by Andrew Bernstein | Sep 23, 2004 | Healthcare
The choice facing Americans is stark: the rights-respecting free market of capitalism, where goods and services are produced in abundance, including health care–or the chronic disasters of socialism, where thousands die because of continuous shortages.
by Thomas Sowell | Sep 23, 2004 | Environment
Among the many luxuries that wealth can buy is insulation from reality — the most dangerous luxury of all. Another dangerous luxury is a sense of being one of the wonderfully special people with superior wisdom and virtue. Environmentalism flourishes among those... by Larry Elder | Sep 23, 2004 | POLITICS
CBS, in rushing to air the now discredited anti-Bush National Guard documents, issued an embarrassing apology. CBS’s Dan Rather, after days of stonewalling and insisting on the accuracy of the “60 Minutes II” piece, now says: ” . . . I no... by Walter Williams | Sep 22, 2004 | POLITICS
Shaquille O’Neal ($32 million), Tiger Woods ($80 million), Oprah Winfrey ($210 million), Barry Bonds ($23 million), Mel Gibson ($210 million) and Lance Armstrong ($19 million) are at or near the top of their professions, and their annual earnings show it. But is... by Don Luskin | Sep 22, 2004 | Intellectual Property
See if you can guess which stock I’m talking about. This stock topped out in early January at 75. It steadily declined all year, hitting bottom at 49 on Aug. 12. After that, it rallied magnificently. On Monday it was trading at 65. Then something very strange... by Alexander Marriott | Sep 21, 2004 | POLITICS
In an article was posted on Capitalism Magazine on November 15, 2003, I advised Democrats, and their nominee (not known at that time), on how to win the election.Below I have excerpted the relevant part of that essay on the particular weaknesses of George W. Bush,... by Thomas Sowell | Sep 21, 2004 | POLITICS
Back in 1939, when Senator Daniel Inouye was a teenager, he attended a Japanese language school in Hawaii. He was appalled to discover that it was also a center for political propaganda, urging young Japanese Americans like himself to remember that they were Japanese... by Carter Laren | Sep 21, 2004 | POLITICS
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: Thank you so much! At first, I was worried when the 1994 federal assault weapons ban expired on September 13th. I know that the ban did absolutely nothing to decrease violent crime in the United States, but I sure felt safer when the nice... by Richard E. Ralston | Sep 21, 2004 | Healthcare
Americans of all political parties need to give close attention to health care issues in this election year. Regardless of how they intend to vote, they need to understand that health care is the primary cause of increased government spending. It confronts Americans...