by Thomas Sowell | Nov 30, 2005 | POLITICS
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Bumper sticker in Berkeley: “Animals are little people in fur coats.” My tastes must be behind the times. When I see women in “before” and “after” advertisements, I often think they looked... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 29, 2005 | POLITICS
People have always sought distinctions but the ways they have tried to distinguish themselves have varied widely. Some have let their achievements speak for them but others have let their clothes, their tattoos, their pierced body parts, or just their loud and... by James Glassman | Nov 28, 2005 | POLITICS
The first rule in government, as in medicine, is the Hippocratic one: Do no harm. Unfortunately, Congress is about to do severe harm to the U.S. economy if it fails to act in the next few months to stop three huge automatic tax increases. Let me shift metaphors. The... by Edwin Feulner | Nov 28, 2005 | Energy, POLITICS
Who can resist good theater? Certainly not American lawmakers. All the pieces were in place on Nov. 9, as the Senate held hearings about the soaring price of energy. The CEOs of the five largest oil companies were the guest stars, called in to endure lectures from a... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 26, 2005 | POLITICS
“The New White Flight” was the title of an eye-opening article in the November 20th issue of the Wall Street Journal. It was about a high school in Cupertino, California, where a growing Asian American student population is causing rising academic... by Dr Michael Hurd | Nov 25, 2005 | POLITICS
“Sooner or later you figure out that pragmatism and compromise are principles in a democracy. It’s not selling out your convictions.” This, according to former President Bill Clinton in a major speech several days ago. President Clinton is wrong.... by David Holcberg | Nov 24, 2005 | POLITICS
The organ-transplant tragedy at UC Irvine Medical Center, where according to the Los Angeles Times “more than 30 people died awaiting liver transplants . . . as the hospital turned down scores of organs that might have saved them,” illustrates the terrible... by Walter Williams | Nov 23, 2005 | POLITICS
Princeton University professor and columnist Paul Krugman deservedly won Forbes.com’s “Dunce of the Week” award for his New York Times column “French Family Values” (July 29, 2005). Krugman asks, “But are European economies really... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 22, 2005 | POLITICS
Some people seem to see nothing between zero and infinity. Things are either categorically all right or they are categorically off-limits. This kind of reasoning — if it can be called reasoning — is reflected in the stampede to ban torture by Congressional...
