by Ayn Rand Bookstore | Mar 22, 2002 | Books
Economic Policy is a marvelous introduction to economics—and to one of the greatest economists of all time.
by James Glassman | Mar 22, 2002 | Environment
On Aug. 4, 1997, Kenneth L. Lay, the chairman of Enron Corp., met with Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin to discuss the global-warming conference coming up in Kyoto. Mr. Lay was an enthusiastic advocate of the Kyoto climate-change treaty —... by Jeff Jacoby | Mar 21, 2002 | POLITICS
Patrick J. Buchanan calls it La Reconquista — the steady takeover of the American Southwest by the Mexican culture from which it was wrested in the first place. He marshalls his argument at length in a new book, *The Death of the West,* and in the the March... by Walter Williams | Mar 21, 2002 | POLITICS
In 1996, California’s voters passed Proposition 209, which outlawed racial quotas for college admission. That didn’t mean the end of the quest for racial quotas and the euphemisms for it: affirmative action, diversity and multiculturalism. The diversity... by James Glassman | Mar 20, 2002 | POLITICS
Could the typical small investor have discovered a year ago that Enron Corp. was on the brink of disaster? It’s highly unlikely. Still, if you looked for the right thing, you never would have bought Enron stock in the first place. The right thing is cash. The... by Uriah Kriegel | Mar 20, 2002 | Middle East & Israel, WORLD
Amid the surging violence in the Middle East, more and more voices on the left are calling on the Bush administration to take a more active role in mediating a workable détente. Israel and the Palestinians must return to the negotiating table, we are told, and only... by Walter Williams | Mar 19, 2002 | POLITICS
Since the 1960s, academic achievement scores have plummeted, but student grade point averages (GPAs) have skyrocketed. The Academy of Arts and Sciences reports that at Harvard, for instance, A’s were awarded to 46 percent of students in 1996 (versus 22 percent... by James Glassman | Mar 19, 2002 | POLITICS
To many investors, the lesson of the Enron scandal is never to trust a company’s earnings reports and balance sheets again. But that’s nonsense. Yes, there are unscrupulous corporate managers and auditors out there, but the best way to protect yourself is... by Thomas Sowell | Mar 18, 2002 | Elections, Free Speech, POLITICS
The Enron scandal was welcomed like an unexpected Christmas present by Democrats who, together with much of the media, have tried to tie the scandal to the Bush administration. However, as more and more information has come out about Enron, it has become clear that...
