by Amy Peikoff | Oct 9, 2002 | Intellectual Property, POLITICS
In 1998 Congress, pursuant to its Constitutional power to determine the duration of federal copyright protection, passed a law extending the term of that protection by 20 years. This law brought United States copyright protection in line with that already afforded in...
by Richard M Salsman | Oct 8, 2002 | POLITICS
U.S. corporate profits rose 56% in the first half of 2002, yet stock prices have plunged. The problem is not corporate governance, it’s political governance Contrary to popular opinion, most of America’s CEOs are doing a fabulous job. On the heels of a 50%...
by Nicholas Provenzo | Oct 8, 2002 | POLITICS
For the past week, the National Mall in Washington has been host to the Department of Energy’s “Solar Decathlon,” a collegiate competition and demonstration project to build a 500 square foot home powered only by the sun. Despite generous government...
by Thomas Sowell | Oct 8, 2002 | POLITICS
Years ago, while doing research on education and IQ, I happened to be in the principal’s office at a black school in Cincinnati, as he was preparing to open a large brown envelope containing the results of IQ tests that his students had taken. Before he opened...
by Eric Daniels | Oct 8, 2002 | Energy
What threatens us is not any physical scarcity, but a politically created one.
by Daniel J Mitchell | Oct 7, 2002 | POLITICS
Facts often are the first casualty of any political battle, and never more so than during an election year. But sometimes the debate shifts from routine exaggeration and distortion and becomes flagrantly misleading. As with Al Gore’s recent fusillade, including...
by Nicholas Provenzo | Oct 7, 2002 | POLITICS
According to an article in the Washington Post, the Bush administration has decided to distance itself from the term “privatization” at the request of the National Republican Congressional Committee, claming the word never accurately reflected the White...
by Larry Elder | Oct 7, 2002 | POLITICS
Is it me, or does “Today Show’s” Matt Lauer condescendingly give Republicans/conservatives the old “look-me-in-the-eye” treatment when asking questions? In an interview with President George W. Bush, for example, Lauer questioned the...
by Tym Parsons | Oct 7, 2002 | POLITICS
Recent intelligence reports indicate that our desultory efforts abroad so far–and our fortress “homeland defense” mentality–will fail to prevent further horrendous attacks on the US. We’re losing because Bush has defaulted on the...