The Strange Disappearance of the “L” Word
When did Democrats stop calling themselves “liberal”? Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., when asked whether he considered himself a liberal, treated the questioner as if she belonged to the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the McCarthy years....Education and Capitalism: How Overcoming Our Fear of Markets and Economics Can Improve America’s Schools
Although government schools maintain a monopoly on public funds, they’ve failed miserably by almost every conceivable benchmark.
President Kerry’s “Change”
“Change is coming to America.” So says John Kerry, victorious in his quest for the Democratic nomination and anticipating victory against President Bush this fall. What change, exactly? President Bush expanded the welfare state a bit less than President...Ralph Nader’s Glittering Record
Ralph Nader may have performed a real public service by running for President again, despite the pleas and outcries of his liberal admirers. Oblivious to charges that his candidacy cost Al Gore the 2000 election, Nader has again put his own agenda first and foremost....Capitalism and (Microsoft’s) Freedom
According to Kenneth W. Starr in his Feb. 19 Washington Times Op-Ed column, “A stitch in crime,” the Microsoft antitrust settlement contains loopholes that allow Microsoft to avoid competing in the marketplace on the merits. Yet rather than attack...A Government-Financed Mars Prize?
Replacing socialism–with another version of socialism.
Other People’s Wealth Benefits All of Us
The presidential hopefuls’ common promise to “repeal the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy” is the campaign trail one-liner garnering the most empty-headed applause. It’s simply false that only the rich benefit from the tax cuts, as any non-rich...Jesus Christ Superscar
The Passion of the Christ’s theme is that suffering, not joy, is man’s proper fate.