by Walter Williams | Mar 23, 2005 | POLITICS, Price Controls
Senators Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Rick Santorum, R-Pa., both introduced proposals to increase the minimum wage from its current $5.15 an hour. Sen. Kennedy’s proposal would have raised the minimum wage to $7.25 in three steps over 26 months, while Sen.... by Thomas Sowell | Mar 22, 2005 | POLITICS
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Nolan Ryan’s baseball career was so long that he struck out seven guys whose fathers he had also struck out. (Barry Bonds and Bobby Bonds, for example.) Why do some people use a fancy mathematical term like... by John David Lewis | Mar 21, 2005 | POLITICS, War with Iran
In return for Iran’s agreement to temporarily cease the work needed to produce a nuclear bomb, President Bush has agreed to allow Iran to buy civilian airplane parts, and to drop opposition to Iran’s membership in the World Trade Organization. These... by Daniel Pipes | Mar 18, 2005 | POLITICS
Throughout the West, Muslims are making new and assertive demands, and in some cases challenging the very premises of European and North American life. How to respond? Here is a general rule: Offer full rights — but turn down demands for special privileges. By... by Walter Williams | Mar 16, 2005 | POLITICS
Dr. Larry Summers, Harvard’s president, remains under siege for remarks (www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2005/nber.html) made in his Jan. 14 address to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Dr. Summers suggested that there might be three major... by Thomas Sowell | Mar 15, 2005 | POLITICS
Back in the 1980s a White House staffer told about a revealing incident on Capitol Hill. The staffer was walking down the corridors of one of the buildings on the Hill when a Senator motioned to him to step inside his office. “I’m going to make a speech... by Harry Binswanger | Mar 14, 2005 | POLITICS
This past Tuesday, President Bush gave an important, and generally excellent, speech on our foreign policy re the middle east. He reiterated, and further explained, his Forward Strategy of Freedom.The highlight of the speech was this remarkable passage, strategically... by Robert Genetski | Mar 13, 2005 | POLITICS
In a recent report, humorist Andy Borowitz writes, “in an effort to confuse the insurgents, President Bush said the U.S. will begin airdropping copies of his Social Security plan over Iraq.” Social Security is a complicated program, so attempting to reform... by Daniel Pipes | Mar 12, 2005 | POLITICS
For a free people in the age of terrorism, what is the proper balance between civil liberties and national security? This debate wracks every Western country. Looking at America, the “united we stand” solidarity that followed September 11, 2001, lasted...
