by Richard M Salsman | Nov 13, 2003 | Antitrust & Monopolies, POLITICS
The government’s persecution of Microsoft continues unabated. The U.S. appeals court is now considering whether the Bush administration and 19 states negotiated an adequate settlement in their antitrust case against Microsoft. It’s time for the American... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 13, 2003 | Healthcare, POLITICS
It is always fascinating to see elementary economics make front-page news. It was front-page news in the Wall Street Journal of November 12th that there are long waiting times for seeing medical specialists in Canada and in other countries with government-controlled... by Bruce Bartlett | Nov 12, 2003 | POLITICS
Earlier this month, the House Ways and Means Committee held hearings on legislation to impose tariffs on Chinese imports. While such action is unlikely, it shows that the political pressure to do something about growing imports from China is increasing. However,... by Walter Williams | Nov 12, 2003 | POLITICS, Price Controls
History has seen many calls for minimum wages for the same reason — to eliminate competition with workers who’d work for less.
by Alex Epstein | Nov 11, 2003 | Genetics, POLITICS
Biotechnological progress, long under moral and legal attack, was granted a two-year reprieve last Thursday when the United Nations announced that it is postponing consideration of an international ban on human cloning. Members of that body have been fiercely divided... by Nicholas Provenzo | Nov 11, 2003 | POLITICS
You might not have known it, but a self-styled Objectivist ran for California governor. Douglas Logan Darrow Clement’s, businessman and host of FreeNation.TV ran as a Republican. His website has him holding a copy of Atlas Shrugged and quoting Ayn Rand. Clements... by Bruce Bartlett | Nov 11, 2003 | POLITICS
The recent announcements that the economy grew an astonishing 7.2 percent in the 3rd quarter while adding 126,000 jobs in October are necessitating a change in strategy by Democrats. Up until now, their mantra has been that Republicans gave us the worst economy since... by Alexander Marriott | Nov 10, 2003 | Free Speech
Now that the made for TV miniseries about Ronald Reagan’s presidency called The Reagans has been moved from CBS to Showtime the rewriting of history about the controversy has already begun. According to the left, the fact that CBS moved the miniseries to... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 10, 2003 | POLITICS
One of the reasons given by California’s liberal Senator Dianne Feinstein for opposing the confirmation of state Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to the federal judiciary is that Justice Brown has refused to put property rights on a lower plane than...
