by Don Luskin | May 9, 2004 | POLITICS
Speech by Donald L. Luskin to the Corporate Finance Council of San Diego.Tonight I’m going to be talking about the controversy over “offshore outsourcing” in the context of a book I’m writing. My book is about the intersection of the science of... by David Holcberg | May 7, 2004 | Money & Banking, POLITICS
The re-election of Sudan to the U.N. Human Rights Commission–chaired by terrorist-sponsoring Libya in 2003–demonstrates once again the total moral bankruptcy of the United Nations. The list of atrocities and violations of human rights in Sudan is endless.... by Thomas Sowell | May 6, 2004 | POLITICS
Those who imagine that collective decision-making by government officials is better than individual decision-making in a market economy should have been present at a recent meeting of the Planning Commission for the city of San Mateo, California. A man who has been... by Larry Elder | May 6, 2004 | POLITICS
“Week after week after week after week,” said Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., about President Bush’s rationale for going to war with Iraq, “we were told lie after lie after lie after lie.” Were we? Jordan recently seized 20 tons of chemicals... by James Glassman | May 5, 2004 | POLITICS
When Philip A. Fisher died last month at the age of 96, it suddenly struck me that being a wise and patient stock market guru may be the best route to a long life. “His career spanned 74 years,” wrote his son, Kenneth Fisher, in a column in Forbes.... by Walter Williams | May 5, 2004 | Economics, Military, POLITICS
Last year, Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.) and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) introduced bills calling for reinstatement of the military draft. A far more descriptive term for the military draft is government confiscation of labor services, but keeping with the spirit of... by James Glassman | May 4, 2004 | POLITICS
After a year in which every stock market in the world has risen handsomely, real estate has gone through the roof, and bonds and commodities have soared as well, the witty and bearish Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, has titled his spring... by Thomas Sowell | May 4, 2004 | POLITICS
If you ask most people about the cost of medical care, they may tell you how much they have to pay per visit to their doctor’s office or the monthly bill for their prescription drugs. But these are not the costs of medical care. These are the prices paid. The... by Robert W Tracinski | May 4, 2004 | POLITICS
The press has done its usual fine job of reporting on the siege of Fallujah–which is to say that it is impossible for the public to figure out what is going on there. The difficulty isn’t all a matter of bad reporting, though. The important thing to...
