by Thomas Sowell | Feb 18, 2004 | POLITICS
One of the confusions that plagues discussions of equality and inequality is a confusion between the vagaries of fate and the sins of man. There are plenty of both but they need to be sharply distinguished from one another. The plain fact that there are large... by Walter Williams | Feb 18, 2004 | POLITICS
The first concept an economics student learns is that for every benefit there’s also a cost — or, as my longtime colleague and friend Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman has put it, “There’s no free lunch.” While the person who receives the... by Elan Journo and Brian P. Simpson | Feb 17, 2004 | POLITICS
The California grocery strike has entered its fourth month–and there is no end in sight. Workers are still picketing stores, the shelves are under-stocked, and profits are dwindling. Talks between the grocery chains and the United Food and Commercial... by Daniel Pipes | Feb 17, 2004 | POLITICS
“Anyone concerned with what’s happening in our world ought to spend some time reading the Koran.” Andy Rooney, the famed CBS commentator, gave this advice shortly after 9/11, as did plenty of others. His suggestion makes intuitive sense, given that... by Thomas Sowell | Feb 17, 2004 | POLITICS
This is truly the age of dogma when it comes to differences between groups. Some will blindly deny that intergroup differences in performances are anything other than “stereotypes,” “perceptions,” or discrimination. At the other end of the... by Alex Epstein | Feb 17, 2004 | Genetics, POLITICS
In a huge breakthrough for medical progress, scientists from South Korea have finally created a cloned human embryo and extracted its stem cells–a feat that makes life-saving embryonic stem-cell treatments that much closer to reality. Instead of taking this... by Daniel Pipes | Feb 16, 2004 | Intellectual Property, POLITICS
Some people believe in the lost continent of Atlantis and in unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Others worry about an 18th-century secret society called the Bavarian Illuminati or a mythical Zionist-Occupied Government secretly running the United States. What if... by James Glassman | Feb 15, 2004 | POLITICS
As Martha Stewart’s trial moves into a third week, an important question remains unasked: Why are the feds prosecuting someone for receiving inside information, anyway? Isn’t the criminal the corporate official who acts on knowledge that the public... by Alan Caruba | Feb 15, 2004 | POLITICS
The time has long since passed when the United States should be referring to Saudi Arabia as an ally. It is our enemy and an unprecedented demand for the bank account records of the Washington, DC Saudi Embassy in November 2003 demonstrates that the National Security...
