by Chris Wolski | May 21, 2000 | Immigration
Defending Elian’s right to stay in America on the principle of individual rights
by Richard M Salsman | May 20, 2000 | Antitrust & Monopolies, POLITICS
Earlier this month US District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued his “conclusions of law” in the Microsoft antitrust case. BAM! Nearly $90 billion in value was destroyed–at Microsoft alone. The firm’s stock plunged 14%. The broader... by Thomas Sowell | May 20, 2000 | POLITICS
An education bill seems to be moving through Congress to some sort of bipartisan consensus. Like many other bipartisan measures, it serves the short-term interests of Democrats and Republicans, not the long-term interests of the public. Despite some largely cosmetic... by Andrew Lewis | May 19, 2000 | POLITICS
Smoking a cigarette was symbolic to Miss Rand. As one character in Atlas Shrugged said, “I like to think of fire held in a man’s hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder about the hours when a man sits alone, watching the... by Alex Epstein | May 18, 2000 | Environment
It is time for Americans to reject environmentalism and to celebrate the value of trees and oil fields — not for their own sake, but for the benefits they bring us.
by Chris Wolski | May 17, 2000 | Cuba & Castro
“If the courts send Elian back to Cuba, it will be a slap in the face to every American living or dead — a repudiation of the very principles upon which this country was founded,” she said.
by Armando Valladares | May 16, 2000 | Cuba & Castro
I was in solitary confinement in Fidel Castro’s tropical gulag — where I spent 22 years for refusing to pledge allegiance to the Communist regime — when I heard a child’s voice whimpering. “Get me out of here! Get me out of here! I want to see my mommy!”
by Larry Elder | May 15, 2000 | Guns, POLITICS
On Sunday May 14, as many as 750,000 people, mostly mothers, gathered in Washington, D.C., as part of the Million Mom March. What a tragic collection of emotionally driven, self-righteous but utterly wrongheaded people. These “gun control supporters,” as... by Larry Elder | May 12, 2000 | POLITICS
It’s official. Beer drinking causes gonorrhea! Don’t laugh. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released a study concluding that many young people get drunk before engaging in unprotected sex. Solution? A beer tax. The study found that a 20...