by Walter Williams | Jul 3, 2007 | POLITICS
Back in the late 1960s, during graduate study at UCLA, I had a casual conversation with Professor Armen Alchian, one of my tenacious mentors. Professor Alchian is among the top 20th-century contributors to economic knowledge. During our graduate student/faculty coffee... by John Stossel | Jul 1, 2007 | POLITICS
“Reviving the Hamilton Agenda.” That’s the headline the New York Times gave David Brooks’s recent column honoring Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father perhaps least interested in limiting political power. Unlike his rival Thomas Jefferson,... by Dr Michael Hurd | Jun 30, 2007 | POLITICS
Should the federal government require everyone to buy health insurance? If the goal is “universal coverage,” then obviously the answer is yes. But that isn’t the point. The point is that it isn’t the duty or right of the government to force... by Walter Williams | Jun 29, 2007 | POLITICS
Suppose a person is raped and we arrest the rapist. Should his status, whether he’s a senator, professor or an ordinary man, play a role in the adjudication of the crime and subsequent punishment? I’m betting that the average person would answer that the... by Michael Berliner | Jun 27, 2007 | POLITICS
Independence is the foundation of America. Independence is what should be celebrated on Independence Day.
by Richard E. Ralston | Jun 25, 2007 | Healthcare
The U.S. government now pays for and controls half of the health care in America. That is up from less than 10 percent forty years ago. Government spending on health care has increased at a rapid rate as its share of health care has increased. Yet those who complain... by Elan Journo | Jun 21, 2007 | POLITICS, War with Iran
Bush’s disastrous foreign policy–especially the Iraq fiasco–has led many to conclude that diplomatic “engagement” is our best hope for stopping Iran’s nuclear program. But while Bush’s policy is a failure, engagement is not... by Dr Michael Hurd | Jun 20, 2007 | Healthcare
They say health care in the United States is outrageously expensive because of a failure of the free market. But we don’t have a free market in health care. States throughout the country regulate private health insurance, and have turned it into a... by Tom DeWeese | Jun 20, 2007 | POLITICS
Environmentalists are quick to lecture the rest of us about the ways of nature. Don’t clean the dead trees off the forest floor, it’s natural. Cattle and horses on the range aren’t native, so let the grizzles and wolves devour them, it’s...