by George Reisman | Feb 14, 1998 | LAW
The line-item veto power thereby grants the President implicit legislative powers. This is clearly not the way to restrain Congressional spending; indeed, in the long-run it can only increase it.
by Candice Crandall | Feb 12, 1998 | Environment
The United States no doubt holds the prize for environmental violence, courtesy of Al Gore fan and alleged Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. But for sheer buffoonery, it’s hard to beat the eco-activists in Great Britain. In spring 1997, to cite just one example,...
by Glenn Woiceshyn | Feb 7, 1998 | POLITICS
‘National unity crisis’ makes many Canadians immediately think of the looming threat of Quebec separation. But the crisis is broader. Many non-Quebeckers are fed up with the way the federal government is running the country. Quebec separatism is one...
by Walter Williams | Feb 5, 1998 | POLITICS
Today’s students are often taught that our Founding Fathers were racists. Textbooks make comments like, “The sublime principles of the Declaration did not apply to them [blacks]. They were for whites only.” The late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood...
by Kim Voynar | Feb 4, 1998 | POLITICS, Religion
[HUMOR] In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice yesterday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Christianity for its monopoly on religion in the US marketplace. Attorney General Janet Reno defended the lawsuit, saying, “For too long, Christianity has...
by Robert W Tracinski | Feb 3, 1998 | POLITICS
President Clinton has announced that the precarious Social Security system can be saved by giving it first claim on future federal surpluses. His top priority, he told the nation, is to ensure that “Social Security will be there when you need it.”But Mr....
by Glenn Woiceshyn | Feb 1, 1998 | POLITICS
Reena Virk, a 14-year-old teenage girl, was brutally beaten and murdered on the night of Nov. 14, 1997, in the Victoria suburb of Saanich, British Columbia. Seven teens, six of them girls aged 14-16, face charges of aggravated assault. Paradoxically, this...
by Ayn Rand | Feb 1, 1998 | Philosophy
Communist propaganda is anything which gives a good impression of communism as a way of life. Anything that sells people the idea that life in Russia is good and that people are free and happy would be Communist propaganda.
by Mark Da Cunha | Jan 27, 1998 | Antitrust & Monopolies, Business
The grassroots petition ended up receiving over 30,000 online signatures as part of an initiative launched by Mark Da Cunha for the Moral Defense of Microsoft.