by Angela Logomasini | Aug 11, 2003 | POLITICS
As public health officials consider spraying pesticides to control the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, anti-pesticide activists claim that spraying devastates birds and other wildlife. But such claims should be viewed with skepticism. It seems that West Nile virus and... by Thomas Sowell | Aug 11, 2003 | POLITICS
Justice Anthony Kennedy won an outburst of applause at a recent meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco when he criticized mandatory sentencing laws. “Every day in prison is much longer than any day you’ve ever spent,” Justice... by Daniel Pipes | Aug 9, 2003 | WORLD
Is this the start of a process that could transform Turkey, for 80 years the stalwart of secularism in the Muslim Middle East, into an Islamic republic?
by Allan Treilhard | Aug 9, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Israel’s recent release of approximately 400 prisoners – including 210 members of known Arab terrorist organizations – is immoral, as those released directly threaten the lives of Israelis. Though the Palestinian Intifada officially ended — for... by Bruce Bartlett | Aug 8, 2003 | POLITICS
For the last year or two, it has been fashionable to ridicule the idea of a “New Economy,” which underlay the stock market boom of the late 1990s. However, last week’s productivity report shows that the New Economy is alive and kicking. The original... by Michelle Malkin | Aug 8, 2003 | POLITICS
Two questions have been left unanswered following last week’s announcement by Homeland Security Department head Tom Ridge that he has temporarily suspended travel programs allowing foreigners to fly into our country without U.S. visas: Why did it take so bloody... by James Glassman | Aug 7, 2003 | POLITICS
Poland, the fifth-largest country in Europe, is not one of the first places most investors look for opportunities. But maybe it should be. I returned full of enthusiasm a few weeks ago from my first trip to Poland in 40 years. Poland’s stock market is small... by Jeff Jacoby | Aug 7, 2003 | POLITICS
The US-sponsored “road map” to peace between Israel and the Palestinians is not a very challenging document. The text, which is posted at the State Department website, is only 4-1/2 pages long, and most of it is written in reasonably clear English. Anyone... by Thomas Sowell | Aug 7, 2003 | POLITICS
It is fascinating to watch special interest groups seeking privileges for themselves in the guise of protecting the rights of other people. A recent issue of Editor & Publisher magazine — the trade journal of newspapers — argued for allowing the use...
