Exempting Dividends from Taxation

President Bush’s plan to eliminate the double taxation of corporate profits, by exempting dividends from taxation, appears to be on life support. Even before his tax package was reduced from $726 billion to $550 billion in the House and $350 billion in the...

The Naked Hypocrisy of the Dixie Chicks

“Just so you know,” Natalie Maines told a London audience last month, “we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” But in an interview with Diane Sawyer Friday, the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks responded to fan...

“Right”-to-Health-Care Junkies

A “right” to health care is the new opiate of the masses. And politicians are among the biggest pushers. As with most druggies, America started off with the light stuff. It began in the sixties with the marijuana of socialized medicine, Medicare and...

Repeal Sodomy Laws

A political firestorm is beginning to erupt around Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum over comments he made during an interview with the Associated Press. His comments were in response to a question about the pending decision from the Supreme Court on...

In Search of Climate Problems

Ross Gelbspan celebrated Earth Day 2003 with publication of his op-ed in the Boston Globe wherein he opines about the damage global warming will inflict upon earth’s ecosystems. True to form, he proposes fixes that will at the same time cure any number of global...