by Robert W Tracinski | Jul 9, 2001 | Education, POLITICS
On Friday (June 29, 2001), ABC news correspondent John Stossel aired a hard-hitting report challenging the environmentalist movement and suggesting that “tampering with nature” makes human life better — that such “unnatural” phenomena as... by Robert W Tracinski | Jul 8, 2001 | Environment
Imagine that you have invited a contractor to inspect your home and check for needed repairs. He tells you that, in theory, there might be a disastrous problem with the foundation. He can’t actually prove that there is a problem, he says, and there are a lot of... by Don Luskin | Jul 7, 2001 | POLITICS
Ever since I started trading and investing in the 1970s I have looked at stock charts every day. I am entirely aware of — and respectful of — the empirical and theoretical arguments against the predictive value of charting. And yet, at the same time, I... by Michelle Malkin | Jul 7, 2001 | Guns, POLITICS
Let us, for a moment, take the sex-education pushers at their word: If you teach a child how to use a condom, you’re promoting safety — not usage.That’s what a new review of sex-ed curricula claims. “The overwhelming weight of evidence shows... by Jeff Jacoby | Jul 6, 2001 | POLITICS
Our ruined EP-3 surveillance plane is still parked on that Chinese runway, months after it was forced down and its crew taken hostage. At least six Chinese-American scholars have been jailed in China on groundless spying charges; their families have not been allowed... by Larry Elder | Jul 6, 2001 | POLITICS
Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence? California Attorney General Bill Lockyer apparently missed that lesson in law school. As Californians face rolling blackouts in the grip of their so-called energy crisis, the state’s top politicians busy... by Michael Giorgino | Jul 5, 2001 | POLITICS
Now that President George W. Bush and California Governor Gray Davis have had their meeting over the electricity crisis in the golden state, how much closer are they to producing a solution? Not one millimeter closer. Nor was there any reason to expect that they would... by Thomas Sowell | Jul 4, 2001 | POLITICS
We have belatedly come to appreciate “the greatest generation” that fought and died in World War II to preserve the freedom that Americans enjoy today. But the disappearance of history from our schools, and its virtual disappearance as a requirement for... by Walter Williams | Jul 4, 2001 | POLITICS
What should be the characteristics of laws in a free society? Let’s think about baseball rules (laws) as a means to approach this question. Some players, through no fault of their own, hit fewer home runs than others. In order to create baseball justice, how...