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... by Nicholas Provenzo | Nov 13, 2005 | POLITICS
In 1987, Time magazine ran an infamous cover that consisted of a marine in his dress blue uniform–with a blackened eye upon his face. The cover was intended to depict the shame befallen the marines after the Clayton Lonetree spy scandal and it was met with... by Patrick Michaels | Nov 12, 2005 | POLITICS
One of the great fears generated by global warming is that the ocean is about to rise and swallow our coasts. These concerns have been heightened by the substantial uptick in Atlantic hurricane activity that began in 1995. The frequency of really strong storms... by James Glassman | Nov 11, 2005 | POLITICS
James Glassman: Energy prices have been rising sharply, partly because of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. We decided to talk to probably America’s number one expert on energy to try to separate some of the hysteria and the myths from the truth. Dan Yergin... by Robert W Tracinski | Nov 10, 2005 | Europe, POLITICS
On November 9, 1938, the Nazi government launched a vicious pogrom in which thousand of Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps, while bands of young Nazi thugs smashed the windows of Jewish homes and shops. Kristallnacht–the “Night of Broken... by Walter Williams | Nov 9, 2005 | POLITICS
In the wake of high gasoline prices and high oil company profits, House Speaker Dennis Hastert demands that oil companies explain why they are making so much money and what they plan to do to bring down the cost of gasoline. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., has introduced a... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 8, 2005 | Europe, History, POLITICS
Riots that began on the outskirts of Paris have spread into the center of the French capital and to other communities in other parts of the country. Thousands of cars have been set on fire and the police and even medical personnel have been shot at. Like many other...
