by Walter Williams | May 13, 2009 | Africa, POLITICS
What to call black people has to be confusing to white people. Having been around for 73 years, I have been through a number of names. Among the polite ones are: colored, Negro, Afro-American, black, and now African-American. Among those names, African-American is... by Thomas Sowell | May 12, 2009 | POLITICS, Regulation
After virtually every disaster created by Beltway politicians you can hear the sound of feet scurrying for cover in Washington, see fingers pointing in every direction away from Washington, and watch all sorts of scapegoats hauled up before Congressional committees to... by Thomas Sowell | May 11, 2009 | POLITICS
One of the many signs of the degeneration of our times is how many serious, even life-and-death, issues are approached as talking points in a game of verbal fencing. Nothing illustrates this more than the fatuous, and even childish, controversy about... by Scott Holleran | May 7, 2009 | Movies
Kirk is a playboy, Spock is tortured and everyone sounds like they’re reading from a script.
by Harrison H. Schmitt | May 7, 2009 | POLITICS
Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt is a Harvard-trained geologist, a former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and a former astronaut, the last living man to have walked on the moon. He is among more than 20 elite scientists and economists who will present at the third International... by Thomas Sowell | May 6, 2009 | POLITICS, United Nations
While President Barack Obama has, in one sense, tipped his hand by saying that he wants judges with “empathy” for certain groups, he has in a more fundamental sense concealed the real goal — getting judges who will ratify an ever-expanding scope of... by Walter Williams | May 6, 2009 | Money & Banking, POLITICS
Soon college students will come home and present parents with their grades. To avoid delusion, parents should do some serious discounting because of rampant grade inflation. If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor’s degree will have just as much... by Thomas Sowell | May 5, 2009 | POLITICS
There is a reason why the statue of Justice wears a blindfold. There are things that courts are not supposed to see or recognize when making their decisions– the race you belong to, whether you are rich or poor, and other personal things that could bias... by Thomas Sowell | May 4, 2009 | POLITICS
Justice David Souter’s retirement from the Supreme Court presents President Barack Obama with his first opportunity to appoint someone to the High Court. People who are speculating about whether the next nominee will be a woman, a Hispanic or whatever, are...