by Dean Kleckner | Apr 24, 2001 | POLITICS
Patagonia, maker of “environmentally conscious” sportswear and enemy of conventional agriculture, has issued a “chicken little” alert to its customers over genetically modified crops. Employing the usual bad science and scare tactics, the...
by Robert W Tracinski | Apr 23, 2001 | Environment
Every year, at about this time, I make my personal protest against environmentalism by going out and enjoying nature. How, you might ask, can enjoying nature be considered an act of defiance against environmentalism? Consider how — and why — I enjoy it. I...
by Don Luskin | Apr 23, 2001 | POLITICS
Great. Now what. The NASDAQ has logged the best two weeks in its history. All the major market indexes have reinstated back above the long-term trendlines that they broke last month. The Fed has lowered interest rates for the fourth time so far this year. We’ve...
by David Holcberg | Apr 22, 2001 | Free Trade, Protectionism & Tariffs, POLITICS
Leaders of 34 American countries are meeting this weekend in Quebec City at the Summit of the Americas to discuss the establishment of a free trade zone extending from Canada to Chile. A Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is a top priority of the Bush...
by George Reisman | Apr 20, 2001 | Environment
A rational response to the possibility of large-scale environmental change is to establish the economic freedom of individuals to deal with it, if and when it comes.
by Robert W Tracinski | Apr 20, 2001 | Environment
On April 22, thousands will gather across the country to celebrate Earth Day, a holiday that has risen in the past decade from obscurity to the status of a mainstream, uncontroversial event. After all, who could be against clean air, clean water, and a healthy...
by Larry Elder | Apr 20, 2001 | POLITICS
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...
by Thomas Sowell | Apr 19, 2001 | POLITICS
The latest political alarm is about arsenic in our drinking water. Yes, Virginia, there is now, has been in the past, and may forever in the future be arsenic in our drinking water. Obviously not a lot or I wouldn’t be writing this and you wouldn’t be...
by Michelle Malkin | Apr 19, 2001 | POLITICS
Have you read the comics lately? They’re not your father’s funny pages, anymore. The superheroes and silly creatures of old have taken a back seat to more politically correct characters — such as single working women (“Cathy” and...