by Walter Williams | Apr 12, 2005 | POLITICS
Hundreds of readers responded to last week’s column about airport security. These were letters from Americans who fit no terrorist profile — airline pilots, mothers traveling with children, disabled people, elderly and other law-abiding Americans —... by Don Luskin | Apr 11, 2005 | POLITICS, Social Security
On Tuesday, President Bush had the most bizarre cabinet meeting any president is ever going to have. It was a meeting with an actual cabinet. A filing cabinet. A filing cabinet in Parkersburg, W. Va., to be precise. Strange? Yes. But then again this is a very... by Brian Riedl | Apr 10, 2005 | POLITICS
The April 15 tax deadline provides taxpayers the opportunity to examine how their elected officials will spend their hard-earned tax dollars. Washington will spend $22,039 per household in 2005 — the highest inflation-adjusted total since World War II, and... by Nile Gardiner | Apr 9, 2005 | POLITICS, United Nations
“Hell no!” was Kofi Annan’s bullish response when asked last week if he would resign over the oil-for-food scandal. The UN secretary-general’s office was in full spin mode following the release of the eagerly awaited Volcker Interim Report on... by James Glassman | Apr 8, 2005 | POLITICS
Right after the November 1994 election, I wrote that “the way to tell how serious Republicans are about cutting federal spending is to watch by Peter Brookes | Apr 7, 2005 | Cuba & Castro, POLITICS
‘One darned thing after another’: That’s how former Secretary of State Dean Acheson once defined foreign policy. The latest “darned thing” for the United States is Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez. For no apparent reason, the... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 6, 2005 | POLITICS
Liberals may think of themselves as people who believe in certain principles but, if you observe their actual behavior, you are likely to discover that most liberals have a certain set of attitudes, rather than principles. Liberals may denounce “greed,”... by Dana Dillon | Apr 6, 2005 | Asia, POLITICS
While the Bush administration continues to push and celebrate significant successes for democracy in the Middle East, China is on an opposing mission in Asia, where it continues to block the spread of freedom. The most recent target of Chinese diplomatic pressure is... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 5, 2005 | POLITICS
Sometimes something trivial gives you a clue about something serious. A tempest in a teapot has been stirred up about the zoning laws and New York’s famed Plaza Hotel. By some fluke, half of the Plaza’s ballroom is zoned for commercial use and the other...