by Don Luskin | Sep 11, 2003 | POLITICS
The mutual fund scandal that erupted last week is the latest front in vigilante New York Eliot Spitzer’s campaign to climb to the governorship over as many ruined careers as possible. Here are some thoughts on where it could lead.Are there abuses of trading... by Dr Michael Hurd | Sep 11, 2003 | POLITICS, Terrorism
On this day, the best way to honor the dead is to reassert — and expand — the values that made their lives in this country (and our own) possible. This means rebuilding the World Trade Center — with private dollars and within the capitalist... by Nicholas Provenzo | Sep 10, 2003 | Foreign Policy
when we have agreed to the North Korean’s terms in the past, we only find ourselves facing them again later, stronger, and even more threatening.
by Don Luskin | Sep 10, 2003 | POLITICS
Paul Krugman’s book, The Great Unraveling, hits bookstores today. Are you surprised that Krugman’s publisher, W.W. Norton, has repeatedly refused my requests for a review copy of the book? Despite this inexplicable omission, America’s most dangerous... by Bruce Bartlett | Sep 10, 2003 | POLITICS
With Congress having returned from its August recess last week, the rhetoric on employment has heated up. In particular, we are hearing more and more about the loss of manufacturing jobs. A Federal Reserve Bank of New York study warns that many have disappeared... by Michelle Malkin | Sep 10, 2003 | POLITICS
Across the nation, public officials will strike somber poses and shed television-friendly tears and bow their blow-dried heads in memory of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. They’ll hold hands, light candles, and pass around a plateful of... by Bruce Bartlett | Sep 9, 2003 | POLITICS
The Republican Party’s conservative base is becoming increasingly restless with George W. Bush’s unwillingness to restrain the growth of federal spending in any way. Last week brought another shot across his bow, when the Manchester Union Leader, one of... by Don Luskin | Sep 9, 2003 | POLITICS
For all the outrage and indignation voiced by the media and our public servants, the market didn’t seem terribly concerned by last week’s scandalous revelation that a hedge-fund manager had illegally profited at the expense of mutual-fund shareholders.... by Yaron Brook and Elan Journo | Sep 9, 2003 | POLITICS, Terrorism
Although American forces impressively deposed the tyrannical regime of Saddam Hussein, the nearly two-year-long War on Terrorism is, in fact, going badly.The tragedy is that we lack not weapons, nor military prowess, nor bravery; our military is the most powerful in...