by Stephen Johnson | May 27, 2003 | Cuba & Castro, POLITICS
Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte and other like-minded celebrities can cozy up to Fidel Castro all they want. But we deserve better from members of Congress. Just a few weeks ago, Castro locked up 75 dissidents and executed three Afro-Cubans accused of hijacking. Yet,... by James Glassman | May 27, 2003 | POLITICS
Six years ago, after tobacco companies agreed to settle lawsuits filed by the states, the Wall Street Journal published what seemed at the time to be a hilarious parody by Mark Bernstein. It was titled “A Big Fat Target.” The parody claimed that junk food... by S.M. Oliva | May 26, 2003 | Antitrust & Monopolies
On June 2, the Federal Communications Commission plans to vote on a new set of rules for media ownership. These rules dictate how many television stations can own, as well as cross-ownership of newspapers and television stations in the same market. The FCC’s... by Don Luskin | May 26, 2003 | POLITICS
Speech by Donald L. Luskin given at the Russell 20-20 Association Annual Meeting, May 7, 2003 I earn my living as an economist. I try to forecast how economic policies and ideas in the hands of government, business, media and academia move the world and move markets.... by Sonia Arrison | May 26, 2003 | POLITICS
If there’s one thing the open-source community is known for, it’s chutzpah. In a recent online petition, more than 1500 Linux users told the SCO Group, which owns intellectual property rights to key components of the Unix operating system, to sue them.... by James L Gattuso | May 25, 2003 | POLITICS
As U.S troops rushed into Baghdad last month, American politicians rushed toward a very different objective: Bailing out the ailing airline industry.Hard hit by a quartet of calamities — recession, terrorism, war and SARS — airline executives warned of... by Don Luskin | May 25, 2003 | POLITICS
Earlier this month, William Bennett — the high-profile Republican “morality” advocate — was outed in the media as a big-time gambler, a high-roller who made and lost millions in the casinos. There was the usual tempest in the public teapot,... by Ryan Jones | May 24, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS, Terrorism
Recent events have rekindled simmering feelings in Israel that its chief ally and supporter — America — actively applies a glaring double standard when it comes to how to deal with the terrorist threat facing the citizens of both nations. This issue was... by Thomas Sowell | May 24, 2003 | POLITICS
A decade ago — in May 1993 — this column first mentioned unusually bright little children who are also unusually late in beginning to speak. Unknown to me at the time, this set in motion some remarkable developments which have not yet run their course....
