And Harry Neuwirth puts the lessening support for the war effort in historical perspective.

In “Facing the Enemy Within” Herbert London writes that our immigration policy should be to exclude from entry those who do us harm; in “Those Who Deny the Terrorist Threat” he divides doubters into three groups and points out the flaws in their reasoning; in “The Reemergence of Bloodlines in America” he says that a bill in the Senate to award native Hawaiians a separate government is race based and unconstitutional; in “Darwinism “Revisited” he writes about gaps of unexplained phenomenon in Darwinism and a place for Divinity in the debate; in “Is Cheerleading Raunchy or Innocent: A National Debate” he gives a history of cheerleading.     

In “Remembering Alexander Hamilton, Perhaps the Most Important Figure in American History Who Never Attained the Presidency,” Allan Brownfeld writes of the views and accomplishments of Hamilton, and contrasts him with those of Thomas Jefferson. He writes that the new nation needed both Jefferson and Hamilton.

In “Fascism” Arnold Beichman is amused by our intellectual worthies who puzzle themselves with the question: Have we become a fascist nation? He shows that Communists and fascism share a common source.

“Symposium—Iraq: A Report Card,” hosted by Jamie Glazov, is a critical look at our successes and failures, at how the war in Iraq is going now, and at those things that have to be accomplished for us to succeed in Iraq.

In “The Home of the 507th” are several letters written by soldiers deployed in Iraq for family members in the U.S. These letters were posted on a web site that is managed by 507th Engineers.

William Barr recounts three instances in the Pacific during W.W. II in which U.S. forces were miraculously saved, in “A Divine Hand and the Divine Wind.”

The baseball coach at the University of Nebraska was given a 76 percent salary increase because of his team’s success, and because he makes fans “think” that they are happy when the team wins. Thomas Martin draws on the thought of Socrates to show that the source of happiness lies elsewhere in “Sports, Rewards, and Happiness.” 

Jigs Gardner “The Old Countryside” writes that the nation was founded by farmers, and that the ethos of the farm chastened the Founders, preventing them from indulging in the wild utopianism that undid Europe. Farming has now become a global business, and the countryside’s former influence is past, but we would do well to remember the lessons learned there.

In “An Argument about Genetically Modified Seedstock” Martin Harris gives us a good idea of the level of sophistication in modern-day farming.

In “Wind Farms at Kansas State University,” John D’Aloia point out the limits to this source of energy.

Joseph Fulda makes a Libertarian’s case for minimal government, and he also addresses the reasons why government intervention has driven up the costs of health care, in “Libertarian’s Corner: A Philosophical Argument, and Runaway Medical Costs.”