by Dr Michael Hurd | Feb 1, 2004 | Religion
I quote from a bumpersticker I recently saw on a car covered (or I should say, littered) with anti-Iraq-war/pro-Howard Dean stickers: “When Jesus said love your enemies, he probably meant: don’t kill them.” This is undoubtedly true. Loving your...
by James Glassman | Feb 1, 2004 | POLITICS
Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton’s Treasury Secretary, is back — and he’s everywhere. He’s written a book. He’s delivered a paper before the prestigious American Economic Association. He’s giving loads of TV interviews. Among Democratic...
by Michael Marriott | Feb 1, 2004 | Philosophy, POLITICS, Religion
A curious notion is mushrooming lately on programs such as “The O’Reilly Factor” and other current events shows. Certain commentators claim that the United States of America owes its existence to what is termed “Judeo-Christian”...
by Edwin Feulner | Jan 31, 2004 | POLITICS
Americans shell out more than $2 trillion each year to keep our federal government running. The least we should expect in return is honesty. Alas, Washington officials aren’t telling the truth about how much they’ve spent, are currently spending or plan to...
by James Glassman | Jan 30, 2004 | POLITICS
Paul Atkins this month became the first SEC commissioner to criticize openly a proposal to require companies to treat employee stock options as current expenses. Atkins began by questioning whether the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which has aggressively...
by Thomas Sowell | Jan 29, 2004 | POLITICS
The so-called “debates” among the Democratic candidates in the primaries are not really debates — and that is a real shame. In a real debate, opponents could question each other’s statements — and there have been a lot of questionable...
by Larry Elder | Jan 29, 2004 | POLITICS
Supporters of former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, aka “Deanie-boppers,” accuse the media of piling on by repeatedly playing his now infamous Iowa caucus “concession speech,” punctuated by his banshee-like “Yeeeaaaaaarggh!”...
by Walter Williams | Jan 28, 2004 | POLITICS
Here’s a question. Suppose you see people lining up for hours, and people willing to pay a month’s salary in bribes, in order to get a $2 a day factory job. What might you conclude? Would you guess there are higher-paying jobs around, but the people are...
by Thomas Sowell | Jan 28, 2004 | POLITICS
Those who vent their moral indignation over low pay for Third World workers employed by multinational companies ignore the plain fact that these workers’ employers are usually supplying them with better opportunities than they had before, while those who are...
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