by Robert Garmong | Mar 21, 2004 | POLITICS
In a current Supreme Court case, Michael Newdow has challenged the constitutionality of reading the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. Newdow, an atheist, argues that the Pledge’s reference to America as “one nation, under God,” constitutes... by Richard E. Ralston | Mar 20, 2004 | Healthcare
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now seeking to expand its considerable powers into the regulation of vitamins and nutritional supplements. The FDA has evidently discovered that Americans, after centuries of experience doing so, cannot now be counted on to... by Cheryl K. Chumley | Mar 19, 2004 | Constitution, LAW, Middle East & Israel
Official US support of such a system of governance reflects how far we have strayed from our Founding Father’s principle; the absolute protection of private property.
by Alan Caruba | Mar 18, 2004 | POLITICS
The election in Spain that turned the government over to the Socialists sent a clear message to al Qaeda. Their bombing worked. Reportedly, much of the population did not want to join the US-led coalition to impose regime change on Iraq. Now they have decided to sit... by Larry Elder | Mar 18, 2004 | POLITICS
A moderate friend — aka “swing voter” — recently sent me a letter, in which he raised his objections about President Bush. Moderate Friend: Bush has made no major move to address environmental issues at all. The No. 1 thing a president could do... by Thomas Sowell | Mar 17, 2004 | POLITICS
The idea that what goes around comes around applies not only to individuals but to nations and whole civilizations. It was just a few centuries ago — not long, as history is measured — that China had the highest standard of living in the world and the... by Walter Williams | Mar 17, 2004 | POLITICS
Listening to the political and media rhetoric about the war in Iraq, you’d think that only President Bush thought Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Here are just a few past statements made by Bush’s critics. President Clinton (1998):... by James Glassman | Mar 16, 2004 | POLITICS
Sen. John Kerry is fond of calling CEOs who employ foreigners “Benedict Arnolds,” after the despicable Revolutionary War turncoat. But look at H.J. Heinz & Co., the family business of Kerry and his wife Teresa. Of the 79 factories that the... by Thomas Sowell | Mar 16, 2004 | POLITICS
Every political campaign seems to have some buzzword, and this year’s buzzword is “outsourcing.” Since the economic recovery has not yet reached the stage when new jobs are being created to the extent expected and hoped, the idea that American jobs...