by Thomas Sowell | Apr 3, 2003 | POLITICS
Someone once said of Lillian Hellman that every word she uttered was a lie, including “and” and “the.” Many defenders of affirmative action deserve a Lillian Hellman award. Not only is much of what they say contradicted by readily available...
by Ariel Cohen | Apr 3, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
The Bush Administration has accused Moscow of selling sensitive military equipment to Saddam Hussein in violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions. During a March 24th telephone conversation, President George W. Bush discussed the sales of night vision goggles,...
by Jack Spencer | Apr 3, 2003 | POLITICS
There is little debate as to whether Saddam Hussein has chemical weapons. This was underscored when coalition forces recently discovered 3,000 chemical suits in a Nasiriyah hospital. The real question is whether or not Saddam will use these weapons of horror. As...
by Bruce Bartlett | Apr 3, 2003 | POLITICS
On March 25, the Congressional Budget Office released an important study of President Bush’s budget proposal. What was novel about this study is that the CBO attempted to calculate the impact of the proposal on the economy as a whole. Normally, it assumes that...
by S.M. Oliva | Apr 2, 2003 | Antitrust & Monopolies
The FTC knows their actions are rationally indefensible, which is why they rely on smearing their opponents and tossing around floating abstractions like “consumer welfare” to justify what they’re doing.
by Walter Williams | Apr 2, 2003 | POLITICS
The March 10 issue of Human Events carried a special report on the 10 most outrageous government programs. The Legal Services Corp. headed the list, followed closely by the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Act and the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931. Rounding out the...
by Thomas Sowell | Apr 2, 2003 | POLITICS, Women's Rights
Fraud is as pervasive in arguments for affirmative action for women as in arguments for affirmative action for blacks. In fact, a whole fraudulent history has been concocted to explain the changing economic position of women over the years. In the feminist...
by Paul Blair | Apr 1, 2003 | POLITICS, United Nations
Thomas Friedman writes to Andrew Sullivan: Why is it that liberals, such as myself, who were ready to support the war, so desperately wanted U.N. approval for it? It was for a couple of reasons–one that is already apparent and one that will become more apparent....
by Ken Joseph, Jr. | Apr 1, 2003 | POLITICS
How do you admit you were wrong? What do you do when you realize those you were defending in fact did not want your defense and wanted something completely different from you and from the world? This is my story. It will probably upset everybody – those with...