by Thomas Sowell | May 14, 2004 | Crime, POLITICS
Although Brown v. Board of Education dealt with race and with schools, its judicial philosophy spread rapidly to issues having nothing to do with race or schools. In the half century since Brown, judges at all levels have become unelected legislators imposing the... by Dr Michael Hurd | May 14, 2004 | Terrorism
According to AOL News, a video posted Tuesday on an Islamic militant Web site showed the beheading of an American civilian in Iraq, and said the execution was carried out by an al-Qaida affiliated group to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. To... by Thomas Sowell | May 13, 2004 | POLITICS
The landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education was immediately about schools, even though it quickly became a precedent for outlawing racial segregation in other government-controlled institutions and programs. What was the basis for that landmark decision and what... by Walid Phares | May 13, 2004 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
The slaughtering of Nick Berg is one small step for terrorists and a major leap for the West’s encounter with Jihadism. The videotape, posted on the Ansar website, is one of many horrifying acts perpetrated by the followers of Osama bin Laden. It has also become... by Larry Elder | May 13, 2004 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Scandal! Shocking! Shame! A public relations setback for the war! The world no longer trusts America with her loss of the moral high ground! Yes, the pictures at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad show coalition American soldiers taunting, humiliating and apparently... by Thomas Sowell | May 12, 2004 | POLITICS
May 17, 1954 — half a century ago — saw one of the most momentous decisions in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States. Some observers who were there said that one of the black-robed Justices sat on the great bench with tears in his eyes. The... by Robert W Tracinski | May 12, 2004 | Religion
The enemy has problems of his own. I keep reminding my readers of this fact, because it is a crucially important context for today’s events. It is easy to become discouraged as we watch our leaders dither over Iraq, and as we watch the press and the political... by Thomas Sowell | May 11, 2004 | Middle East & Israel, Military, POLITICS
The American Civil War was not about conditions in Andersonville prison and the war in Iraq is not about conditions in Abu Ghraib prison. Terrible things happened in both military prisons but that was a small part of both these wars. When our troops are putting their... by Ronald D. Utt | May 10, 2004 | POLITICS
During the recent debate on legislation to reauthorize the federal highway system, many supporters of the program claimed that it would create 2 million jobs. But as decades of research demonstrate, such claims are questionable given the mixed findings of the many...
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