by Don Luskin | Jun 27, 2005 | POLITICS
On Thursday afternoon crude oil futures hit $60 a barrel, and investors hit the panic button. Apparently $59 was fine. $60, for some reason, was a big problem. There’s nothing fundamental about $60 a barrel. There’s no reason to think that the economy will... by Richard E. Ralston | Jun 26, 2005 | Healthcare
The cost of health care will continue to rise for a number of good reasons. We are living longer, and the retirement of the baby boom generation will increase demand on health care. Cutting-edge technology and new drugs will improve the quality and length of... by Richard E. Ralston | Jun 25, 2005 | Healthcare
When you see a commercial for a new car, a new movie, or a new brand of breakfast cereal it’s because the manufacturers of those products want to incur as much advertising expense as possible so they can pass the cost along to you. Then you can’t afford to... by David Holcberg | Jun 24, 2005 | POLITICS
In another heavy blow to property rights, the Supreme Court has ruled against the homeowners in the New London, Connecticut, eminent domain case, and further entrenched the legal principle that government can seize an individual’s property for “public... by Richard M. Ebeling | Jun 23, 2005 | Europe
What Europe is moving toward therefore is a constitutional institutionalization of the interventionist-welfare state.
by Alan Caruba | Jun 23, 2005 | Environment
On June 13, USA Today declared that “The debate’s over: Globe is Warming.” That’s another headline you can ignore. The world has been warming ever since the last Ice Age, but it is not rapidly warming in ways that threaten our existence, nor... by Thomas Sowell | Jun 22, 2005 | POLITICS
Summer vacations are used for many things. Some parents use the long summer vacation from schools and colleges to get their children to read books that are different from the steady diet of a liberal-left view of the world that they get during the school year. These... by Thomas Sowell | Jun 21, 2005 | POLITICS
Back in the days of the Hapsburg Empire, there was a town in Bohemia called Budweis. The people in that town were called Budweisers and the town had a brewery which produced beer with the same name — but different from the American Budweiser. Like many... by Walter Williams | Jun 20, 2005 | POLITICS
America’s socialists advocate that we adopt a universal healthcare system like our northern neighbor Canada. Before we buy into complete socialization of our healthcare system, we might check out the Canadian Supreme Court’s June 9th ruling in Chaoulli v....
