by Walter Williams | Jan 13, 2005 | Economics
Economic theory can’t answer normative questions.
by Walter Williams | Jan 12, 2005 | Economics
The first lesson in economic theory is that we live in a world of scarcity.
by Scott Holleran | Jan 11, 2005 | POLITICS
For many workers, the new year initiates a process called open enrollment–when many employees designate a health plan through their employer–that’s as comprehensible as the tax code. During the annual cattle call, employees are pummeled with... by Walter Williams | Jan 10, 2005 | POLITICS
“The Dog and His Bone” is one of Aesop’s many instructive fables. It’s about a dog carrying a bone in his mouth. As he was crossing a footbridge over a stream and happened to glance into the water, he saw his own reflection. Thinking it was... by Joseph Bast | Jan 9, 2005 | Environment
Crichton’s remarkable book may mark the end of the beginning, and the start of a “new environmental movement” that puts science ahead of ideology.
by Jay Allen | Jan 9, 2005 | Asia, POLITICS
It has been said that lack of communication lies at the bottom of most human problems. This is certainly true of what will likely become [one of] the largest human tragedies in recorded history, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. The U.S. Geological Survey and its 120... by David Holcberg | Jan 8, 2005 | POLITICS
As the death toll mounts in the areas hit by Sunday’s tsunami in southern Asia, private organizations and individuals are scrambling to send out money and goods to help the victims. Such help may be entirely proper, especially considering that most of those... by Ralph R. Reiland | Jan 8, 2005 | POLITICS
Writer Susan Sontag, one of America’s most “celebrated” intellectuals, died a few days after Christmas of leukemia. She was 71. “In my view,” she once explained, “the only intelligence worth defending is critical, dialectical,... by Larry Elder | Jan 7, 2005 | POLITICS
“It is beyond me . . . why are we so stingy, really,” said U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland, after the tsunami in southern Asia. ” . . . Christmastime should remind many Western countries at least, [of] how rich we...
