ChroniclesrnA M A G A Z I N E OF A M E R I C A N C U L T U R ErnPERSPECTIVErnSelling Muhammad the Ropernby Thomas FlemingrnCutting off our nose . . .rn10rnVIEWS VITAL SIGNSrnWar on the Home Frontrnh Wa’ne AllensworthrnReal homeland securit)’.rnIs There a Khilafah in Your Future?rnb’ James George Jatrasrn1 he coming Islamic revoluhon.rnNEWSrnThe Saudi Presence in the United Statesrnbv Robert SpencerrnThe most lethal terror front of all?rnIslam: Africa’s Religion of Warrnb’ Doug BandowrnCries from the Dark Continent.rnREVIEWS -rn14rn17rnTHE NEW REPUBLIC: President Bush Can End “GayrnMarriage” If He Wants Tornbv William J. Quirkrn45rn20rn22rnChilton Williamson, Jr. ‘s The Conservative Bookshelf: 24rnA roundtable discussion by Clyde Wilson, Samuel Francis,rnPaul Gottfried, James O. Tate, and Thomas Flemingrn29rn?1rnCeltic Thunderrnbv Roger D. McGratiirnJames Webb: Bom Fighting:rnHow the Scots-Irish Shaped AmericarnPaul Gottfried on Josef Schtisslburner’srnDemokratie-Sonderweg BundesrepuhUkrnCORRESPONDENCErnLetter From Iraq: Five Days in Hell, Part Two 37rnbv Scott TaylorrnLetter From the Upper Midwest: Diversity Bites Back 39rnbv Sean ScallonrnLetter From Spain: Saints and Pilgrims 40rnbv Michael McMahonrnCOLUMNSrnBREVKING GLASSrnby Philip JenkinsrnPRINCIPALITIES & POWTIRSrnby Samuel FrancisrnTHE ROCKFORD FILESrnby Scott P. RichertrnPUBLIC PLUNDERrnby Dav id HartmanrnTHEMIERICAN INTERESTrnby Srdja TrifkovicrnIN THE DARKrnKinseyrnby George McCartneyrnTHE HUNDREDTH MERIDIANrnby Chilton Williamson, Jr.rnnrDA PT r ixcrnLJtrAK 1 /ViLlN 1 ornPOLEMICS & EXCHANGESrnAMERICAN PROSCENIUMrnCULTIIRAL RliVOLUTIONSrnPOETRYrnStar Wars by Charles F,dward Eatonrnand The Lake by Peter HinitrnnK TUt: rr^M^vrn13rn34rn36rn42rn43rn47rn49rn4rn6rn7rn12rn16rnCover b- George McCartney, Jr., and inside illustrationsrnb Melanie Anderson.rnFEBRUARY 2005/3rnrnrn