by Scott Holleran | May 7, 2009 | Movies
Kirk is a playboy, Spock is tortured and everyone sounds like they’re reading from a script.
by Harrison H. Schmitt | May 7, 2009 | POLITICS
Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt is a Harvard-trained geologist, a former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and a former astronaut, the last living man to have walked on the moon. He is among more than 20 elite scientists and economists who will present at the third International... by Thomas Sowell | May 6, 2009 | POLITICS, United Nations
While President Barack Obama has, in one sense, tipped his hand by saying that he wants judges with “empathy” for certain groups, he has in a more fundamental sense concealed the real goal — getting judges who will ratify an ever-expanding scope of... by Walter Williams | May 6, 2009 | Money & Banking, POLITICS
Soon college students will come home and present parents with their grades. To avoid delusion, parents should do some serious discounting because of rampant grade inflation. If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor’s degree will have just as much... by Thomas Sowell | May 5, 2009 | POLITICS
There is a reason why the statue of Justice wears a blindfold. There are things that courts are not supposed to see or recognize when making their decisions– the race you belong to, whether you are rich or poor, and other personal things that could bias... by Thomas Sowell | May 4, 2009 | POLITICS
Justice David Souter’s retirement from the Supreme Court presents President Barack Obama with his first opportunity to appoint someone to the High Court. People who are speculating about whether the next nominee will be a woman, a Hispanic or whatever, are... by Andy Clarkson | May 3, 2009 | POLITICS
Andy: Andy Clarkson here with John Lewis of the Charlotte Tea Party, April 15, 2009. John: April 15, Taxes are due today. Did you not know that? (Laughter) Andy: Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Yeah, I heard about that. I heard rumors. John,... by John David Lewis | Apr 30, 2009 | POLITICS
As the issue of health care reform builds to a legislative climax, it is important that we not merely parrot the same kinds of proposals we have seen for the past 50 years. A Point of View writer on [the Raleigh News-Observer] lamented that “after a half-century... by Dr Michael Hurd | Apr 30, 2009 | POLITICS
Here’s a fascinating quote attributed to online writer Paul E. Marek: “The hard quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the ‘silent majority,’ is cowed and extraneous. Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to...
