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

In the editorial Angus MacDonald discusses the case of Terri Schiavo, the attitudes of the judges, abortion, the Ten Commandments, Natural Law, and Positivism, in “Terri Schiavo—Life, Death, and Law.”

In “Our Current Policy Is Working” Herbert London cites examples in Iran and Egypt that show President Bush’s success; in “The Meaning of Middle East Peace Talks” he reviews the Israelis/Palestinian conflict with some hope; he writes of a dangerous alliance between Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Iran in “Subversion on Our Back Door”; he makes a distinction between free speech and academic freedom in “Anti-Semitism and Academic Freedom at Columbia”; in “Rapping Rap” he writes about the astounding success of rapper 50 Cents, and the awful effects on society; he says that conventional wisdom is wrong in “The Public’s Revulsion with TV.”

In “The Paroxysm of Rage” Anthony Harrigan believes we are headed for world-wide turmoil. While the populations of developed nations dwindle, mass movements of peoples from poor into developed nations will cause friction. The danger is that our Western heritage will be lost, and in the process the U.S. will be made a scapegoat.

Allan Brownfeld in “The Time Has Come to Secure U.S. Borders—Our National Security Depends Upon It” writes that the President and both parties are ignoring an influx of illegal immigrants, even after repeated warnings.

In “The Canada Problem” Arnold Beichman shows how unprotected our northern border is; and in “UN Human Rights and Wrongs” he identifies the malefactors controlling the UN Commission on Human Rights and writes that they undermine the entire purpose of the United Nations. 

R. Andrew Newman remembers his father and a vanished world, in “Priest to the Temple.”

Colonel Melvin Kriesel has edited an after-action report, “The Battle of Salman Pak” that relates the events of an attack on a supply column south of Baghdad by 40 to 50 heavily armed insurgents. This incident reveals the everyday heroism of our soldiers. It is noteworthy that the intelligence officer who wrote the report anticipated nationwide attention from the media. What coverage there was, was momentary and minimal.

Harry Neuwirth sees the U.S. efforts in Iraq as unique and benevolent, in “The American Wars.”

In “Forget Free Speech, Liberals Don’t Tolerate Campus Conservatives,” John Plecnik cites instances when liberals on campus have displayed a great depth of hatred.

In “Gender Roles and Marriage,” Brian Moore exposes basic contradictions underlying leftist thinking.

Jigs Gardner draws a distinction between true environmentalists and the man-hating, technology-despising Greens, in “Greenism vs. Mankind.” He points out that as our knowledge expands we learn how to “work with” nature, and had we not done so from the beginning, we would have died out in pestilence ages ago.

Martin Harris creates a analogy with lions and wildebeests to describe the depredations of regulators in “Monkton: A Planning Fable.” 

In “The Precautionary Principle,” John D’Aloia Jr. writes that our lawmakers believe that they must protect us from ourselves.

In Part II of “The American Way: How Faith and Family Shaped the American Identity,” Allan Carlson continues his article on the views of historical figures. In this article he discusses Henry Luce, Ronald Reagan, and others.

Robert C. Whitten reviews Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, by Robert C. Whitten