by Paul Craig Roberts | Feb 1, 2001 | POLITICS
For decades, Planned Parenthood has been proselytizing that sex education is the answer to unwanted pregnancies and population control. The crusaders first breached the high schools, then poured into the elementary schools. Today, toddlers are taught the mechanics of...
by Jeff Jacoby | Jan 31, 2001 | POLITICS
Late in September 2000, the Palestinian Authority kicked off a campaign of organized violence meant to hasten the final “liberation” of Israel from the Jews. The fighting began with mobs throwing rocks and firebombs at Jewish civilians and vehicles. Soon...
by Daniel J Mitchell | Jan 31, 2001 | Antitrust & Monopolies, POLITICS
The federal government’s persecution of Microsoft is a travesty–the worst combination of third-rate economics and special- interest politics. Last year’s ruling against the company may be a victory for envy-driven bureaucrats at the U.S. Justice...
by Robert W Tracinski | Jan 30, 2001 | POLITICS
There was a moment in the past weeks’ confirmation hearings that reveals the root of what’s wrong with our government. It was not in the most contentious or well-publicized hearing — and indeed, it was a case where Senate Democrats, Senate...
by Thomas Sowell | Jan 30, 2001 | POLITICS
W.E.B. DUBOIS once said that the problem of the 20th century world was going to be the problem of the color line. Like many ringing predictions, it missed the mark by a wide margin. The biggest atrocity of [last] century against any people — the Holocaust...
by Jeff Jacoby | Jan 30, 2001 | POLITICS
“NOTHING in his life,” one character in Macbeth says of another, “became him like the leaving it.” It would have been nice to say of Bill Clinton that nothing in his presidency became him like the leaving it. Those of us who spent the last...
by Joseph Bast | Jan 30, 2001 | Environment
Over 17,000 scientists have signed a petition saying, in part, “there is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the...
by Dexter Ingram | Jan 29, 2001 | POLITICS
Most people know by now that morale in the U.S. armed forces has dropped to a level not seen since the days of the Carter administration. Not to worry, say Army officials, we have a quick fix we’re implementing later this year–allowing our troops to wear...
by Susan Wise Bauer | Jan 29, 2001 | POLITICS
Classical education depends on a three-part process of training the mind. The early years of school are spent in absorbing facts, systematically laying the foundations for advanced study. In the middle grades, students learn to think through arguments. In the high...
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