Larry Elder

“CONSUMERS ARE GETTING WALLOPED,” said New York Republican Senator Alfonse D’Amato at a recent Congressional hearing. The issue? Fraud? No. Theft? Nope. Answer: “double charges.” See, some banks charge their customers for using another...

The President’s Commission on Race recently suggested three things: a minimum wage hike, better media images for minorities, and that Americans should learn a foreign language. My advice to the Commission? Take Economics 101. David Duke starts a company. David...

Camille Cosby, the day after the conviction of the man accused of murdering her son, wrote an astonishing article published in “USA Today.” It begins, “I believe America taught our son’s killer to hate African-Americans. After Mikhail Markhasev...

Unleash the Trash! When the National Rifle Association elected actor Charlton Heston president, the anti-gun crowd pulled out the long knives quicker than you could say “Ken Starr.” Time magazine weighed in with the cover story on guns. The cover? A large...

Which is Worse? “(Blacks) may not have some of the necessities to be, let’s say, a field manager, or perhaps a general manager.” — former Dodger general manager Al Campanis in 1987 on ABC’s “Nightline” Or...

Jasper, Texas — Along with Rosewood, the Tuskegee Experiment, the murder of Emmett Till and the beating of Rodney King, Jasper shows that “racism is alive and well in America.” That, at least, remains the mantra of many black leaders. In Jasper,...

A man puffing a cigarette stood beneath a tree and looked up to find a pigeon sitting on the branch squarely above his head. “Go ahead,” he said to the bird. “Everybody else has.” Memo to non-cigarette smokers: You’re next. After over 30...

Remember the President’s recent town hall meeting on sports and race, where he encouraged team owners to hire more minorities for management jobs? A small article in the sports pages illustrates a big, yet unspoken, problem. The Massachusetts Commission Against...

“Channel 4 News sincerely apologizes for broadcasting the suicide of a man on a freeway in downtown Los Angeles. We did not anticipate this man’s actions in time to cut away, and we deeply regret that any of our viewers saw this tragedy on our air.”...

Have you been watching the NBA playoffs? Have you noticed the increased intensity of play? Players who seemed lethargic during the regular season suddenly dive for balls, furiously guard opponents and display greater emotion. Coaches call it “stepping up”...

This just in: The Jerry Springer Show is “fake”! Springer unmasked! America outraged! Excuse me, but isn’t the media calling Jerry Springer “fake” sort of like Jeffrey Dahmer calling carnivores immoral? Sixteen former Springer guests...

The brilliant documentary Hoop Dreams follows two young inner-city black boys who envision careers in the NBA. Neither makes it. Sadder, though, were the kids’ parents. So convinced of their children’s NBA destiny, they spent little time encouraging their...

DWB: Driving While Black. That’s an expression some blacks use to argue that police unfairly single them out. Let’s try a new one: TWA — Teaching While Asian. Imagine you’re fifth-grade teacher Marylin Fong, an Asian, who last week got dinged...