by Ralph R. Reiland | May 23, 2005 | POLITICS
It looks like The New York Times thinks we’ve strayed too far from paying proper respects to the central tenets of Marxism. The whole ball game, as Karl Marx painted it, was nothing more than a class brawl between the rich and the poor. Or as Frederick Engels... by David Holcberg and Alex Epstein | May 22, 2005 | Genetics, POLITICS
It is widely known that embryonic stem cell research has the potential to revolutionize medicine and save millions of lives. Yet many Congressmen are frantically working to defeat a measure that would expand federal financing of this research. Why are they (and so... by Thomas Sowell | May 21, 2005 | POLITICS
Maybe the non-stop denunciations of judicial nominees by Senate Democrats will seem relevant to some people but it is in fact wholly beside the point. Senators who don’t like any particular judicial nominee — or any nominee for any other federal... by Edwin A. Locke and Onkar Ghate | May 20, 2005 | Religion
What does the Catholic Church stand for today? If one examines this question closely, the answer does not give cause for celebration.
by James Glassman | May 19, 2005 | POLITICS
There’s no public-policy topic more prone to intellectual abuse than energy. Take conservation. Refrigerators, automobiles, houses, factories by Walter Williams | May 18, 2005 | POLITICS
How many times have we heard advertisements from law firms that specialize in elder law urging, “If you anticipate that you may have to enter a nursing home down the road, an elder care attorney may be able to help you create a plan that will both protect much... by Thomas Sowell | May 17, 2005 | POLITICS
It was perhaps appropriate that Dan Rather received the prestigious Peabody award in journalism at the same time when Newsweek magazine was finally backing away from its false story about Americans flushing the Koran down the toilet at the Guantanamo prison. At least... by Thomas Sowell | May 16, 2005 | POLITICS
Black identity has become a hot item in the movies, on television, and in the schools and colleges. But few people are aware of how much of what passes as black identity today, including “black English,” has its roots in the history of those whites who... by Alan Caruba | May 14, 2005 | POLITICS
Back in 1994 when the famed Republican “Contract with America” captured control of Congress for the party, Newt Gingrich, one of its authors, noted that, “Washington is like a sponge. It absorbs waves of change, and it slows them down, and it softens...
