by Lisa VanDamme | Sep 25, 2007 | Education
“We always understood why we were learning what we were learning.”
by Thomas Sowell | Sep 25, 2007 | POLITICS
It is painful — and dangerous — how little we learn from history, even when it is recent history. Just a year ago, “rape” charges spread lynch-mob hysteria on the campus of Duke University and in much of the liberal media, while professional... by Richard E. Ralston | Sep 23, 2007 | Healthcare
Michael Moore’s Sicko has had a respectable box office performance for a documentary film. But it has drawn only a small fraction of the audience that turned out for his previous film, Fahrenheit 9/11. Sicko opened in a relatively small number of theaters, with... by Alex Epstein | Sep 21, 2007 | POLITICS
The lead article in a recent issue of Time magazine makes the case for “universal national service”–which the article describes as “the simple but compelling idea that devoting a year or more to national service, whether military or civilian,... by Dr Michael Hurd | Sep 20, 2007 | Foreign Policy, Terrorism
Why did Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad want a “photo op” at Ground Zero? Doesn’t he hate the United States and everything it stands for? If not, then perhaps he aims at peace more than we assume? As I always say: Look at what people do, not at... by Richard E. Ralston | Sep 19, 2007 | Healthcare
Michael Moore’s comedy-drama Sicko presented a great deal of misinformation–too much to summarize in a short column. Besides, if anyone in the audience really believed that all Cubans receive superb health care when Mr. Moore’s cameras are not... by Paul Hsieh MD | Sep 17, 2007 | POLITICS
Michael Moore’s latest movie “SiCKO” sings the praises of the Canadian “single-payer” socialized medical system. Some Americans want a similar system implemented in the United States. Defenders of the Canadian system frequently claim that... by Walter Williams | Sep 14, 2007 | Economics, POLITICS
Economic theory does not operate in a vacuum. Institutions, such as the property rights structure, determine how the theory manifests itself. Similarly, the law of gravity isn’t repealed when a parachutist floats gently down to earth. The parachute simply... by Thomas Sowell | Sep 12, 2007 | POLITICS
High-speed car chases by police on highways, or even on residential streets, have become a staple of television news. An estimated 500 people died as a result of high-speed car chases last year. Nearly half the people killed were innocent third parties. The police...
