by Nile Gardiner | Apr 9, 2005 | POLITICS, United Nations
“Hell no!” was Kofi Annan’s bullish response when asked last week if he would resign over the oil-for-food scandal. The UN secretary-general’s office was in full spin mode following the release of the eagerly awaited Volcker Interim Report on... by James Glassman | Apr 8, 2005 | POLITICS
Right after the November 1994 election, I wrote that “the way to tell how serious Republicans are about cutting federal spending is to watch by Peter Brookes | Apr 7, 2005 | Cuba & Castro, POLITICS
‘One darned thing after another’: That’s how former Secretary of State Dean Acheson once defined foreign policy. The latest “darned thing” for the United States is Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez. For no apparent reason, the... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 6, 2005 | POLITICS
Liberals may think of themselves as people who believe in certain principles but, if you observe their actual behavior, you are likely to discover that most liberals have a certain set of attitudes, rather than principles. Liberals may denounce “greed,”... by Dana Dillon | Apr 6, 2005 | Asia, POLITICS
While the Bush administration continues to push and celebrate significant successes for democracy in the Middle East, China is on an opposing mission in Asia, where it continues to block the spread of freedom. The most recent target of Chinese diplomatic pressure is... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 5, 2005 | POLITICS
Sometimes something trivial gives you a clue about something serious. A tempest in a teapot has been stirred up about the zoning laws and New York’s famed Plaza Hotel. By some fluke, half of the Plaza’s ballroom is zoned for commercial use and the other... by Walter Williams | Apr 4, 2005 | POLITICS
For most of my professional life, I’ve traveled frequently — sometimes boarding a commercial flight two, three or four times a month for lucrative speaking engagements. Over the past three years, the frequency has fallen to an average of once or twice a... by John Semmens | Apr 3, 2005 | POLITICS
Wal-Mart is the world’s largest business. Its $250 billion in annual sales makes it bigger than legendary giants like Exxon, General Motors, and IBM. How did Wal-Mart get so big? In a market economy, success goes to those businesses that best serve consumer... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 2, 2005 | POLITICS
As much as I enjoy most of the messages from readers, there is no way that I can answer more than a small fraction of them. The messages I don’t reply to at all are those from obviously ignorant people who offer insults instead of arguments. However, a recent...
