The follow is a summary of the February 2005 issue of the St. Croix Review:

Angus Macdonald compares the parts played by Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in the founding of the nation in “Hamilton and Jefferson.”

Herbert London writes that Americans feel less threatened than they did after 9/11, in “What Do Americans Think about Foreign Policy?”; he says that law students are taught the greater danger comes from the likes of John Ashcroft than Osama bin Laden, in “My Experience with American Law Schools and Attitudes to the War on Terror”; he reveals run-away liberalism at the top universities in “Campus Orthodoxy.”

Allan Brownfeld writes about the needless and counterproductive drive of bureaucrats to keep secrets in “Growing Government Secrecy: A Threat to Representative Government”; in “Reed J. Irvine, 1922-2004: Remembering His Contribution to a More Responsible Free Press,” he praises the life’s work of one of the very first people to identify and contest Liberal media bias. 

Arnold Beichman writes what the reelection of President Bush means in “Enduring Shift.”

In “The Battle of Lepanto” Colonel Melvin Kriesel recounts the decisive naval engagement off the coast in Greece in 1571. The Christians routed the numerically superior Muslim forces that were poised to sack Rome.

In “Shines the Name Rodger Young” Andrew Newman writes about how a Medal of Honor recipient in WWII influenced the shaping of the novel Starship Trooper by Robert Heinlein.

Jigs Gardner delves deep into the psyche of leftists in “The Diogenes Club,” and discovers the origin of their thinking at various point of history, including the academy in the ‘50s.

Jennifer Budd provides a look at an earlier America in “Remembering a Forgotten President—The Lesson of Franklin Pierce.”

Anthony Harrigan looks at the emergence of new poison in America in “The Politics of Hate.”

Murray Weidenbuam points out what motivates managers in “Regulating Corporate Governance: The Magic of the Marketplace.”

Joseph Fulda compares the power of employers with that of consumers in “Libertarian’s Corner: The Real Kings.”

Martin Harris--in “Why Cities?”--believes that high density cities, just like the walls that used to surround medieval cities, have outlived their usefulness.

John D’Aloia Jr. warns of consequences in “Beware of Conservation Easements.”

Thomas Martin shows how moral questions have been disguised as legal issues and thereby diminished, while lawyers, judges, and politicians are elevated, in “Moral Clarity Is Beyond Lawyers and Judges.”

Robert Wichterman contrasts our new enemies with our old in “20th Century Fascism Equals Today’s Radical Islam.”