by Larry Elder | Mar 10, 2000 | POLITICS
The double standard slaps you in the face. Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Ronald Taylor, a black man, allegedly guns down five whites, killing three. What followed became a textbook case on how contemporary American journalism deals with race. The suspect’s motive... by Andrew Lewis | Mar 10, 2000 | Immigration, Welfare
Q. How is an “open-borders” immigration policy compatible with the principle of self-interest? While we have a welfare state, isn’t it irrational to encourage immigration? Shouldn’t the openness of our borders be tied to phasing out the... by Robert W Tracinski | Mar 8, 2000 | Antitrust & Monopolies, POLITICS
The press coverage of Microsoft’s antitrust trial, up through the testimony of the final witness, has conveyed one consistent theme: Microsoft is losing. Its witnesses, we are told, have been caught in inconsistencies; Bill Gates’s videotaped testimony was... by Dr Michael Hurd | Mar 7, 2000 | POLITICS
The past arrest of Peng Cheng by the Chinese Government, and the more recent “strong” statements against Taiwan, shows how little has changed in that country. Take the case of Mr. Cheng. Mr. Cheng was sentenced to three years in a labor camp on... by George Reisman | Mar 6, 2000 | Money & Banking
The government is using people’s efforts to minimize the harm they suffer from rising prices to conceal the existence of those rising prices.
by Glenn Woiceshyn | Mar 6, 2000 | POLITICS
Environmentalists — notorious for making doomsday predictions about man’s industrial activities while appealing to “science” — are now turning to religion to halt the “sins” of industrialization and development. Over a year... by Andrew Lewis | Mar 5, 2000 | Guns, POLITICS
Question: In a proper society, individuals surrender to government the right to the use of retaliatory force. How does this line of reasoning applies to gun control. If it is moral and hence legal to own a weapon that can kill many quickly, where and what reasoning... by Andrew West | Mar 4, 2000 | POLITICS
A lot of friends who dabble in the stock market have been calling me lately to pick my brain about this or that Internet stock. Of course, any word of caution or concern I express over lofty valuations invariably falls on deaf ears. God forbid I actually say anything... by Larry Elder | Mar 3, 2000 | POLITICS
Not Guilty. An Albany, N.Y. jury, consisting of four blacks, acquitted four white officers charged in the shooting death of West African Amadou Diallo. The undercover cops, looking for a rapist, cornered Diallo in the vestibule of his Bronx apartment. They ordered him...
