by Gregory Conko | Mar 23, 2003 | POLITICS
Until mid-February 2003, the US government was readying a World Trade Organisation (WTO) challenge to the European Union (EU)’s moratorium on new GM crop approvals. The EU hasn’t approved any new GM varieties since 1998, and the two varieties that are... by Tom DeWeese | Mar 22, 2003 | POLITICS
Choosing a time when the attention of all Americans is on our conflict with Iraq, the Senate is poised to vote on a bill that would unleash a major attack on private property rights. It would empower environmental groups and government agencies to use taxpayer funds... by Daniel J Mitchell | Mar 22, 2003 | Economics
A nation isn’t harmed when it imports more than it exports, which is why the trade deficit is the most dangerous statistic collected by government.
by Richard M Salsman | Mar 22, 2003 | POLITICS
U.S. Federal Reserve officials, including Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, and commentators in the financial media have been worrying about deflation (a rise in the purchasing power of a currency) in recent years and months. It’s hard to figure why. Not only is... by Walter Williams | Mar 21, 2003 | Energy, POLITICS
We’ve all seen gasoline prices rising; is that good news or bad news? Congress could enact price controls and “odd and even” days for gasoline purchases like they did in the 1970s. Sure we’d be paying lower prices, but the selling price of a... by Robert W Tracinski | Mar 21, 2003 | POLITICS, United Nations
If its handling of Iraq was a test of the United Nations, as President Bush has indicated, then the United Nations has clearly failed. But this should be no surprise, because yet another test of the United Nations–like yet another resolution giving Saddam... by Richard M Salsman | Mar 20, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
CAP MAG EXCLUSIVE: As the U.S. military stands poised (finally) to wage war against the Iraqi regime — merely one spoke in the “Axis of Evil” — critics of the Bush Administration and apologists for terror regimes claim that there’s been a... by Alan Caruba | Mar 20, 2003 | POLITICS
As American troops and our allies prepare to write a new future for the people of Iraq and throughout the Middle East, who would you prefer to make the critical decisions? The White House lead by President Bush or the anti-war protesters led by a gaggle of Hollywood... by James Glassman | Mar 19, 2003 | POLITICS
As war nears, it’s become clear that two of its instigators are Jacques Chirac, the president of France, and Hans Blix, the chief United Nations weapons inspector. If Chirac had stood with the United States and other nations in enforcing Resolution 1441...
