by Tom DeWeese | Aug 8, 2004 | POLITICS
Prices at gas pumps are at some of the highest levels ever this summer and Americans want answers. In particular they want the names and numbers of those to blame. To answer that question perhaps they should simply consult the phone book or look in the mirror. Because... by Andrew Bernstein | Aug 7, 2004 | CULTURE
The Olympics were born, and then reborn, in essentially secular, man-worshiping societies.
by James Glassman | Aug 7, 2004 | POLITICS
“Is the New York Times A Liberal Newspaper?” asked a headline on the last Sunday in July. The first sentence had the answer: “Of course it is.” If that sounds like a dog-bites-man story, then consider the kicker: The article appeared in The New... by Quent Cordair | Aug 6, 2004 | POLITICS
“I believe that the man who works the hardest is the man who deserves to win.” — Lance Armstrong”Perfect! No gifts.” That’s what Frenchman Hinault said to Lance Armstrong from atop the winner’s podium after Armstrong... by Thomas Sowell | Aug 6, 2004 | POLITICS
Santa Monica, California, has decreed a fine of $2,500 a day for not cutting your hedges! Has someone discovered some terrible health hazard or other danger from hedges that are too high? Not at all. The politicians who run Santa Monica have simply decided that people... by Daniel Pipes | Aug 5, 2004 | POLITICS
In 2002, the spokesman for FBI director Robert Mueller memorably described the American Muslim Council (AMC) as the “the most mainstream Muslim group in the United States.” A year later, the Catholic bishops called the AMC “the premier, mainstream... by Thomas Sowell | Aug 5, 2004 | POLITICS
A recent angry e-mail from a reader said that certain issues should not be determined by “the dictates of the market.” With a mere turn of a phrase, he had turned reality upside down. Decisions by people free to make their mutual accommodations with other... by Larry Elder | Aug 5, 2004 | POLITICS
At the Democratic National Convention, Janeane Garofalo — comedienne, talk show host and liberal pundit — called me a “house Negro” and a “fascist.” Well! For four days, the Democratic Party put on its quadrennial... by Walter Williams | Aug 4, 2004 | POLITICS
During the first Reagan administration, I participated in a number of press conferences on either a book or article I’d written or as a panelist in a discussion of White House public policy. On occasion, when the question-and-answer session began, I’d tell...
