by Robert W Tracinski | Jan 14, 2002 | POLITICS
Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett’s famous fictional detective, tells a story about one of his early cases: An accountant, he says, was walking down the street when a steel beam fell from a construction site and smashed into the ground, narrowly missing him. After his... by Daniel Pipes | Jan 13, 2002 | POLITICS, Terrorism
This article was first published as “Bin Laden and Herndon, Virginia” in the The Jerusalem Post (June 20, 2001). Unfortunately, no one listened to its dire warning until after September 11th.–Editor Islamist terrorism has afflicted nearly every... by Thomas Sowell | Jan 12, 2002 | POLITICS
Most people seem to have responded to the demands for reparations for slavery in one of two ways. Either they have supported the demands or they have maintained a discreet silence. One of the few people to treat these demands as a serious subject requiring a serious... by Ayn Rand Bookstore | Jan 12, 2002 | Books
The bribes Gould supposedly handed out to the government officials for special favors were in fact paid to legislators to repeal government controls, such as the ‘laws that fixed the rates his railroads could charge.
by Thomas Sowell | Jan 11, 2002 | POLITICS
Self preservation is said to be the first law of nature, and this applies not only to human beings but also to organizations and movements. The March of Dimes was set up to fight polio but it did not disband when polio was wiped out by vaccines. Nor did civil rights... by Daniel Pipes | Jan 10, 2002 | POLITICS
The murder trial of the year began a few days ago (January 7th) in Atlanta. The case began in May 1999, when a 55-year-old Black-American named Jamil Al-Amin was stopped in the outskirts of Atlanta for driving a stolen car. To avoid arrest, Al-Amin flashed a fake... by Larry Elder | Jan 10, 2002 | POLITICS, Welfare
Dear President Bush, “What can we do to help win the war against terrorism?” Americans all across the country eagerly ask. In response, you insist that we “go about our daily lives,” but with a heightened sense of awareness. To live in fear,... by Daniel J Mitchell | Jan 9, 2002 | POLITICS, Terrorism
The prospect of war between India and Pakistan shows how profoundly things have changed since Sept. 11. “From this day forward,” President Bush announced just days after the attack, “any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be... by Jeff Jacoby | Jan 9, 2002 | Africa, POLITICS
I had been thinking that Harvard did well to make former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers its new president last summer, and when the news broke recently that Summers had so offended the stars of the university’s Afro-American Studies Department that they were...