Lessons for the Terrorist Attacks in London

by | Jul 8, 2005 | POLITICS

The attack on London demonstrates, once again, that terrorists are not afraid. In order to understand why, you have to suspend all diplomacy and political correctness for a moment. Fanatical religious terrorists are people who are not afraid of dying because they...

Judicial Havoc, Part 2

by | Jul 7, 2005 | POLITICS

When it comes to judicial nominees, especially nominees to the Supreme Court, you might think that the only thing that matters — the thing that trumps all other considerations — is whether the nominee is for or against legalized abortions. Many people are...

Live 8: Bob Geldof’s Immoral Sense of Entitlement

by | Jul 6, 2005 | POLITICS

In the tradition of modern celebrities, Bob Geldof has decided to lecture the world on the virtues of altruism and sacrifice. That lecture is Live 8. The website states that there are, “10 concerts, 100 artists, a million spectators, 2 billion viewers, and 1...

Judicial Havoc

by | Jul 6, 2005 | POLITICS

Our era might be described in the famous phrase used to describe the era of the French Revolution — “the best of times and the worst of times.” It is the best of times in terms of life expectancy and a level of economic prosperity exceeding anything...

Dependency on Government

by | Jul 6, 2005 | POLITICS

William Beach has just written a report for the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation titled “The 2005 Index of Dependency.” Between 1962 and today, American dependence on government has more than doubled and shows little sign of abatement. The growth...

The Truth About Coercive Labor Unions

by | Jul 5, 2005 | Business

Where the closed shop unions hold sway, companies cannot compete. Their market share falls and they ultimately go bankrupt. The only way that coercive unions can maintain any given share of the labor force is by finding new victims to replace the ones they have sucked dry.

Foreign Law is Not Law

by | Jul 3, 2005 | POLITICS

One of the ironies of our time is that economists have been discovering the importance of law, as such — as distinguished from the specific merits of particular laws — while judges seem increasingly to be losing sight of the rule of law. “I can...