Larry Elder

I’m confused. Director Spike Lee calls racism America’s “No. 1 problem.” So he makes a film called “Bamboozled,” which argues that white network executives intentionally put on the worst images of blacks. Yet, when Lee asked to use...

“Can I please have some more arsenic in my water, Mommy? More salmonella in my cheeseburger, please.” So begins a Democratic National Committee commercial attacking George W. Bush’s policy on arsenic levels in water. In the commercial, a cute little...

The shooting of a 19-year-old black, unarmed man by a Cincinnati police officer brings the number to 15 — 15 black males killed by the Cincinnati police since 1995. The latest death occurred on April 7, when a police officer chased and shot Timothy Thomas, a...

The reparations for slavery movement got an airing on a recent “60 Minutes.” America, argue several “black leaders,” owes reparations to blacks for the enslavement and forced labor of black ancestors. America’s “black plight,”...

Summer is here, and again we awaken to the smell of magnolias, honeysuckle and hypocrisy. Anti-gunner Rosie O’Donnell certainly deserves whatever personal protection she deems necessary. She fears for her child’s safety and thus hired a bodyguard to...

Look in the dictionary, under the word “gall.” You might find a picture of defense attorney Johnnie L. Cochran. If it doesn’t appear, it should. June 12, 2000, marks the sixth anniversary of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. On...

Fire the Men! The government repeatedly informs us that women remain oppressed in the workforce, earning “only” 76.5 cents on the dollar compared with men doing the “same” work. “Wage discrimination,” says Labor Secretary Alexis M....

“Don’t they have any shame?” thundered Robert De Niro to Congress in “Guilty by Suspicion,” a movie about the Hollywood Blacklist. But toe-tag — don’t-confuse-me-with-the-facts — liberals show absolutely no shame,...

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Ben Franklin’s statement remains true today. But the absence of rule of law produces anarchy. In the most far-reaching corruption...

It’s official. Beer drinking causes gonorrhea! Don’t laugh. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released a study concluding that many young people get drunk before engaging in unprotected sex. Solution? A beer tax. The study found that a 20...

A study at the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania indicated that women know less than men about political issues, economics, and current events.

A courageous University of Tennessee professor finds herself under fire. Her crime? Dr. Linda Bensel-Meyers, who teaches English, puts the student part of the so-called student-athlete first, the athlete part second. In 1995, the professor first informed the...

So many “problems,” so many Feds needed to “solve” them. Fighting exhaustion from having invented the Internet, Al Gore strikes again. He seeks to conquer that age-old, cruel, unfair dilemma — whether to work outside the home or stay home...

“They wanted to shut down ‘Big Tobacco.'” Thus explained a juror who agreed to award $20 million in punitive damages against Philip Morris and R. J. Reynolds. Now, get this. The plaintiff, now dying of cancer, began smoking at 13 — several...

“A local hero.” That’s how a spokesperson for Los Angeles police described the “heroics” of Willie Fulgear. Who is Willie Fulgear? Shortly before the recent Academy Awards ceremony, Roadway Express shipped 55 gold-plated Oscar statuettes....

TODAY, CONGRESS APPROVED the $300 billion Universal Support Enablement Law for Evaders of Suitable Skills, known as the USELESS bill. USELESS supporters call the measure’s passage a statement to people with no work skills, bad attitudes, poor personal hygiene,...

Senator John McCain lost his bid to become his party’s nominee, and “core” Republicans cheered. No, not because of McCain’s alleged fiery temper, or his Gore-like economic plan, or his silly crusade against Big Tobacco — an industry both...

The double standard slaps you in the face. Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Ronald Taylor, a black man, allegedly guns down five whites, killing three. What followed became a textbook case on how contemporary American journalism deals with race. The suspect’s motive...

Not Guilty. An Albany, N.Y. jury, consisting of four blacks, acquitted four white officers charged in the shooting death of West African Amadou Diallo. The undercover cops, looking for a rapist, cornered Diallo in the vestibule of his Bronx apartment. They ordered him...

O. J. Simpson, the only man in America more accessible to the press than John McCain, claims vindication. Simpson told Newsweek, “I feel vindicated. It is now loud and clear that these guys are capable of planting evidence and framing people. This is not...