Grade Padding at Harvard University
Our colleges are losing touch with reality. The padded grades they’re giving out don’t help our students. Harvey C. Mansfield teaches political philosophy at Harvard University. And if there were a class in “how to get yourself into trouble with your...Mandating Vaccines: Government Practicing Medicine Without a License?
Mandates have a profound effect on medical practice. The relationship of patient and physician is shattered: in administering the vaccine, the physician is serving as the agent of the state.
American Hostages in China: The Next “Peace Process War”
For the past week, commentators have decried the return of “dangerous Cold War thinking.” But the crisis with China is just the opposite. It is not a return to the past, but rather the outcome of America’s eager courtship, over the last decade, of...Who Cares For A Green Latte at Starbucks?
On March 20th, environmentalist activists besieged Starbucks cafes all over the country. Their goal? To impose on the company, and on us, coffee lovers, their own idea of which ingredients should go into our lattes and cappuccinos. This latest campaign, organized by...Tax Cut Triggers…for Bigger Government
The budget surpluses over the next 10 years are expected to reach $5.6 trillion, yet Washington insiders are screaming that President Bush’s modest $1.6 trillion tax cut is too big. But if anything, it’s too small. The Bush tax cut is only about half the...Where’s The Profit In Biotech?
Larry Ellison, founder and chairman of software giant Oracle, says that he’d go into genetic engineering if he were starting out in business today. Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr may have made a fortune investing in computer and Internet companies,...Random Thoughts
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Ad for a ski resort: “If swimming is so healthful, why are whales so fat?” Talk about cloning human beings recalls Winston Churchill’s comment about the secrets of the atom, “hitherto mercifully withheld...Books: Leftism Revisited: From de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot
It should be obvious after reading Leftism Revisited that no party or system is ever 100 percent Left or Right. It’s a question of what predominates, and where we are headed.
