by Walter Williams | Dec 13, 2006 | POLITICS
Last year, talk-show host Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder co-authored “The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS.” It turned out to be a No. 1 New York Times Best Seller. In 2005, the Fair Tax bill was introduced in both the... by John Stossel | Dec 12, 2006 | POLITICS
Do you live in a blighted home in a blighted neighborhood? You might without even knowing it.But don’t worry, your local politicians will be happy to tell you — as soon as some land developer decides your neighborhood would be a great place to build... by Thomas Sowell | Dec 11, 2006 | Education, POLITICS
It might be a hilarious comedy routine to have a group of highly educated judges solemnly expounding on something that everybody knows to be utter nonsense. But it isn’t nearly as funny when this solemn discourse about nonsense takes place on the Supreme Court... by Thomas Sowell | Dec 9, 2006 | Economics
As more multinational corporations move into a poorer country, the people there not only get additional economic opportunities, they acquire skills and job experience that raise their productivity and earnings potential, even if that outrages the economically illiterate in Hollywood.
by Elan Journo | Dec 8, 2006 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
The Iraq Study Group has issued many specific recommendations, but the options boil down to a maddeningly limited range: pull out or send more troops to do democracy-building and, either way, “engage” the hostile regimes in Iran and Syria. Missing from the... by Ariel Cohen | Dec 7, 2006 | POLITICS
The Alexander Litvinenko murder by radiation in London is mysterious — and important. Has Russia entirely left the Western orbit, reverting to its old Soviet era, Stalinist practices? Is Vladimir Putin, approaching the end of his two terms in office and thinking... by John David Lewis | Dec 6, 2006 | POLITICS
There are two things that all Republicans know today: that you lost the mid-term election, and that the loss was a repudiation of President Bush’s policies. What you must now figure out is why. Why did Americans vote as they did? What specific policies did they... by John Stossel | Dec 5, 2006 | POLITICS, Women's Rights
Last week, my “20/20” co-anchor, Elizabeth Vargas, returned from maternity leave. Her first story was on the “mommy wars.” “Why,” Elizabeth asked, “has so little been done on issues like paid maternity leave; safe, affordable... by Lisa VanDamme | Dec 4, 2006 | Education, POLITICS
Every year, dozens of parents sit at my desk and describe to me the intense frustration they feel as they watch their children get churned through the public schools. One of the refrains of their complaints: endless homework. And no wonder: The work itself is largely...
