by Robert W Tracinski | Mar 8, 2000 | Antitrust & Monopolies, POLITICS
The press coverage of Microsoft’s antitrust trial, up through the testimony of the final witness, has conveyed one consistent theme: Microsoft is losing. Its witnesses, we are told, have been caught in inconsistencies; Bill Gates’s videotaped testimony was... by Dr Michael Hurd | Mar 7, 2000 | POLITICS
The past arrest of Peng Cheng by the Chinese Government, and the more recent “strong” statements against Taiwan, shows how little has changed in that country. Take the case of Mr. Cheng. Mr. Cheng was sentenced to three years in a labor camp on... by George Reisman | Mar 6, 2000 | Money & Banking
The government is using people’s efforts to minimize the harm they suffer from rising prices to conceal the existence of those rising prices.
by Glenn Woiceshyn | Mar 6, 2000 | POLITICS
Environmentalists — notorious for making doomsday predictions about man’s industrial activities while appealing to “science” — are now turning to religion to halt the “sins” of industrialization and development. Over a year... by Andrew Lewis | Mar 5, 2000 | Guns, POLITICS
Question: In a proper society, individuals surrender to government the right to the use of retaliatory force. How does this line of reasoning applies to gun control. If it is moral and hence legal to own a weapon that can kill many quickly, where and what reasoning... by Andrew West | Mar 4, 2000 | POLITICS
A lot of friends who dabble in the stock market have been calling me lately to pick my brain about this or that Internet stock. Of course, any word of caution or concern I express over lofty valuations invariably falls on deaf ears. God forbid I actually say anything... by Larry Elder | Mar 3, 2000 | POLITICS
Not Guilty. An Albany, N.Y. jury, consisting of four blacks, acquitted four white officers charged in the shooting death of West African Amadou Diallo. The undercover cops, looking for a rapist, cornered Diallo in the vestibule of his Bronx apartment. They ordered him... by Dr Michael Hurd | Mar 3, 2000 | POLITICS
Have you ever suffered from any of the following symptoms? Poor concentration. Forgetting to do important tasks. A pervasive sense of helplessness or hopelessness. Nervous behaviors (shaking leg, biting nails). High blood pressure. Blowing up or snapping at loved ones... by Richard M Salsman | Mar 1, 2000 | POLITICS
When Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan speaks, markets listen. But Mr. Greenspan doesn’t create wealth, as E.F. Hutton did when he spoke. Mr. Greenspan’s speeches tend to destroy wealth. Last week, for example, Greenspan told Congress that...