by David C. John | Mar 17, 2001 | POLITICS
President George W. Bush’s support for Social Security reform, together with strong public support for allowing workers to place some of their payroll taxes in personal retirement accounts, makes it much more likely that Congress will soon consider the issue.... by Thomas Sowell | Mar 17, 2001 | POLITICS
THE ONCE-POPULAR GAME SHOW “Dialing for Dollars” has its present-day counterpart in courts of law — Demonizing for dollars. The most spectacular bonanza to come out of this process has been the hundreds of billions of dollars shared by lawyers and... by Paul Craig Roberts | Mar 17, 2001 | POLITICS
Who remembers Ian Smith? Unless you are a graybeard, you may not know that Ian Smith was the (white) prime minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) when the country was a British colony. In 1964, Smith led an independence rebellion against Great Britain when it became... by Baker Spring | Mar 16, 2001 | POLITICS
It’s as if Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has hung out a sign at the Pentagon: From now on, U.S. missile-defense policy will be made in accordance with how things are, not with how they used to be. That’s the upshot, anyway, of what the secretary... by Thomas Sowell | Mar 16, 2001 | POLITICS
Random thoughts on the passing scene: In trying to get away from the pardon scandals, Hillary Clinton has said everything except “Bill who?” After the tragic death of auto racer Dale Earnhardt, no one suggested banning the sport. Yet that is exactly what... by Alan Luber | Mar 16, 2001 | POLITICS
The other day, I talked about the tremendous broadband opportunity that Bellsouth has in the Atlanta area — the opportunity to use its strengths in reliability and technical support to crush Charter Communications’ cable modem business with its Fast Access... by James Glassman | Mar 16, 2001 | Environment
Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill is fond of telling the story of meeting Jane Fonda a few years ago. While CEO of Alcoa, he was invited to a White House briefing on global warming and found himself seated next to the actress and peace protester. She turned to him... by David Holcberg | Mar 16, 2001 | POLITICS
How would you feel if you needed an organ transplant to keep you alive, but could not get one? How would you feel if someone you loved had to stand in line for years waiting for a transplant that might never come? Would you be willing to pay for a liver or a kidney if... by James Pinkerton | Mar 15, 2001 | POLITICS
If to govern is to choose, then President Bush made a clear choice in the budget he released two weeks ago; National Missile Defense (NMD) is a big winner, while the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a mild loser. In the short run, this might be...
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