by Bruce Bartlett | Jun 6, 2003 | POLITICS
This Friday, June 6, marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most important political/economic events in American history: Proposition 13. This initiative, which was approved by the voters of California on this date in 1978, sparked a “tax revolt” that... by Thomas Sowell | Jun 5, 2003 | POLITICS
As the Supreme Court of the United States wrestles with the issue of affirmative action as it exists in college admissions at the University of Michigan, the justices are taking on an issue that has been wrestled with in many contexts by courts in India for far longer... by Robert W Tracinski | Jun 5, 2003 | POLITICS
After using America’s military to achieve a brilliant success in Iraq, President Bush is intent on using his new-found clout in the region to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. But the means he has chosen is renewed negotiations and a new diplomatic “road... by Jeff Jacoby | Jun 4, 2003 | POLITICS
A hole was torn last month in the international “road map” to Israeli-Palestinian peace when Mahmoud Abbas insisted that Yasser Arafat remains the unchallenged ruler of the Palestinian Authority. “Arafat is at the top,” Abbas, the PA’s... by Wayne Dunn | Jun 4, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Pundits say creating a free Iraq means “democratically” divvying up political power among its various religious and ethnic factions. “[We need] to make sure all the different groups get a fair shot,” said Senator Trent Lott recently. That just... by Thomas Sowell | Jun 4, 2003 | POLITICS
The June issue of National Geographic contains one of the rare honest looks at India. The article “India’s Untouchables” gives a shocking picture of some of the most persecuted people on earth. For far too long, India has been one of a number of... by Robert Garmong | Jun 3, 2003 | Free Speech, POLITICS
For a century after the Civil War, blacks in America’s South were subjected to shameful acts of oppression and violence. Deprived of voice and vote, they had no choice but to suffer mutely as they were scurrilously attacked. Two California-based lawsuits... by Walter Williams | Jun 2, 2003 | POLITICS
How many times have we applauded those who “made a difference in the lives of others” and been admonished to do the same? On the face of it, that has to be one of the more mindless generalities of our modern era. After all, didn’t Hitler, Stalin, Pol... by Bruce Bartlett | Jun 1, 2003 | POLITICS
In the early hours of May 23, the House and Senate both approved H.R. 2, a bill that reduces tax rates on wages, dividends and capital gains, among other things. The following day, before the legislation had even been signed into law, The New York Times pronounced it...
