by Hannes Hacker | Oct 12, 2004 | POLITICS, Space
Burt Rutan may be famous for coming up with the ideas for his aircraft literally on paper napkins, but he meticulously assigns them a number. Hence the tiny plaque on SpaceShipOne, lost among the sponsors’ logos, which after interpretation reads “Mark 314,... by Thomas Sowell | Oct 12, 2004 | POLITICS
A joke has President Bush and the Pope sailing down the Potomac on the Presidential yacht. The wind blows the Pontiff’s cap off and it falls into the water. President Bush orders the yacht stopped, gets off and walks across the water to retrieve the Pope’s... by Carter Laren | Oct 12, 2004 | Guns, POLITICS
During the recent vice presidential debate, Senator Edwards criticized Vice President Cheney for voting “against banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors.” The ban to which Edwards was referring was the Undetectable Firearms Act of... by Ralph R. Reiland | Oct 10, 2004 | POLITICS
Remember “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth”? Today, it’s more like “Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the debt.” The federal deficit this year will hit a record $422 billion, according to the latest... by Cheryl K. Chumley | Oct 10, 2004 | POLITICS
Forty: That’s the number of global and regional legal documents already in existence that dictate what actions can and cannot be taken regarding the world’s forests. Forty-one: That’s the number the United Nations hopes to reach via a new treaty on... by Peyton Knight | Oct 9, 2004 | POLITICS
If you have foreign weeds, grass, trees, or shrubs on your property (and you most certainly do), you’re in trouble. Under “Invasive Species” provisions currently sitting in the Senate’s version of the Federal Transportation Bill (S. 1072), your... by Don Luskin | Oct 9, 2004 | POLITICS
Despite record oil prices, rising interest rates, a flood of earnings warnings and a volatile election less than a month away, stocks have been heading steadily higher ever since they bottomed on August 12, with the beleaguered NASDAQ leading the way. Today’s... by Walter Williams | Oct 8, 2004 | POLITICS
Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., enforces an academic policy that defies belief. Say I’m a freshman taking your class in biology. I learn little from your lectures, assigned readings and homework. I do attend class every day, take notes and manage to average... by Cheryl K. Chumley | Oct 8, 2004 | POLITICS
Finally, the nation’s highest court will hear a case with potential to clarify the Fifth Amendment’s private property protections. But to what degree the outcome will impact the future actions of the nation’s most oppressive land grabber, the federal...
