Asian Americans: Guilty of Success in America

There was only one thing that disturbed me more than President Bush’s mushy comments praising socially engineered campus “diversity” this week. It was the newspaper photos and television broadcasts of militant Asian activists joining other liberal...

Saving Racism in our Universities

There was some talk recently about upcoming vacancies on the Supreme Court because some retirements were expected. However, the High Court’s decision on affirmative action suggests that there are already vacancies, even though no one has resigned. We can only...

Airline Deregulation Revisited

Ever wondered how the whole airline fare system works? Why is it, for example, that the guy you sat next to on that flight to Schenectady got a fare that was half of what you paid? Why is it that fares booked a month out are cheaper than fares booked two weeks out,...

The Democrat’s Barry Goldwater

One of the problems with polling is that people are often given open-ended alternatives to specific people and issues. For example, a political candidate may poll poorly when an opponent is unspecified, because people in effect insert their ideal candidate as the...

Patriotic Books for Children

Giving kids a better grasp of what America means usually begins with a good book. The combination of appealing pictures and exciting ideas may spark a young person’s interest to learn more about a topic. Several classic children’s books offer reasons to...

Cutting Interest Rates

On June 24, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee meets to set monetary policy. The conventional wisdom — which is almost always accurate in this area — is that the FOMC will cut the federal funds interest rate by at least 25 basis...

Eliot Spitzer Should Investigate Paul Krugman

I have an idea for Eliot Spitzer. As you know, the New York state attorney general has been crusading against stock research tainted by investment-banking relationships. He has fined Wall Street billions and ruined the careers of superstar analysts. So why...