by Alexander Marriott | Apr 21, 2004 | Environment
Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Premier after Joseph Stalin, decided in 1955 that the country should celebrate their national political philosophy, communism. He chose as the day, April 22, Vladimir Lenin’s birthday, a tribute to the founder of the Soviet Union. When... by Walter Williams | Apr 21, 2004 | POLITICS
What is racial profiling, and is it racist? We can think of profiling as using cheap-to-observe characteristics as indicators or proxies for more-costly-to-observe characteristics. A person’s physical characteristics, such as race, sex and height, are cheap to... by Harry Binswanger | Apr 20, 2004 | POLITICS
I can now admit it. I was hooked on The Apprentice since the first time I watched, which was on the 5th week of the show (the episode concerning the flea market). I think everyone knows the show’s premise: Donald Trump holds a competition at business tasks among... by Michael Berliner | Apr 20, 2004 | Environment
The expressed goal of environmentalism is to prevent man from changing his environment, from intruding on nature. That is why environmentalism is *the enemy of man, the enemy of human life*.
by Dr Michael Hurd | Apr 18, 2004 | POLITICS
Q: As you argue, the only proper role of government is to protect our individual rights against fraud and brutality, foreign and domestic. At what point does government intervention “cross the line”? One is not allowed to commit slander (or libel), but... by Rob Tarr | Apr 17, 2004 | MARKETS
A front page article in the WSJ (“The Future of Jobs”, 4/2/04) made a very interesting point: “‘If you can describe a job precisely, or write rules for doing it, it’s unlikely to survive. Either we’ll program a computer to do it, or... by Dr Michael Hurd | Apr 17, 2004 | POLITICS
Q: What do you think of hunting and killing animals? And should it be legal? A: Frankly, I find it rather depraved to hunt and kill animals for the sake of sport.Don’t misunderstand. Animals don’t have human rights and human beings have a right to kill... by Alexander Marriott | Apr 16, 2004 | POLITICS
In a constitutional history class that I’m taking I recently heard an interesting idea. The class was studying the way the US Supreme Court changed its stance on economic interventionism during the years of the Great Depression. The case in point was Nebbia v.... by Elan Journo | Apr 16, 2004 | POLITICS
Are America’s CEOs paid more than they deserve? Many people’s answer is a vehement: Yes. That view is reinforced anew every spring, when companies file their financial statements and we learn how much CEOs were paid last year. In 2003 the average pay for...