A Bulletin From Ben Stein

There is such a thing as evil in this world and such a thing as good. It is simply not true that all is relative and similar. Beheading Iraqi civilians with a saw on the Internet is absolutely evil. Helping children in Mosul get pure water is absolute good. Sending homicide bombers to blow up elementary schools at a kibbutz is evil. Treating the children of your enemies in the finest hospitals in Israel is good.

In Europe and Asia and South America and in much of North America, this idea is unknown. All is relative and the only point is to get away another day without having the evil ones attack you. Appeasing the terrorists, ignoring them and their instigators, pretending that the good guys are the bad guys -- all of these are now standard practice in the capitals of the world, and in the academies of America and in the Democratic Party at high levels."

Stein accurately notes that if we did not have George Bush as President, we would then have a moral relativist like Kerry or Gore; and this would mean we would now be playing the same appeasing games as "Chamberlain played with Hitler, and which France and Germany, Spain and Italy, Norway and Belgium, tragically, even Canada, play with the enemies of the human spirit."

Stein says, and correctly so, President Bush believes evil does exist. (This is troublesome to many on the left). Bush sees it and acts on it. (This also bothers many on the left.)

In his last paragraph, Stein expresses his concern:

The terrifying part is that he will be gone from power in less than three years. Then what? The evil will remain in men's souls, and who will be there to fight it? We have to start thinking right now of who sees and recognizes the difference between good and evil and start energizing ourselves to make that man or woman President. George Bush's shoes will be terrifyingly difficult to fill."

Yes, indeed. Will we elect another President who will keep his/her eye on the ball and fight terrorism? Or, will we revert back to the policies of the previous 12 years like the first Pres. Bush and the two terms of Clinton and pretend the problem does not exist or an unwillingness to tackle the big problems?