by Thomas Sowell | Oct 23, 2003 | POLITICS
Senator Charles Schumer went on television on October 22nd to announce that he was prepared to urge his fellow Democrats to filibuster, in order to prevent a Senate vote on the nomination of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to become a federal... by Daniel Pipes | Oct 22, 2003 | POLITICS
Is there any subject that the mainstream media treats worse than the Palestinian Authority (PA)? Case in point: placing the Oct. 15 murder of three American security personnel in Gaza. Here is USA Today’s comment, representative of media assessments of the... by Thomas Sowell | Oct 22, 2003 | POLITICS
“The preservation of a viable constitutional government is not a task for wimps.” So said California’s state Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown. If there is any doubt about that, those doubts are sure to be erased during Justice Brown’s... by Michelle Malkin | Oct 22, 2003 | POLITICS
Alec “the Bloviator” Baldwin has a new bosom buddy: Beltway Republican strategist Grover Norquist. The Bush-bashing actor-turned-activist and the Muslim vote-courting political organizer joined together at a Washington, D.C.-area conference last weekend to... by Walter Williams | Oct 21, 2003 | POLITICS
“Excellent schools deliver a clear message to their students: No Excuses. No excuses for failing to do your homework, failing to work hard in general; no excuses for fighting with other students, running in the hallways, dressing inappropriately and so... by Thomas Sowell | Oct 21, 2003 | POLITICS
The nomination of Justice Janice Rogers Brown of the California Supreme Court to become a federal Court of Appeals judge has brought out vicious special interest groups with their long knives — and a long record of smears and character-assassination, going back... by Bruce Bartlett | Oct 21, 2003 | POLITICS
Of all the tax cuts enacted during the Bush administration, none has been more controversial than repeal of the estate tax. Even though it represents only a very small part of the total revenue loss from the 2001 and 2003 tax bills — and isn’t really... by Daniel Pipes | Oct 20, 2003 | POLITICS
Suppose for an instant that no weapons of mass destruction ever turn up in Iraq. Of course, they might well still appear, but let’s imagine that Saddam Hussein did not have an advanced program for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, as well as the missiles... by Dr Michael Hurd | Oct 20, 2003 | History
Soviet President Brezhnev, one of the last of the Soviet Communist dictators, hated the Catholic Church, according to conversations reported in The Wall Street Journal. Back during the Cold War Brezhnev is quoted as saying, “Sooner or later [the Church] would...