by George Reisman | Apr 26, 2006 | Business
Labor unions do not even know how to raise real wages. All they are concerned with is raising the money wages and protecting the jobs of the members of their particular union.
by Walter Williams | Apr 25, 2006 | POLITICS, Price Controls
About a fortnight ago, Mrs. Williams alerted me to an episode of Oprah Winfrey’s show titled “Inside the Lives of People Living on Minimum Wage.” After a few minutes of watching, I turned it off, not because of the heartrending tales but because most... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 24, 2006 | POLITICS, Women's Rights
People who were not within 1,000 miles of Duke University have already taken sides in the case of a stripper who has accused Duke lacrosse players of rape. One TV talk show hostess went ballistic when a guest on her program raised questions about the stripper’s... by Edwin A Locke | Apr 23, 2006 | POLITICS, Racism
If diversity is the cure for racism, why, instead of promoting racial harmony, has it brought racial division and conflict? It is now taken as a virtual axiom that the way to cure racism is through the promulgation of racial and ethnic diversity within corporations,... by Daniel J Mitchell | Apr 22, 2006 | POLITICS
While Americans struggle to comply with one of the world’s most complicated tax codes, it’s worth noting that about one-dozen nations have adopted simple and fair flat-tax systems.Hong Kong has had a flat tax for nearly 60 years, and has gone from being... by George Reisman | Apr 20, 2006 | Business
What the UAW has done, on the foundation of coercive, interventionist labor legislation, is bring a once-great company to its knees.
by Our Readers | Apr 20, 2006 | POLITICS
Re: Pay Less, Drive More Dear Editor: The Bush Administration’s new light truck fuel economy standards save record amounts of fuel, reform an outdated system, preserve vehicle choice, and increase safety. The fact is that in less than three years, this... by Daniel Pipes | Apr 19, 2006 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Since I argued in an earlier column that Israel can and must defeat the Palestinian Arabs, a barrage of responses have contested this thesis. Some were trivial (Ha’aretz published an article challenging my right to opine on such matters because I do not live in... by Walter Williams | Apr 18, 2006 | POLITICS
Let’s push back the frontiers of ignorance about the federal deficit. To simplify things, I’ll use round numbers that are fairly close to the actual numbers. The nation’s 2005 gross domestic product (GDP), what the American people produced, totaled...
