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... by Dr Michael Hurd | Oct 27, 2003 | POLITICS
Q: Dr. Hurd, I am sure you heard about Rush Limbaugh’s addiction and subsequent hospitalization for prescription drugs. Doesn’t this show that addictive problems are a medical disease, and that Limbaugh’s (and your own) emphasis on choice and... by Edwin Feulner | Oct 27, 2003 | POLITICS
Caveat Emptor. Let the buyer beware. These have always been sensible words when shopping for a car. But these days, sadly, they also apply to charitable giving.Consider the case of William Robertson, who is suing his alma mater, Princeton University, over the... by Walter Williams | Oct 26, 2003 | POLITICS
There are some arguments so illogical that only an intellectual or politician can believe them. One of those arguments is: capitalism benefits the rich more than it benefits the ‘common man.’ Let’s look at it. The rich have always had access to... by Wayne Dunn | Oct 26, 2003 | POLITICS
Capitalism is sometimes disparaged as “dog eat dog,” a system of “cutthroat” competition and “survival of the fittest.” Such characterizations, however, have little to do with truth. “Dog eat dog” better describes... by Dr Michael Hurd | Oct 25, 2003 | POLITICS
“If George Bush rebuilds Iraq the way he rebuilds the United States, they’re going to lose 3 million jobs over the course of the next three years,” said Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who’s hoping to run against President Bush next year. Clever... by Daniel Pipes | Oct 25, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
What to do in Iraq? The question is made urgent by the steady attrition of coalition forces, punctuated by seven large car-bomb explosions. The latest of them, on Sunday, killed six and wounded dozens at the Baghdad Hotel. More broadly, the briefly held gratitude to... by Jeff Jacoby | Oct 25, 2003 | POLITICS
David Kay, the US government’s top weapons inspector in Iraq, reported this month on his team’s first three months of searching for weapons of mass destruction. “We have not yet found stocks of weapons,” he testified, nor anything to...
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