Reason, Not Pretense

The cloning debate resumed late last December with the announcement–still unconfirmed–that a cloned baby was born to an American woman. This report essentially mocked the consensus that emerged in Congress over the past year, which agreed that reproductive...

What the American Economy Needs

President Bush’s critics wasted no time denouncing his latest economic plan. “An irresponsible, ineffective, ideologically driven wish list,” Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., put it. “Too steeped in conservative ideology,” The Washington...

Forcing Newspapers to Publish Against Their Will

This Monday the U.S. Justice Department crossed the line when they decided the First Amendment no longer applied where antitrust issues are concerned. According to today’s New York Times, the DOJ will announce a “consent decree” today with Village...

The Self-Made State of the States

In an admission that they have no congressional leadership to offer, the Democrats won’t send Tom Daschle or Nancy Pelosi to deliver the Democratic rebuttal to the president’s State of the Union address. They have given that job to Washington Governor Gary...