by Dr Michael Hurd | Sep 20, 2004 | Psychology & Living
Q: What do you think of the old saying, “It takes one to know one”? A: It’s a package deal. By package deal I mean the lumping of a true concept with a false one. The evil of a package deal is that the truthful part of the statement motivates one to... by Alexander Marriott | Sep 20, 2004 | POLITICS, Terrorism
On September 11, 1814, Thomas MacDonough looked out across Lake Champlaign to see the fruits of his work over the summer. Upon the lake were near twenty ships, ranging in size from small gun boat, no more than a large row boat with a small cannon inside, to small... by Nicholas Provenzo | Sep 20, 2004 | Education, POLITICS
Controversial art historian Lee Sandstead will speak this Monday evening at the Johnson Center on something this campus hasn’t seen or heard about in decades–art.What? How can I say this? Isn’t there art everywhere at Mason?Well, yes, there is a lot... by Alexander Marriott | Sep 19, 2004 | POLITICS
CBS “journalist”/anchorman Dan Rather is an amusing figure to watch fall apart. He seems to believe, or else he is a pathological liar, that what he does at CBS is objective and reality based journalism about relevant issues of the day. Typifying this is... by Thomas Sowell | Sep 18, 2004 | POLITICS
CBS newscaster Dan Rather apparently thinks that the best defense is a good offense. After an ever-growing number of document experts have turned up an ever-growing number of discrepancies to indicate that the document he relied on to smear President Bush’s... by Edwin Feulner | Sep 17, 2004 | POLITICS
Our country has a problem. And we have a solution. But politics is threatening to interfere.The problem: Tens of thousands of tons of dangerous nuclear waste are stored at more than 125 sites around the nation. The solution: Bury the waste at Yucca Mountain in... by Thomas Sowell | Sep 17, 2004 | Education, POLITICS
When a student at New York University committed suicide recently, it was the 6th suicide at that same institution this year. The suicide of someone in the prime of life, and getting an education that promises a bright future, should be much rarer than it is. But NYU... by Nicholas Provenzo | Sep 16, 2004 | POLITICS
There is a lot of faith on campus this semester. On the first day of classes, a gauntlet of recruiters for a Christian missionary group passed out flyers to students stating that while we may aim to improve our lives through education and hard work, such efforts are... by Larry Elder | Sep 16, 2004 | POLITICS
Dan Rather, in a breathless “60 Minutes” piece, said he obtained documents showing that then-lieutenant George W. Bush didn’t report for a physical, and his commanding officer accused him of failing to meet National Guard standards. Rather also...