by Scott Holleran | Jul 17, 2003 | POLITICS
It’s been seven years since the July 17, 1996, crash of TWA Flight 800 near Long Island, New York, and the cause remains unknown; the lingering mystery of one of the nation’s worst aviation disasters is now a forgotten media spectacle. The $ 40 million...
by Jack Spencer | Jul 17, 2003 | POLITICS
President Bush should not commit any United States troops to an international peacekeeping force in Liberia. At some point in the future an international peacekeeping force could help stabilize Liberia. However, refusing United Nations Secretary General Kofi...
by Tom DeWeese | Jul 17, 2003 | Guns, POLITICS
What would you do if a seven-year-old kid walked into a store where you were working or shopping and brandished a gun and said he was robbing the place? I’d slap his rear and take him home to his mother. Liberals shake in their shoes and misplace their backbones...
by Thomas Sowell | Jul 16, 2003 | POLITICS
Someone once pointed out that there are at least 50 colleges that claim to be among the top 25 colleges in the country. There is a similar congestion among the 400 “richest” Americans, as shown in data recently released by the Internal Revenue Service....
by Michelle Malkin | Jul 16, 2003 | POLITICS, Terrorism
The fraud trial of Cyril Kendall begins this week in New York City. Kendall is a 52-year-old Guyanese national who has apparently used every chance he has had in America, including the September 11 attacks, to scheme and scam. He faces felony grand larceny and forgery...
by Bruce Bartlett | Jul 15, 2003 | POLITICS
With federal budget deficits rising, pressure is on once again to enact a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. On June 25, a discharge petition was initiated to force a vote in the House on H.J. Res. 22, the latest in a long line of legislative efforts to...
by Walter Williams | Jul 15, 2003 | POLITICS
Some of us know more about some things than others, and we often exploit that advantage. I know more about my driving habits than my auto insurance company. Borrowers know more about their repayment prospects than lenders. The seller of a car knows more about the...
by Thomas Sowell | Jul 15, 2003 | POLITICS
Congressman Patrick Kennedy, a Rhode Island Democrat, recently declared to fellow party members at a Washington night spot, “I don’t need Bush’s tax cut” and added that he had never worked a day in his life. A number of other rich people have...
by James Glassman | Jul 14, 2003 | POLITICS
The stock market has been rising impressively, but practically all I hear these days are complaints about low interest rates. Readers lament that they can make only three-quarters of a point in a money-market fund such as Merrill Lynch Ready Assets, or just 1.3...
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