by Walter Williams | Nov 26, 2003 | POLITICS
In 1970, the telecommunications industry employed 421,000 switchboard operators. In the same year, Americans made 9.8 billion long distance calls. Today, the telecommunications industry employs only 78,000 operators. That’s a tremendous 80 percent job loss. What... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 26, 2003 | POLITICS
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Impractical men especially need to get married. The problem is that practical women may have better sense than to marry them. I hate old has-been hotels, stuffy over their former glory and usually inefficient. A careful definition... by Berton Braley | Nov 26, 2003 | CULTURE, POLITICS
We’ve loaded him with a lot of taxes And rules and codes but there’s something funny; In spite of the way his burden waxes The son-of-a-gun is making money! Whenever he’s given a boost to trade We’ve taken an extra tribute off it, But still the... by Patriots for the Defense of America | Nov 26, 2003 | POLITICS
In many ways Saudi Arabia is the “elephant in the room” of American foreign policy: its role in the cultivation of terror is so central and so pervasive, and yet no one in the Bush White House is willing to acknowledge it openly. The story of Saudi... by Dr Michael Hurd | Nov 25, 2003 | POLITICS
In an op-ed, presidential candidate Howard Dean wrote with pride about how his small donation supporters are helping “take back our country.” Pat Buchanan used the same expression in his campaign back in 1992. However, Howard Dean is the probable nominee... by Scott Holleran | Nov 25, 2003 | POLITICS
With zero time remaining, the bill to expand Medicare had been short by two votes — yet, long after the clock had stopped, the Republican leadership maneuvered to change key conservative votes. Later, Rep. Butch Otter, R-Idaho, pleaded to the Associated Press:... by Bruce Bartlett | Nov 25, 2003 | POLITICS
On Jan. 23, 1996, Bill Clinton told the nation, “The era of big government is over.” If so, it sure didn’t last very long. Today, the era of big government is back with a vengeance, ushered in by a massive new prescription drug entitlement, a... by Dr Michael Hurd | Nov 24, 2003 | Crime
John Hinckley Jr.’s former psychiatrist said the other day that the man who shot President Reagan hasn’t shown “any evidence of psychosis in the last 16 years” and should be allowed to visit his parents without supervision. Isn’t it... by Patriots for the Defense of America | Nov 24, 2003 | POLITICS
So far we have evaluated America’s policies toward its declared enemies, those governments which have openly announced their hostility toward the United States. But there is another category of nations, whose governments profess to support the American war, but...
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