by Bruce Bartlett | Jul 10, 2003 | POLITICS
On June 26, readers of The New York Times saw this headline at the top of page one: “Very Richest’s Share of Income Grew Even Bigger, Data Show.” One would have thought that important news was being broken. But in fact, the reporter, Pulitzer Prize... by Michelle Malkin | Jul 9, 2003 | POLITICS
Did Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden have access to a U.S. computer tracking program that enabled them to monitor our intelligence-gathering efforts and financial transactions? If so, who is responsible for allowing the program to fall into their hands? And who else... by Steven Tennett | Jul 9, 2003 | POLITICS
Since the 1980s thousands of individuals have been displaced from their homes, beaten, tortured, raped or murdered.
by Thomas Sowell | Jul 9, 2003 | POLITICS
In typical California style, T-shirts have begun to appear with the slogan, “Save Bay Meadows.” What are Bay Meadows? A lovely pristine natural vista? Not really. Bay Meadows is an old race track that has seen better days, both physically and financially,... by Bruce Bartlett | Jul 9, 2003 | Constitution, Europe, POLITICS
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has survived with a wrist slap the first parliamentary committee’s report on the false claims he made about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. But other, more determined, inquiries are underway, and a new imbroglio is brewing... by Yaron Brook and Alex Epstein | Jul 8, 2003 | POLITICS
In a major speech on July 9, 2002, in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals, President Bush announced a series of regulatory initiatives to “expose and root out corruption” in American business. Stressing that “the vast majority of businessmen... by Walter Williams | Jul 8, 2003 | POLITICS
People in the major news media have come in for considerable and sometimes bitter criticism. They’ve been charged with anti-Americanism, leftism, bias and just plain lying, as in the cases of former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair, The Associated... by Bruce Bartlett | Jul 8, 2003 | POLITICS
The International Monetary Fund made an important appointment last week, naming Raghuram G. Rajan of the University of Chicago as its new chief economist. In this position, he will oversee all of the IMF’s economic research and have a great deal to say about its... by Nicholas Provenzo | Jul 7, 2003 | Antitrust & Monopolies
The following text is the June 10th oral testimony of CAC Chairman Nicholas Provenzo before the District of Columbia Council Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs regarding The Physicians Joint Negotiating Act of 2003. Madam chairman, members of the committee,...