by George F Smith | Apr 15, 2002 | POLITICS
It’s a shame so many taxpayers get upset paying for their beloved government services. Why continue to let April 15th be a day of nausea and nose bleeds? We need a little attitude adjustment. Let’s take a hint from Congress and their passage of the Patriot... by Robert W Tracinski | Apr 15, 2002 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Colin Powell has failed, so far, in his attempt to browbeat Israel into joining America’s official surrender in the War on Terrorism. Yet Ariel Sharon has repeatedly stated that his armies will eventually withdraw from the West Bank, and that Israel does not... by Amit Ghate | Apr 14, 2002 | POLITICS
In attacking the credibility of many public companies’ financial statements, and calling for yet more stringent regulations, the U.S. government claims to champion the small investor; but in reality its own dividend taxation policy is largely to blame for the... by Ayn Rand Bookstore | Apr 13, 2002 | Books
This is the riveting story of a company that dared to develop a revolutionary method of steel-production, which the rest of the industry had dismissed as too risky.
by Thomas Sowell | Apr 13, 2002 | POLITICS
When the sentence for Andrea Yates’ killing her five children was announced, most of the media reported it as a life sentence and some noted that she would be eligible for parole in 40 years. In reality, Andrea Yates can be freed at any time by any present or... by David Holcberg | Apr 13, 2002 | POLITICS
On October 2000, I argued in “Who Owns Your Genes?” that naturally occurring genes should not be patented because they are not inventions, but discoveries of what already exists in nature. On January 2001, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued... by Jeff Jacoby | Apr 12, 2002 | POLITICS
You cannot make sense of the Israeli-Palestinian war without first making sense of 1993. That year found Israel in reasonably good shape. Its economy was the most powerful in the Middle East. Its military power was respected and feared throughout the region. Its... by Dr Michael Hurd | Apr 11, 2002 | Genetics, POLITICS
“Life is creation, not a commodity,” says President Bush, defending his view that all cloning should be permanently outlawed. Life is a creation of whom — and for whose purpose? Do we make our own lives, for our own sakes, or is somebody else doing... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 11, 2002 | POLITICS
At tax time this year, some blacks are going to end up paying more than they owe — and not all of it to the Internal Revenue Service. Confidence men are especially targeting elderly blacks in the South, charging them a fee for filing claims for tax refunds based...
