by Thomas Sowell | May 31, 2005 | POLITICS
“Who can afford to buy a house in this place?” my wife asked, when I read her the average prices of homes in various northern California communities. “We certainly can’t,” I said. Our home has more than doubled in value since we bought it... by Thomas Sowell | May 30, 2005 | POLITICS
Only in California would a city that is less than 50 years old have a historical society. But, in California, anything more than a couple of decades old is considered historic and anything that is a century old is considered to be ancient history. Nevertheless, the... by Andrew Bernstein | May 27, 2005 | Military
The greatest soldiers of American history knew that freedom was sacred; no price paid on its behalf was a sacrifice.
by Baker Spring | May 27, 2005 | Military, POLITICS, Space
We are engaging in the debate over what arms control advocates refer to as the “weaponization of space.” These advocates are arguing for a policy that would jettison a number of important U.S. military capabilities in space, including–but not limited... by Peter Schwartz | May 26, 2005 | POLITICS
Does morality depend upon religion? Most people believe it does, which is a major reason behind the appeal of the religious right. People believe that without faith in a supernatural authority, we can have no moral values–no moral absolutes, no black-and-white... by Walter Williams | May 25, 2005 | POLITICS
I buy more from my grocer than he buys from me, and I bet it’s the same with you and your grocer. That means we have a trade deficit with our grocers. Does our perpetual grocer trade deficit portend doom? If we heeded some pundits and politicians who are talking... by James Glassman | May 24, 2005 | Housing, POLITICS
The blazing-hot topic at suburban cocktail parties this spring is whether there’s a bubble in the residential housing market. No wonder. In 2004, existing home prices rose faster than in any year since the 1970s. Some markets are going bonkers. Alexandria, Va.,... 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...
