by Walter Williams | May 11, 2005 | POLITICS
Ministers Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Washington, D.C.’s Mayor Anthony Williams and others recently met to discuss plans to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the October 1995 Million Man March. Whilst reading about the plans, I thought of an... by Thomas Sowell | May 10, 2005 | POLITICS
Recently a friend described a meeting with a nasty-tempered leftist who was from a rich family. Unfortunately, there are a lot of leftists who were born with a silver spoon in their mouth — and, instead of being grateful, are venomous against American society.... by Elan Journo | May 10, 2005 | Asia
Failing to endorse Taiwan’s legitimate claim to independence means consigning its people to the predations of a totalitarian regime.
by Thomas Sowell | May 9, 2005 | POLITICS
The latest liberal crusade is against the Wal-Mart stores. A big headline on a long article in the New York Times asks “Can’t A Retail Behemoth Pay More?” Of course they can pay more. The New York Times could pay its own employees more. We could all... by Harry Binswanger | May 9, 2005 | POLITICS
President Bush is in Russia to participate (wrongly) in Monday’s Red Square celebration of the 60th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis. The good news is that Bush just made an anti-Soviet speech in Latvia. As the NY Times reported on Sunday, Bush “had... by Jim Woods | May 7, 2005 | Middle East & Israel, WORLD
While the multiculturalists tell us all cultures are equally valid, the victims of faith and tradition throughout history demonstrate otherwise.
by Richard E. Ralston | May 6, 2005 | Healthcare
When politicians proclaim that you have a “right” to health care, they actually mean many other things. First, that they want unlimited power to force others to provide you with health care–whatever the cost. They also mean that you have no right to... by Tom DeWeese | May 5, 2005 | POLITICS, United Nations
The United Nations is a mess. It now finds itself buried under scandals. It has Oil for Food scandals. Sex scandals. Power-abuse scandals. Smuggling scandals. Theft scandals. And unpaid traffic tickets. Rob, rape, and pillage seems to be the UN’s modus operandi.... by Walter Williams | May 4, 2005 | POLITICS
Let’s talk about the rich — those people who, according to former Congressman Richard Gephardt, are “winners in life’s lottery.” Or the people whom director Michael Moore preaches, in his book “Dude, Where’s my Country?”...