by Paul Blair | Mar 16, 2003 | POLITICS
France and Germany rejected Britain’s compromise proposal that listed six disarmament conditions for Iraq. Dominique de Villepin, the French foreign minister, said the proposals “do not respond to the questions the international community is asking.”... by Radley Balko | Mar 15, 2003 | POLITICS
A reader of this column e-mailed an interesting question a few months ago: “We hear all about Richard Mellon Scaife,” he wrote, “but we never hear about who funds the left. Who’s bankrolling the vast left-wing conspiracy?” It’s an... by Robert Garmong | Mar 15, 2003 | POLITICS, Space
When asked how they would “heal” after the loss of space shuttle Columbia, NASA’s engineers responded as one: NASA heals by solving yesterday’s problems and launching the next mission. So, indeed, does the American nation. Thus, before the... by Brian Riedl | Mar 14, 2003 | POLITICS, Welfare
The 1996 welfare reforms comprised the boldest social policy reform over the last 60 years. Millions of people moved off the government dole and achieved self-sufficiency. Unfortunately, those reforms excluded a rather large segment of society that still considers... by C. Bradley Thompson | Mar 14, 2003 | POLITICS
It is now obvious that American children know very little about the history of their own nation. This past year the U.S. Department of Education released its History Report Card and the results were predictably awful: 57 percent of high school seniors flunked even a... by John Dawson | Mar 13, 2003 | POLITICS
In 1994, when North Korea was on the brink of economic collapse, its leader, Kim Jong II, demanded the help of his reviled enemy, the United States of America. Then-President Bill Clinton agreed to supply food, oil and nuclear power reactors. What did America receive... by Ronald D. Utt | Mar 13, 2003 | POLITICS
Many wasteful government programs contribute to the growing federal deficit, but the king of them all is Amtrak. The national passenger rail service incurs two dollars in costs for every dollar of tickets sold. Created in 1971 from a collection of ailing... by Nile Gardiner | Mar 12, 2003 | Europe, POLITICS
According to French President Jacques Chirac, the United States is little more than a bully on the world stage, determined to intimidate all who fail to see the need to disarm Saddam Hussein. But we have nothing on Chirac, who can bully with the best of them when... by Larry Solomon | Mar 12, 2003 | Cuba & Castro, POLITICS
Over at the Museo de la Revolucion, Fidel Castro’s case against the dictator he overthrew 44 years ago is vividly on display. Fulgencio Batista was evil incarnate, the museum earnestly instructs visitors in room after room of the once-magnificent building,...
