The following is a summary of the December, 2011, issue of The St. Croix Review.
In "Finding Something to Believe In," Barry MacDonald writes about the purpose of the St. Croix Review.
Mark Hendrickson, in "Green Fiascoes and Boondoggles," has four reasons why the government should stop funding green energy programs; in "Veterans: What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen," he writes about the psychological wounds suffered by veterans of war; in "Looking Ahead to 2012, 2013, and 2014," he assumes Republican victories in 2012, asks whether a Republican administration would have the integrity to put the country first; in "Short-Lived Euphoria in Europe" he describes the hopeless financial situation decades of socialism has wrought; in "We've Been ZIRPed," he writes that the Fed's low interest rate policy rescues the government but punishes savers.
Herbert London, in "Woodstock in New York," gives his take on the Wall Street demonstrators in New York after talking to them; in "Israel and the U.S., 2011" he describes political realities among Israelis and Palestinians and President Obama's insincere support of Israel; in "Israel and Just War Theory" he explains the lengths Israeli forces go to spare innocent lives; in "The Neglect of 'High Flyers'" he sees how our educators neglect our brightest school children; in "Taxing Those Who Leave the U.S." he reveals how Americans who leave the country with no intention to return are forever subject to U.S. taxes.
Allan Brownfeld, in "'Flash Mobs' in the Summer of 2011: An Example of Family Breakdown," describes the sudden gatherings of mostly African-American mobs that attacked bystanders; in "Crony Capitalism: A Growing Threat to Economic Freedom," he gives plenty of detail of corrupt connections between lawmakers and businessmen.
Paul Kengor, in "No Regrets: Frank Kravetz's Story," relates the story of a WWII tail gunner who was shot down and captured by the Nazis; in "Death of a Bad Dude: Kaddafi's Removal, 30 Years Late?" he reveals a secret overture to President Reagan by a director of French intelligence to assassinate Moammar Kaddafi in 1981; in "On the Deficit, the Rich, and the Tea Party" he cites personal encounters with Americans who are impervious to facts; in "On Steve Jobs, Roseanne Barr, and the Wall Street Mob," he demonstrates both the irony and the ignorance of the mob and the unfunny comedienne.
In "Tattoo," Thomas Martin shares his response to a friend's dilemma: his daughter wants to pierce her belly button and get a tattoo. What should he do?
In "Divine Winds - Retelling the Pacific Air Battles of WW II," William Barr recounts the Doolittle Raiders' bombing of Tokyo; the Battle of Midway; the Mariana Turkey Shoot; the Kamikaze; and a typhoon in December 1944 that almost sank the U.S. Third Fleet.
Jigs Gardner, in "Versed in Country Things, Part 3 - Disturbing Revelations," conveys a sense of growing disillusionment as the "pastoral dream" of living in the country was replaced by hard labor, isolation, and poverty.
Jigs Gardner, in "Children's Reading," displays a long list of stories for children that transmit the most profound truths and the highest values.
In "Conservative Magazines, A Survey - Anatomies of 'Bama, etc." Fayette Durlin and Peter Jenkin point out the best articles on the economy and the debt crisis, on the London riots and the GOP hopefuls, on President Obama and events in Egypt and Turkey, and more.
