Virginia’s Latest Threat to Reproductive Rights
Yes Virginia, at least for the moment, you have access to contraception. Virginia State Delegate Robert Marshall (R-13th) has ignited a firestorm on college campuses in the Old Dominion by advocating that the dispensing of emergency contraception, a.k.a. morning after...Senate’s Sunset Provision: A Hollow Victory for Bush’s Tax Plan
The White House won a hollow victory in the Senate last week on its tax bill. The bill will do almost nothing for growth and could even be counterproductive, owing to harmful tax increases included in the package. In defense of the Senate, it was in an untenable...Warren Buffet Lies from the Pulpit
Ah, the beloved Warren Buffett. He’s the second richest man in the world according to Forbes, and he’s America’s self-appointed corporate virtue czar, the Bill Bennett of the executive suite. He’s the one whose folksy Berkshire Hathaway...Another Quarter, Another Crisis?
Yesterday’s market drop had the odor of an all-too-familiar panic about it. Once again, it feels as if the fragile fabric of policy stability in the Bush administration is threatening to unravel — as if we’re headed toward another...The Road to Victory Goes Through Tehran
President Bush has declared the end of “major combat operations” in Iraq, but he has not declared victory in the War on Terrorism–and that’s a good thing, because the largest and most important battle in that war still remains to be fought. The...Journalistic Principles Absent at the New York Times
In the old movie classic “Citizen Kane,” there is a dramatic scene where a political opponent has just found a way to thwart Charles Foster Kane’s bid to be elected governor. “This should be a lesson to you,” the politician says to Kane....When Hollywood Went to War
Once upon a time there was a vicious attack on America — an act of war — and Hollywood’s biggest stars had plenty to say — and do — about it. With the war in Iraq practically over and Hollywood liberals making themselves scarce, it’s time to put Hollywood and war in perspective.
The United Nations: A Criminal Organization
The world of the UN is a bizarre parallel reality.