by Alexander Marriott | Jun 28, 2004 | POLITICS
Can John Kerry be better than our current president, George W. Bush? This question begs another, better at what? The principle issue of importance in the 2004 election is the War on (Islamic) Terrorism. George Bush’s negatives on this topic are many.... by Richard E. Ralston | Jun 28, 2004 | Healthcare
Two hundred years ago Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the vast spaces of North America from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Jefferson understood the enormous challenges for the growth of knowledge and liberty on a continental scale. These were the... by Robert Garmong | Jun 27, 2004 | POLITICS, Space
SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded manned spacecraft, shattered more than the boundary of outer space: it destroyed forever the myth that space exploration can only be done by the government. Just a week earlier, a Bush Administration panel on space exploration... by Alexander Marriott | Jun 26, 2004 | Foreign Policy, Middle East & Israel, War with Iran
The Iranian state is rushing headlong into disaster and I’m not referring to an imminent invasion by the United States. Iran is developing nuclear weapons and is attempting to filibuster international agencies which are attempting to monitor Iranian actions. For... by James Glassman | Jun 26, 2004 | POLITICS
At a symposium at my college reunion last week, my classmates — refugees from the ’60s, still lefties after all these years — were complaining that America wasn’t enough like Europe. You know, compassionate and unstressed, with free health... by Alan Caruba | Jun 25, 2004 | Environment
At a time when this nation is engaged in a war, putting the lives of its soldiers in harm’s way to end the threat of Middle Eastern terrorism, it would seem inconceivable that it would also be wasting billions to protect some species of salmon or the shortnose... by James Glassman | Jun 25, 2004 | Elections
Michael Moore, once a scruffy maker of cheap, funny, satirical documentaries, now puffs himself with the plaudits of the metrosexuals of Hollywood and Cannes. Having portrayed Americans as a bunch of gun-happy lunatics in “Bowling for Columbine,”... by Don Luskin | Jun 25, 2004 | POLITICS
I’m going to be on vacation all next week, riding horses on the western slope of the Rockies at the fabulous Home Ranch in Clark, Colorado. No phones. No TV. No Internet. No markets. So I’ll miss the Federal Reserve’s meeting on June 30. It’ll... by Thomas Sowell | Jun 24, 2004 | POLITICS
Random thoughts on the passing scene: The best thing about buying a house is that it puts an end to the exhausting process of house-hunting. Although Ronald Reagan was the only actor to become President, he was one of the few politicians who was not acting. Do the...
