by S.M. Oliva | Feb 3, 2003 | Education, POLITICS
Thomas Watkins, Michigan’s superintendent of public schools, is on a mission to expand his authority beyond the traditional K-12 boundaries. If given his way, every child in the state–practically from birth–would become the exclusive property of... by John Bragg | Feb 3, 2003 | POLITICS
America’s foremost ally, Tony Blair’s Britain, has asked the United States for more time to convince the members of the United Nations Security Council of the need for war against Iraq. Blair is worried because his supporters in the Labour Party do not... by Radley Balko | Feb 2, 2003 | POLITICS
Editor’s note: This is a parody, similar in style to the Onion.Rep. Charlie Rangel (D- NY) took his “fairness in the military” proposal a step further this month. The congressman is now calling for what he calls “affirmative casualties”... by Thomas Sowell | Feb 2, 2003 | Middle East & Israel, POLITICS
History does not literally repeat itself, but sometimes it comes awfully close. Iraq is not the first dangerous dictatorship that international agreements tried to keep disarmed. Nor is it the first where that effort failed. Back in the 1930s, Germany’s military... by S.M. Oliva | Feb 1, 2003 | POLITICS
This weekend, the Duke and University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball teams will square-off in a nationally televised #1-vs.-#2 contest. Coincidentally, this matchup comes the same week that a Bush administration advisory panel completes its... by Alex Epstein | Feb 1, 2003 | POLITICS
President Bush is very vocal about his religious beliefs; he likes to preach publicly about “the power of faith” and “the vital place of faith in the life of our nation.” This does not bother most Americans, who believe that while the President... by S.M. Oliva | Jan 31, 2003 | POLITICS
The cloning debate resumed late last December with the announcement–still unconfirmed–that a cloned baby was born to an American woman. This report essentially mocked the consensus that emerged in Congress over the past year, which agreed that reproductive... by Michael Giorgino | Jan 31, 2003 | POLITICS
Webster’s dictionary defines bankruptcy as a state of financial ruin-the inability to pay one’s debts. That sure sounds like what is going on in California where Governor Gray Davis and the Democrats have saddled taxpayers with a massive 35 billion dollar... by Don Luskin | Jan 31, 2003 | POLITICS
My previous columns here have been about President Bush’s bold tax-cut proposal — how it will help the economy grow, and how some of the criticisms of it are wrong. Today’s column sets those issues aside and looks at the simple short-term impact that...
