by Daniel J Mitchell | Dec 20, 2000 | POLITICS
President-elect George W. Bush is being advised by his political foes to abandon tax cuts. This step, they tell him, is the only way to heal the wounds caused by weeks of legal wrangling and partisan rhetoric. Yet abandoning tax cuts would be a big mistake, both...
by Andrew West | Dec 19, 2000 | POLITICS
“Buy the stock – it’s a good company.” This oft-repeated platitude is one that’s very popular on Wall Street, but it’s also one that I’m sick of hearing it because it’s not necessarily a useful guide for investors. A...
by Dr Michael Hurd | Dec 19, 2000 | POLITICS
It used to be a raging debate in psychology: Are human beings primarily determined by physiology — or by other factors such as environment, family, thinking habits, etc.? Today, such a debate is nearly non-existent. Instead of looking for the role of...
by Stefan Spath | Dec 19, 2000 | POLITICS
This past week, Russian president Vladimir Putin visited communist Cuba on a diplomatic visit to that tropical paradise, that CNN commentators love to gush about, Cuba. [Now if only CNN would only move there permanently!]Many have questioned the purpose of the trip,...
by Robert W Tracinski | Dec 18, 2000 | POLITICS
While the election crisis was still upon us, I hated it as much as anyone else. As a columnist, I probably hated it more. How do you write about politics when the news reverses direction every two hours? But now that it’s all over, I’m getting downright...
by Todd Gaziano | Dec 18, 2000 | POLITICS
Given the inevitable liberal attack on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that settles the election contest, it is important to be clear about what the Supreme Court did and who is ultimately responsible for its ruling. There are many pernicious lines of attack,...
by Thomas Sowell | Dec 17, 2000 | POLITICS
Now that the election is over, can we talk sense? “Campaign finance reform” is a great political issue for an election year, but it makes no sense otherwise. What is a campaign supposed to do — and how will campaign finance reform affect how well it...
by Dr Michael Hurd | Dec 16, 2000 | POLITICS
Q: There’s a new corporate term in use lately — “emotional intelligence.” People are even being tested for their “emotional intelligence” levels. Is there any value in this? A: The very concept of “emotional...
by Paul Craig Roberts | Dec 16, 2000 | Education, POLITICS
This Christmas season, take a moment to say a prayer for the many innocent people sent to prison by injustice. You can safely say, “There, but for the grace of God, go I,” because the myriad causes of well-intentioned people have made it possible for...
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