by James Glassman | Oct 30, 2003 | Environment
The Senate is set to vote Thursday on a bill that would impose mandatory restrictions on emissions of greenhouse gases, affecting practically every business and consumer in the country. While supporters claim that the climate-change legislation, S.139, introduced by... by James Glassman | Oct 29, 2003 | POLITICS
Time, as I exhort young investors, is the single most important factor in stock market success. But you can own a stock for 100 years and, if it doesn’t increase its profits at a nice annual clip, you’ve got a depleting asset on your hands. The winning... by Thomas Sowell | Oct 29, 2003 | POLITICS
You want to know what liberal bias and media spin are? Try a headline in the San Francisco Chronicle of October 25th: “California School Rankings Improve.” According to education officials quoted in the story, an “unprecedented rise” in test... by Michelle Malkin | Oct 29, 2003 | Military, POLITICS
On Oct. 3, an illegal alien truck driver from Canada was caught hauling a shipment of Humvees into northern Maine. They weren’t just any Humvees. They were U.S. military Humvees scheduled for delivery from the Texas Army National Guard in Houston to the Maine... by Bruce Bartlett | Oct 29, 2003 | POLITICS
In a recent column, I predicted that President Bush will likely be forced into a budget deal involving higher taxes sometime after next year’s election because of rising interest rates. Some of my friends thought I was endorsing such an action. I was not. But my... by Jonathan Eric Lewis | Oct 28, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Three years after the Palestinians’ violent response to the most generous and practical proposal by an Israeli government to end the decades-long conflict, hatred directed at Israel as a Jewish State has never been as extreme. From paeans to homicide bombings by... by Scott Holleran | Oct 28, 2003 | POLITICS
Today’s seniors are at the center of the most profound health care legislation since the Clinton health care plan: expansion of Medicare to grant prescription drug subsidies to people over 65. One might ask why, with the nation at war following the worst attack... by Thomas Sowell | Oct 28, 2003 | POLITICS
A racist cartoon, linking Janice Rogers Brown with Justice Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, was on display at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings on Justice Brown’s nomination to the federal Court of Appeals in... by Walter Williams | Oct 28, 2003 | POLITICS
Last week’s column discussed parts of Abigail and Stephen Thernstrom’s new book, “No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning.” It’s a gap that finds the average black high-school graduate having achieved only what the average white...
