by Don Luskin | Aug 2, 2005 | POLITICS
Last month in Las Vegas, 5,619 contestants were vying for the 36th annual World Series of Poker’s No-Limit Texas Hold-‘Em Championship. The total prize pool was $52,818,610 — by far the richest purse in the history of sports. Just think about... by Elan Journo | Aug 2, 2005 | Foreign Policy
North Korea threatens us, we respond with negotiations, gifts and concessions, and it reemerges with even greater belligerence.
by Thomas Sowell | Aug 1, 2005 | POLITICS
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Sometimes I have so much to do that I don’t do anything. As a result of “evolving standards” and “nuanced” judicial decisions, we no longer have clear-cut rights. We have a ticket to a crapshoot in a... by Ralph R. Reiland | Jul 31, 2005 | POLITICS
“Harrisburg is one of the sleaziest state capitals in the country,” said Jake Tapper, Washington correspondent for Salon, and that was before he saw the sleaze that oozed from under the closed doors of the state Legislature at 2 a.m. one recent night after... by Tara Smith | Jul 30, 2005 | POLITICS
As the battle over John Roberts’ Supreme Court confirmation begins, the one widely agreed upon measure of qualification is that he not be a “judicial activist.” While conservatives have long railed against “activist” judges... by Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate | Jul 29, 2005 | Foreign Policy, POLITICS
In the aftermath of the bombings in London, Prime Minister Tony Blair has asked the British people to remain calm and maintain their daily routines; the terrorists win, he says, if one gives in to fear. This, you may remember, was also George W. Bush’s response... by Walter Williams | Jul 27, 2005 | POLITICS
Much ado in our country and Europe has been made about alleged mistreatment and torture of suspected terrorist prisoners. First, there were stories and hand-wringing over the treatment of prisoners at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. More recently, Sen. Dick Durbin,... by Alan Caruba | Jul 27, 2005 | POLITICS
I’m fairly sure that the world leaders at the G-8 meeting in the UK were more disappointed being overshadowed by the Islamist terror attack in London than by the fact that their priorities and solutions were so misdirected and wrong the conference can best serve... by Ralph R. Reiland | Jul 26, 2005 | POLITICS
The first time Bono and Madonna got together to save Africa, the unintended consequence was the death of perhaps as many as 100,000 people. That’s aid expert David Rieff’s conclusion in the July 2005 issue of the resolutely liberal American Prospect...
