by Bruce Bartlett | Apr 24, 2003 | POLITICS
The Bush administration is understandably upset that its proposal for a $726 billion tax cut has effectively been watered down to $350 billion in the Senate and $550 billion in the House. However, this is less of a barrier to enactment of the administration’s... by Harry Binswanger | Apr 23, 2003 | Foreign Policy
The discussion of how we set up a new government in Iraq has been dominated, as has so much during this war, with the question: what will THEY think? “We can’t let it look like the new government is our puppet,” say the commentators. Why not? It... by Richard M Salsman | Apr 23, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS, War with Iran
Many commentators have remarked recently that the U.S. stock market has not rebounded by as much as they expected, especially given the recent, rapid U.S. military success in Iraq. But these observers fail to recognize that the market is forward-looking — and... by Carter Laren | Apr 23, 2003 | POLITICS
The worst possible nightmare for many politicians–and especially for California Assembly members Mark Ridley-Thomas and Paul Koretz–is that citizens actually start to pay attention to their everyday shenanigans. Several times now, socialist fiefs in... by Robert W Tracinski | Apr 22, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
Having been forced to recognize that our soldiers won a brilliant military victory in Iraq, media commentators are trying to minimize that achievement by loudly proclaiming how much more difficult it will be to “win the peace” by establishing a stable and... by Thomas Sowell | Apr 22, 2003 | POLITICS
Old-timers may remember a radio program about a crime-fighting hero called The Shadow, who had “the power to cloud men’s minds, so that they cannot see him.” Affirmative action has that same power today. Some of the murkiest thinking of our times has... by Bruce Bartlett | Apr 22, 2003 | POLITICS
Dr. Robert Atkins died last week of complications from a fall on April 8. Famous for the high protein/low carbohydrate diet that he pioneered, overweight people the world over mourn his death. [1] For many, he was their savior, giving them a workable method for... by Scott Holleran | Apr 22, 2003 | POLITICS
I met Elian Gonzalez during a visit to the Miami house which had become the flashpoint for a profound philosophical conflict–days before his pre-dawn seizure on Saturday, April 22, 2000. Springing from his uncle’s house with the exuberance of a child... by Robert W Tracinski | Apr 22, 2003 | POLITICS
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we are urged to memorialize the millions who suffered and died in the Nazi concentration camps. The purpose is not merely to pay tribute to the victims, but to learn what made an evil of such magnitude possible–and to prevent it...
