by Uriah Kriegel | Jun 30, 2003 | POLITICS
Early on in the 2000 presidential race, President Bush unveiled his plan for a $1.6 trillion tax cut. Back then, the justification was that the economy was in great shape, and the designated beneficiaries were, as Bush put it, “those who paid the bill,”... by Ralph R. Reiland | Jun 29, 2003 | POLITICS, War with Iran
“Happy colors became sinful, joy became a crime, and death was worshipped.” That’s how Reza Mahmoodshahi, writing last December in The Cornell Review, describes what happened in 1979 when Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile and assumed his post as... by James Glassman | Jun 29, 2003 | POLITICS
Over the past few months, the stock market has put on one of those frequent demonstrations that show exactly why smart investors buy stocks and hold on to them — or, better yet, why they consistently buy more. The economic news has not been good, with... by Thomas Sowell | Jun 28, 2003 | POLITICS
According to The Times of London, the city of Munich has replaced Microsoft Windows with a Linux operating system in 14,000 of its computers. This provided a glimpse of economic reality, completely contrary to the premise on which Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson... by Robert W Tracinski | Jun 28, 2003 | POLITICS
Imagine a society in which an unelected, few people, qualified for power only by their mastery of esoteric terminology and incantations, are able to dictate our everyday lives in the most minute detail–growing rich in the process by siphoning off unearned... by Scott Holleran | Jun 28, 2003 | Healthcare, POLITICS
Last Thursday night, Congress approved President Bush’s expansion of Medicare by one vote. Once Bush signs the bill, every American over age 65 will lose the freedom to choose, pay for and control drug treatments. The proposal, set to start in three years, is a... by David Holcberg | Jun 27, 2003 | POLITICS
If Sam Waksal had read Atlas Shrugged, he may have walked free. In a memorable scene in Atlas Shrugged, Hank Rearden, a self-made steel magnate, sat, like Waksal, in a courtroom, on trial. Rearden, like Waksal, had violated the law. Rearden’s crime had been to... by Michelle Malkin | Jun 27, 2003 | POLITICS
Exploiting junk science is great for re-election campaign coffers. Thus, one of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s first major crusades after she took office was to whip up public health hysteria on Long Island, where some activists have blamed slightly elevated breast... by Bruce Bartlett | Jun 27, 2003 | POLITICS
One of the hottest documents circulating around Washington today is a highly technical, statistics-laden, 131-page paper by Hoover Institution economist Michael Boskin. First reported by Jim McTague in Barron’s on June 16, it estimates that the taxation of...
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