by Jack Spencer | Jan 6, 2001 | Military, POLITICS
President-elect George W. Bush hasn’t been sworn in yet, but he’s already made a decision pivotal to the success of his administration: selecting Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. For those who care about America’s ability to defend itself,... by Dr Michael Hurd | Jan 5, 2001 | POLITICS
Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged wrote, “When people need help, the best of them (those who need it through no fault of their own) often prefer to starve rather than accept assistance — while the worst of them (the professional parasites) run riot... by Walter Williams | Jan 5, 2001 | POLITICS
YOU CAN CALL IT GREED, selfishness or enlightened self-interest, but the bottom line is that it’s these human motivations that get wonderful things done. Unfortunately, many people are naive enough to believe that it’s compassion, concern and... by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 5, 2001 | POLITICS
One of the reasons Republicans govern less successfully than Democrats is that conviction is rarer among Republicans. Under fierce intellectual attack since the days of Calvin Coolidge (the 1920s), Republicans have been made unsure of their ideas — a strong... by Larry M Wortzel and Dana R Dillon | Jan 4, 2001 | Foreign Policy, POLITICS
America and India share the distinction of being the world’s largest “democracies.” Yet relations between the two countries have been unsteady and will need executive attention if they are to improve. A major stumbling block to relations in recent... by Thomas Sowell | Jan 4, 2001 | POLITICS
No sooner do we elect a new president than we start telling him what to do. People in the media are full of advice, perhaps more so this year than usual. Because of the closeness of both the presidential and congressional elections, much media advice seems to be that... by Walter Williams | Jan 4, 2001 | POLITICS
Black slaves are still available — just not in the United States. To make a purchase, you’d have to travel to the Sudan as Gerald Williams, Harvard University pre-med student, did in October 2000. Slavery in the Sudan is in part a result of a 15-year war... by Thomas Sowell | Jan 3, 2001 | POLITICS
After Bill Clinton, Al Gore and various Congressional Democrats had pointed the finger of suspicion at Big Oil as the cause of astronomical gasoline prices in the Midwest, the Washington Times obtained a copy of a memorandum from within the Clinton administration... by News Wire | Jan 2, 2001 | Crime, Guns, POLITICS
In response to the tragic shootings at Columbine High School and the Los Angeles JCC, the relation of gun availability to violent crime has been furiously debated in the media. One highly visible scholar in the media debate is economist and social scientist, John...
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