by James Glassman | Apr 12, 2004 | POLITICS
While Washington was preoccupied with the melodrama of Richard Clarke, I was moved by a more obscure event in Houston that could have greater significance. Earlier this month, a 38-year-old Korean immigrant named Jamie Olis, with a wife and a six-month-old daughter,... by Dr Michael Hurd | Apr 12, 2004 | POLITICS
Big-spending President Bush is at it again. His latest bright idea is to spend billions of tax dollars on job training programs. Democrats rage because this is their turf. Bush seeks to out-bid them. Lost in all this silliness are the important questions: What... by James Glassman | Apr 11, 2004 | POLITICS
One of my heroes is the late Julian Simon, the University of Maryland economist who challenged the conventional wisdom that the world was getting overpopulated and would soon run out of food and other critical resources. The best evidence of increasing demand and... by Keith Lockitch | Apr 11, 2004 | Religion
Religion’s alleged harmony with science is a fraudulent masquerade, extending only insofar as religious dogmas are not called into question
by Jack Spencer | Apr 10, 2004 | POLITICS
With President George W. Bush’s $401.7 billion defense budget under consideration, some Members of Congress are entertaining the idea of cutting defense–at least modestly–to help reign in ballooning federal spending. However, cutting defense spending... by Joseph Kellard | Apr 10, 2004 | POLITICS
“The Passion of the Christ,” a movie that highlights Jesus’ suffering and crucifixion, has met with both strong praise and heated criticism. Yet virtually no one has condemned this movie for championing the anti-life ideas fundamental to religion. By... by Cheryl K. Chumley | Apr 9, 2004 | POLITICS, Technology
The phantom of government-controlled Internet has raised its menacing head again, this time on the global level. “Even the definition of what we mean by Internet governance is a subject of debate. But the world has a common interest in ensuring the security and... by Larry Elder | Apr 9, 2004 | POLITICS
“Counterterrorism czar” Richard Clarke spent nearly 30 years in government service, including eight years in that capacity during the Clinton administration and briefly retained by the current Bush administration. Now comes Clarke’s book,... by Peter Schwartz | Apr 9, 2004 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
As U.S. soldiers respond to attacks in Fallujah and elsewhere in Iraq, many commentators warn that a forceful, self-assertive campaign to wipe out the militant resistance would be disastrous. Disaster may indeed be looming–but only because of a lack of...