by Daniel Pipes | Nov 21, 2005 | POLITICS
A suicide bombing in Hadera, Israel, on October 26 that killed five people inspired the usual Palestinian joy: some 3,000 people took to the streets in celebration, chanting Allahu Akbar, calling for more suicide attacks against Israelis, and congratulating the... by Yaron Brook | Nov 20, 2005 | Middle East & Israel
In Iraq, we must crush the insurgency immediately–which includes choking its backers, Iran and Syria–and let the Iraqis themselves take on the responsibility of establishing a government that will not threaten America.
by Walter Williams | Nov 19, 2005 | Money & Banking, POLITICS
Last month, President Bush nominated Dr. Ben S. Bernanke, currently chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, as chairman of Federal Reserve Board to replace the retiring Alan Greenspan. Alan Greenspan’s replacement comes at a time of... by Daniel Pipes | Nov 17, 2005 | Europe, WORLD
The rioting by Muslim youth that began October 27 in France to calls of “Allahu Akbar” may be a turning point in European history.
by Thomas Sowell | Nov 16, 2005 | POLITICS, Price Controls
I first became aware of the law of gravity as a small child when I pedalled by tricycle off the porch and crashed into the yard. Gravity was of course operating all along, whether I was aware of it or not. Economics is a lot like that. Many people who are completely... by Humberto Fontova | Nov 15, 2005 | WORLD
Mass murder was the order in Cuba’s countryside.
by Thomas Sowell | Nov 15, 2005 | POLITICS
A newspaper headline — “Lawmakers Struggle to Define Gasoline Price ‘Gouging'” — shows how phony the current Congressional jihad against the oil companies is. “Price gouging” is one of those phrases that evoke strong emotions... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 14, 2005 | POLITICS
Many people are blaming the riots in France on the high unemployment rate among young Muslim men living in the ghettoes around Paris and elsewhere. Some are blaming both the unemployment and the ghettoization on discrimination by the French. Plausible as these... by Edwin Feulner | Nov 14, 2005 | POLITICS
“May I have your undivided for just a moment,” veteran radio newsman Paul Harvey will say, before announcing what “this day’s news of most lasting significance” is. As Harvey frequently notes, it probably isn’t found on the front...