by James Glassman | Jun 26, 2002 | POLITICS
When you own a stock, you become a partner in a business. And the most important characteristic of a business — a good one, anyway — is that it grows. Over time its revenue and profits rise, and your stock becomes worth a lot more. The prospect of strong... by Thomas Sowell | Jun 26, 2002 | POLITICS
Some more murderers may escape the death penalty as a result of the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, declaring it unconstitutional to execute those who are “mentally retarded.” The larger question, however, is whether a death sentence is being... by Nicholas Provenzo | Jun 25, 2002 | POLITICS
It’s that time of year when the old tax limitation constitutional amendment bill gets dusted off before it receives its yearly summary defeat. An expansion of the 1994 “Contract with America” provision that modified House rules to require a... by Thomas Sowell | Jun 25, 2002 | POLITICS
The appalling story of the pedophile priests deserves all the negative press it has been getting. But is the press critical of them because they are pedophiles or because they are priests? After all, there are many other pedophiles, some of them with their own... by Sonia Arrison | Jun 24, 2002 | Antitrust & Monopolies, POLITICS
When future policymakers want to understand the law and economics surrounding one of the most watched antitrust cases in history, they will look to “Microsoft, Antitrust and the New Economy,” a recent compilation of essays published by the Milken... by Daniel Pipes | Jun 24, 2002 | POLITICS
FBI directors don’t make a habit of breaking bread with organizations their agents may soon be investigating, perhaps even closing. Robert S. Mueller III, however, is about to make precisely this blunder: On June 28, he is scheduled to deliver a lunch talk to... by Robert W Tracinski | Jun 24, 2002 | POLITICS
Why do so many people hate Martha Stewart? How does a home-decorating and entertaining expert with a sweet, wholesome public persona come to be portrayed as a major cultural villain? Consider the past week’s media frenzy over charges that Stewart engaged in... by Joseph Kellard | Jun 24, 2002 | POLITICS
Every argument opposing capital punishment — e.g., it fails to deter would-be murderers, it’s administered according to racial/economic bias, it kills innocent people — evades the fundamental basis for why state execution, when used with discretion,... by Michelle Malkin | Jun 23, 2002 | POLITICS
School’s out. What did your children learn this year? Across the country, one poisonous lesson was pumped into the systems of self-esteem-inflated students: There is no such thing as failure. Christine Pelton, a now-famous former biology teacher at Piper High...
