by George Reisman | Feb 3, 2008 | Economics
The widespread establishment of partial gold clauses is an essential step in the protection of the buying power of creditors. It would also be a major step on the path toward the establishment of sound money.
by Ralph R. Reiland | Feb 3, 2008 | Constitution, POLITICS
A liberal friend phoned last week with his analysis of how the presidential race was shaping up. The news that morning was that both John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani had dropped out. “Same old,” he said, referring to the likelihood that our choice in... by Nicholas Provenzo | Feb 1, 2008 | POLITICS
In resolutions passed January 29, 2008, the City Council of Berkeley, California has declared that United States Marine Corps recruiters are “uninvited and unwelcome intruders” within city limits and applauds those who choose to “impede” the... by Walter Williams | Jan 30, 2008 | POLITICS
Some Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls are preaching economic doom and gloom, disappearing middle class, and failing health care industry. What’s their solution? The short answer is give them more control over our lives. Baltimore’s political... by Thomas Sowell | Jan 29, 2008 | Elections, POLITICS
Whatever one may think about Barack Obama as a candidate or as a potential President, his candidacy has brought something new to the American political scene. His stunning victory in the Iowa caucuses, in a state where more than 90 percent of the population is white,... by Thomas Sowell | Jan 28, 2008 | POLITICS
Both political parties seem determined that the federal government should create a “stimulus package” of things designed to cushion a downturn in the economy. That alone should be enough to make us remember that “the devil is always in the... by Alexander Marriott | Jan 20, 2008 | POLITICS
Historian Joseph J. Ellis has recently published a piece in the Los Angeles Times (‘The better angels’ side with Obama, 19 January 2008) which seeks to defend Democratic candidate Barack Obama (Senator from Illinois) from critics of his message to... by Walter Williams | Jan 17, 2008 | POLITICS
Last December, President Bush signed an energy bill that will ban the sale of Edison’s incandescent bulb, starting with the 100-watt bulb in 2012 and ending with the 40-watt bulb by 2014. You say, “Hey, Williams, what’s wrong with saving energy,... by Thomas Sowell | Jan 16, 2008 | POLITICS
It was front-page news on the January 14th issue of the San Francisco Chronicle that blacks by the tens of thousands have left the San Francisco Bay area since the 1990 census. Since my book Applied Economics analyzed this situation a few years ago, it was nice to see...
