Midweek roundup of Encounter authors in print and online media:

15 Years at War, National Review Online, by Andrew C. McCarthy
“On the morning of February 26, 1993, Islamic militants steered a nondescript Ryder van through the winding darkness of the parking garage under the World Trade Center. They had spent years planning this moment in secret meetings at mosques and jailhouses, in rural outposts that served as paramilitary camps, and in safehouses where explosive compounds were mixed in makeshift labs…”

A Lesson from Venezuela, Town Hall, by Thomas Sowell
”People on the left often use other countries as examples of things that we should do. If other countries have a government-run medical system, then we should have one too, they say. If other countries control prices, then we should control prices — or so the reasoning goes…”

Defending Our Life and Liberty, The Weekly Standard, by Leon Kass
”As in his previous State of the Union addresses, the president’s call for a ban on human cloning was greeted by considerable applause from both sides of the aisle. But Congress has so far failed to pass any anti-cloning legislation, and unless a new approach is adopted, it will almost certainly fail again…”

Yes We Can’t, City Journal, by Fred Siegel
“Aging baby boomers see in Barack Obama’s down-the-line liberal voting record the promise of a left-wing revival. The college students and twentysomethings of the Millennial Generation see in him a way of pushing the quarrelsome, narcissistic baby boomers off the stage. Someone is bound to be disappointed by this extraordinary performance artist…”

Food is the New Oil, Huffington Post, by Raymond J. Learsy
”What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. As the world’s governments acquiesce to the outrage of OPEC’s collusion to manipulate the price of oil another storm is looming in the near distance…”

What the Public Editor Didn’t Say, National Review Online, by Dennis Boyles
“Wednesday night to Monday morning is just a lost weekend to a drunk. To Bill Keller, the executive editor of the New York Times, it was something more: Enough time to stain further the paper’s already tarnished reputation…”

World Saved (Again!), The Spectator (UK), by Melanie Phillips
“As we all know, the world is about to end because of global warming. Temperatures are soaring, ice is melting, glaciers are retreating, seas are rising, and we’re all gonna fry. Pretty damn terrifying. We’re all up to here with worry about it…”