by Joseph Kellard | Jan 9, 2003 | POLITICS, Racism
When the regular season of the National Football League concludes and coaches are fired and replaced, an annual tribalist ritual accompanies these activities. It involves advocates of “diversity” crying that there are too few black head coaches, and that... by Thomas Sowell | Jan 8, 2003 | POLITICS
Now that the Supreme Court has agreed to rule on affirmative action in college and university admissions, will this issue be settled at long last or will the justices come up with some murky compromise, like the Bakke decision of 25 years ago, which has led to a... by Robert W Tracinski | Jan 8, 2003 | Genetics, POLITICS, SCIENCE
Congress is currently working up a list of dreadful penalties for anyone who even attempts human cloning, bandying about threats of 10-year prison terms and ruinous fines. The message to scientists is simple: create new life and you forfeit your own. Facing such... by Don Luskin | Jan 7, 2003 | POLITICS
There’s a big tax debate coming, with President Bush scheduled to announce a package of new tax cuts today. And it looks like we’re not going to be able to talk about it without falling into the morass of politically correct speech. I’m not talking... by Gerald A. Honigman | Jan 7, 2003 | POLITICS
In light of the most recent twin acts of barbarism deliberately directed against Israeli innocents (twenty-two dead, scores injured–many missing body parts–so far) and proudly claimed by Arafat’s own Fatah al- Aqsa affiliate, it’s time to take... by Radley Balko | Jan 6, 2003 | POLITICS
“We want to produce the soundtrack to the ongoing war against capitalism.” That’s the creed of Sweden’s new garage band The (International) Noise Conspiracy. They’re avowed socialists, to the point of caricature. A comically... by Daniel Pipes | Jan 6, 2003 | POLITICS
What does the Arabic word “jihad” mean? One answer came last month, when Saddam Hussein had his Islamic leaders appeal to Muslims worldwide to join his jihad to defeat the “wicked Americans” should they attack Iraq; then he himself threatened... by Thomas Sowell | Jan 5, 2003 | POLITICS
This year may be long remembered as the year when either the wisdom or the lack of wisdom of our leaders decided the fate of Americans yet unborn. The undeclared war against this country by nations harboring and fostering terrorists sworn to our destruction became... by Michael Anbar | Jan 5, 2003 | POLITICS
With whom are the Israelis supposed to make peace? The proposed “roadmap to peace” in the Middle East has an intrinsic unknown. Peace must involve at least two parties. On one side we have the Israelis who are genuinely interested in peace, but who is on...