by Robert W Tracinski | Sep 6, 2003 | POLITICS
Well-off American college students and $25 per hour union workers have banded together in a growing movement for what they describe as a “progressive” cause and a battle against “exploitation.” Their goal: to take away economic opportunities... by Michelle Malkin | Sep 6, 2003 | POLITICS
The open-mouthed kisses between aging pop star Madonna and 15th-minute celebrity clingers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, broadcast on MTV last week, received widespread media attention. The Sapphic spectacle was rightly condemned as vulgar, cynical, and... by Don Luskin | Sep 6, 2003 | POLITICS
Just last month I proclaimed the old clich by Michelle Malkin | Sep 5, 2003 | POLITICS
It’s all a big joke to Rep. Bill Janklow, the Republican congressman from South Dakota with a lead foot, a hollow heart, and an ego the size of his Cadillac death-mobile. Conservatives with a conscience should be appalled that the powerful GOP representative,... by Ludwig Von Mises | Sep 4, 2003 | Economics, POLITICS
In contrast, however, the interventionist ideas, the socialist ideas, the inflationist ideas of our time, have been concocted and formalized by writers and professors. And they are taught at colleges and universities. You may say: “Today’s situation is... by Ludwig Von Mises | Sep 3, 2003 | Economics, POLITICS
People say that every civilization must finally fall into ruin and disintegrate. There are eminent supporters of this idea. One was a German teacher, Spengler, and another one, much better known, was the English historian, Toynbee. They tell us that our civilization... by Thomas Sowell | Sep 3, 2003 | POLITICS
For more than two centuries, the political left has crusaded against the punishment of criminals. Anyone familiar with history can find 18th century writers saying the same things that today’s critics, politicians, judges and the ACLU are saying about how... by Walter Williams | Sep 3, 2003 | POLITICS
I’ve written a nationally syndicated column for nearly 25 years. Columns critical of Social Security and handouts to farmers used to bring the angry self-serving mail. Now it’s international trade. Let me address some of the issues raised. First,... by Ludwig Von Mises | Sep 2, 2003 | Economics, POLITICS
Under interventionist ideas, it is the duty of the government to support, to subsidize, to give privileges to special groups. The idea of the eighteenth century statesmen was that the legislators had special ideas about the common good. But what we have today,...
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