by Walter Williams | Oct 21, 2003 | POLITICS
“Excellent schools deliver a clear message to their students: No Excuses. No excuses for failing to do your homework, failing to work hard in general; no excuses for fighting with other students, running in the hallways, dressing inappropriately and so... by Thomas Sowell | Oct 21, 2003 | POLITICS
The nomination of Justice Janice Rogers Brown of the California Supreme Court to become a federal Court of Appeals judge has brought out vicious special interest groups with their long knives — and a long record of smears and character-assassination, going back... by Bruce Bartlett | Oct 21, 2003 | POLITICS
Of all the tax cuts enacted during the Bush administration, none has been more controversial than repeal of the estate tax. Even though it represents only a very small part of the total revenue loss from the 2001 and 2003 tax bills — and isn’t really... by Daniel Pipes | Oct 20, 2003 | POLITICS
Suppose for an instant that no weapons of mass destruction ever turn up in Iraq. Of course, they might well still appear, but let’s imagine that Saddam Hussein did not have an advanced program for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, as well as the missiles... by Dr Michael Hurd | Oct 20, 2003 | History
Soviet President Brezhnev, one of the last of the Soviet Communist dictators, hated the Catholic Church, according to conversations reported in The Wall Street Journal. Back during the Cold War Brezhnev is quoted as saying, “Sooner or later [the Church] would... by Jeff Jacoby | Oct 20, 2003 | POLITICS
Three Americans — John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Martin Linde — were murdered last Wednesday when terrorists in Gaza bombed the diplomatic convoy they were riding in. News accounts immediately described the attack as a first — ”an... by Don Luskin | Oct 19, 2003 | POLITICS
Ever wonder why all the doom-and-gloom economic pronouncements you hear in the media, and from liberal politicians, don’t square up with the America you see around you — an America in which the economy has turned the corner and is growing again? The answer... by John Dawson | Oct 19, 2003 | POLITICS
On the anniversary of the Bali bombing, survivors and mourners are still asking: Why? The bombers Amrozi, Mukhlas and Samudra have been sentenced to death, but they show no remorse or regret. What motivates their death worship? At 11.07 pm, October 12 th 2002, 5 kg of... by Edwin Feulner | Oct 18, 2003 | POLITICS
Many leaders, including French President Jacques Chirac and U. N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, are still seething because the United States and Great Britain led a coalition into Iraq last March without explicit U.N. support. Of course, just a few months earlier, the...
