Freeloaders
John Stossel’s ABC special “Freeloaders” which aired last week showed just how far we’ve come to being a nation of parasites. It featured people (thieves) who’d go to a restaurant, eat half their meal, and then place an insect in the...Only A Gold Dollar Will End Deficits
The United States government has had a budget deficit in almost every year since 1933. Repeated pledges to end the deficits have come to nothing. The latest pledge, President Clinton’s plan to eliminate the deficit by the year 2002, is only one more such empty...Education Dollars at Work
President Clinton wants more money for education. He’s proposed tax credits and deductions for college students and large increases in Pell Grants for needy students. Clinton would have us believe that not enough students have a chance to go to the...Duped Americans
For nearly four decades, the education establishment has delivered one failure and set of excuses after another. Education for blacks is nothing less than a catastrophe and education for white kids is nothing to write home about. People can and do make mistakes and...Cosmic Justice
Dr. Thomas Sowell, Hoover Institution’s distinguished senior fellow, delivered a lecture in New Zealand last year titled “The Quest for Cosmic Justice.” He discussed how often we observe tragic differences in the lives of people. Some live in luxury;...Iraq: The Wrong War
President Clinton’s air strike against Iraq is more than geographically misguided. Clinton is fighting the wrong country for the wrong reasons. Because he “doesn’t want to take sides,” Clinton has launched missiles and flown patrols well away...Black Education
For years I’ve said that if the Ku Klux Klan wanted to sabotage black academic excellence, they couldn’t find a tool more effective than the public school system in most major cities.The evidence of that tragedy continues. The latest is contained in a...Social Security Rescue Plans Mean Government Ownership of Business
The only really proper reform is the gradual abolition of the whole system, accompanied by the restoration of conditions in which people can rely on the future buying power of their savings.