by Thomas Sowell | Dec 9, 2003 | POLITICS
“Is Wal-Mart Good for America?” That is the headline on a New York Times story about the country’s largest retailer. The very idea that third parties should be deciding whether a particular business is good for the whole country shows incredible... by Edwin Feulner | Dec 9, 2003 | POLITICS
One doesn’t have to dig very deep to find examples where spending far exceeded predictions. I can look across the street, where an underground Capitol visitor’s center is under construction. The project was first floated in the early 1990s, with a $71... by Daniel Pipes | Dec 8, 2003 | POLITICS
If militant Islam is the problem and moderate Islam is the solution, as I often argue, how does one differentiate between these two forms of Islam? It’s a tough question, especially as concerns Muslims who live in Western countries. To understand just how tough... by Alexander Marriott | Dec 8, 2003 | Education, POLITICS
The following is a letter written in response to some accusations made by an unnamed professor against student Alexander Marriott as detailed in A Victory Against Political Correctness: Rebel Yell Apologizes to Alexander Marriott.Now that I am back on the job I have a... by C. Bradley Thompson | Dec 8, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
On December 15, 1791, 212 years ago, the American Bill of Rights was ratified. Thus ended a long and difficult process by which the American people first liberated themselves from tyranny and then established the first government in history founded on individual... by Walter Williams | Dec 7, 2003 | POLITICS
There’s a little known law called the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931. It remains on the books today. Before saying what the law is and its effects, let me run by you some of the language used, in the early 1930s, to push the law through Congress. Rep. John Cochran of... by Allen Forkum | Dec 6, 2003 | Foreign Policy, POLITICS
Democrat presidential candidate Howard Dean has made a number of statements recently that give one a glimpse into the dark, multilateralist, socialist corners of his mind from his view that Bush May Have Been Tipped to 9/11 Attacks, to his apparent lust for... by Scott Holleran | Dec 6, 2003 | POLITICS
Elian Gonzalez, who floated in Florida’s waters four years ago on Thanksgiving, is ten years old on Saturday. The media spectacle that surrounded his arrival and departure has given way to obscurity; the world has forgotten Elian. Those who ignore Elian’s... by Don Luskin | Dec 5, 2003 | POLITICS
Previously, I dared to suggest that maybe the mutual-fund industry isn’t quite the “cesspool” that New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says it is, and I criticized Spitzer and the Securities and Exchange Commission for panicking investors...