by Walter Williams | Apr 25, 2005 | POLITICS
Several airport security screeners have sent me polite letters criticizing some of my comments in my last two columns, prompting this question to you: In managing our personal security, should we guard against possible or probable threats? Consider the measures and... by Nicholas Provenzo | Apr 24, 2005 | POLITICS
This makes me sick: Elian Gonzalez, the young Cuban castaway whose international custody battle ended in his dramatic seizure from a Miami home five years ago, addressed a crowd of thousands Friday, thanking Cubans and Americans alike for fighting for his return to... by Stuart M. Butler | Apr 23, 2005 | POLITICS
The debate over Social Security reform so far has centered on the concern that, as the number of retirees balloons, the program won’t be able to pay its promised benefits. That certainly is a crisis that must be addressed. But let’s say, for... by Ariel Cohen | Apr 21, 2005 | Energy, POLITICS
In Russia these days, a lot of old is new again. In fact, the Russian oil and gas sector’s new paradigm can be summarized in two words: “state domination.” The free market has been abandoned. For example, last December the tax authorities bankrupted... by Nile Gardiner | Apr 20, 2005 | Energy, United Nations, WORLD
In order to begin restoring the credibility of the United Nations, Mr. Annan should step down.
by Richard E. Ralston | Apr 19, 2005 | Healthcare
Since the Federal Food and Drug Act came into law in 1906, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has had a century to develop their methodology for insuring drug safety. After expanding to an annual budget of $1.5 billion and a staff of 10,000, they continue to seek... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 18, 2005 | POLITICS
Where can you make $2,000 a day, with no real effort? In San Mateo County, California. Before you start packing your bags to head there, you should know that the average homeowner in San Mateo County saw the value of his property increase by $2,000 a day over the past... by David C. John | Apr 16, 2005 | POLITICS
Some organized labor groups recently decided that the retirement security of their members was less important than their own short-term political goals. The AFL-CIO and some of its member unions declared that investment managers for their retirement funds should be... by Daniel J Mitchell | Apr 15, 2005 | POLITICS
If anything’s likely to boost support for the flat tax, it’s the annual nightmare of tax season. Imagine junking all the paperwork the current system requires and replacing it with two simple postcard-sized forms that tax income only once and at one low...