by Rick Smith | Dec 21, 2001 | POLITICS
I must say that one of the best things about the Clinton presidency was that he was not able to pass his health care plan. The proposed system was nothing more than a step toward complete socialization of health care in this country, and it overlooked one simple fact:... by Daniel J Mitchell | Dec 21, 2001 | POLITICS
[http://www.CapitalismMagazine.com] Politicians are considering tax relief to help a sputtering economy, but not all tax cuts are created equal. There is a vast difference between “supply-side” tax cuts and “Keynesian” tax cuts. Supply-side tax... by Walter Williams | Dec 20, 2001 | POLITICS
You’d be surprised by the newly discovered requirements for national security revealed by the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. We discovered that a thriving airline industry is necessary for national security. Congress acknowledged this by bailing out airline... by George Clowes | Dec 20, 2001 | Education, POLITICS
When her daughter Susan started kindergarten in Virginia in 1972, Jessie Wise quickly heard complaints from Susan’s teacher that the child would become a social misfit because she wanted to read during free time instead of playing. This was not good news for... by Walter Williams | Dec 19, 2001 | POLITICS
Education in Philadelphia’s public schools is so rotten that the state government is threatening a takeover. There are 176 out of 264 schools on the failing list. The primary victims of Philadelphia’s public schools are black students whose chances for... by Thomas Sowell | Dec 19, 2001 | POLITICS
Media bias is no longer news. Poll after poll has shown that the vast majority of journalists vote for Democrats, even though the country as a whole is pretty evenly split between the two major parties. By itself, there is nothing wrong with this. It becomes a problem... by David Holcberg | Dec 19, 2001 | Genetics, POLITICS
On November 25 Advanced Cell Technologies announced the creation of the first cloned human embryo. The company described its achievement as a crucial step in therapeutic cloning research, which aims at cloning new organs to replace damaged ones. Like healthy new skin... by Daniel Pipes | Dec 18, 2001 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell recently observed that the Palestinians “need to understand that [terrorism] leads nowhere,” and on this basis he urged them to stop their violence against Israelis. Good policy advice, but does the Palestinian use of... by Don Luskin | Dec 18, 2001 | POLITICS
This commentary continues a series intended to address some of the misconceptions in the flurry of recent media reports about deflation. My last commentary (“Deflation: The Basics”) began by defining deflation as strictly a monetary process, and one that...
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