by Thomas Sowell | Jul 6, 2006 | POLITICS
There is nothing like returning home to recover from a vacation. They say traveling is broadening and that has certainly been my experience. My waistline broadens by about an inch a week when I am traveling. The most dangerous mode of travel is the automobile. Every... by Walter Williams | Jul 5, 2006 | POLITICS
Let’s look at the recent “Nation’s Report Card,” published annually by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. Nationally, in reading, only 13 percent of black fourth graders, and 11 percent of black... by George Reisman | Jul 4, 2006 | CULTURE
A demonstration of a newspaper’s hostility to the fundamental values on which the United States was built.
by Thomas Sowell | Jul 4, 2006 | POLITICS
A special issue of Time magazine celebrates the historic career of Theodore Roosevelt and the implications of his presidency for the development of American society. In the phony familiarity of our times, where you call people by their first names when you have never... by Richard E. Ralston | Jul 4, 2006 | Healthcare
It is precisely because our health care is so important to each of us that we need to be especially careful to preserve and protect the rights of physicians and other health care providers.
by Thomas Sowell | Jul 3, 2006 | POLITICS
On the eve of a holiday that used to stir patriotic emotions — the Fourth of July — it has been painful to see examples of how little remains of that glue that holds a society together. Perhaps the worst of these signs of national disintegration was the... by John David Lewis | Jul 2, 2006 | POLITICS
Diana West has written a fiery op-ed that, on its face, seems to provide a well-needed antidote to the moral platitudes that are preventing America from ridding the world of savage brutes (“Deluded America,” Washington Times, June 23, 2006). Certainly the... by Alex Epstein | Jun 30, 2006 | POLITICS
America is a nation that reveres the fact that ours is “a government of laws, not of men.” Under this principle, members of government can use their power only to enforce known and clearly defined laws. As a result, we do not worry about losing our... by Glenn Woiceshyn | Jun 29, 2006 | POLITICS
I refuse to celebrate Canada Day (July 1st)–as a matter of principle. While I recognize Canada as one of the better countries to live in, this relative evaluation doesn’t justify the gross injustices caused by the policies of our three levels of...
