by Amit Ghate | Apr 9, 2006 | Foreign Policy, Religion
In reacting to the Islamists’ ongoing cartoon Jihad, most commentators have focused on the issue of free speech. This is natural, and necessary, since eradication of free speech is the most immediate risk; and certainly without free speech there can be no defending... by Glenn Woiceshyn | Apr 8, 2006 | Environment
Kudos to the 60 scientists for criticizing the Kyoto Protocol as politicized science and calling for a public debate on climate science. Kyoto was a humongous fraud from its inception when power-hungry United Nations bureaucrats maliciously altered the conclusion of... by Elan Journo | Apr 7, 2006 | POLITICS
The Coca Cola Co. has instituted a significant new plan for compensating its directors: they will not receive payment unless the company meets its financial targets. But even if other corporations adopted similar arrangements, it would do nothing to dispel the rampant... by Edwin A Locke | Apr 6, 2006 | Movies
I just finished reading: Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Knopf, 2005. I do not necessarily recommend this book–not because it is bad–but because the content is so disgusting (though factual). Mao is clearly the worst monster in world... by Carl D. Bradley | Apr 5, 2006 | POLITICS
Like the 2002 case of “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh, the current case of Australian “Jihad Jack” Thomas–who was charged with being a terrorist “sleeper” agent, convicted of having received money from al-Qaeda and... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 4, 2006 | POLITICS
What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts. Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey put it this way: “Demagoguery beats data.” People who urge us to rely on the United Nations, instead of... by James Phillips | Apr 3, 2006 | POLITICS, War with Iran
On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council issued a toothless statement urging Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program and threatening to take up the issue again in 30 days, after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) delivers a report on... by Harry Binswanger | Apr 2, 2006 | Immigration, POLITICS
This is a defense of phasing-in open immigration into the United States. Entry into the U.S. should ultimately be free for any foreigner, with the exception of criminals, would-be terrorists, and those carrying infectious diseases. (And note: I am defending freedom of... by Onkar Ghate | Apr 1, 2006 | POLITICS
Europeans are all too well acquainted with the fear of criticizing Islam. To cite just a few of depressingly many examples: a painter, Rashid Ben Ali, is forced into hiding after one of his shows “featured satirical work critical of Islamic militant’s...
