by Baker Spring | Jan 3, 2003 | POLITICS
President Bush calls it a “modest” first step. True–but it’s one that promises to make Americans much safer in the long run. Specifically, the president’s decision to deploy a missile defense means that our total vulnerability to missile... by David Harsanyi | Jan 3, 2003 | WORLD
The farfetched utopian state it contends to deliver, however, is a delusion.
by S.M. Oliva | Jan 2, 2003 | POLITICS
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is well known for being the Senate’s only doctor. A heart surgeon by training, Sen. Frist has occasionally made the news for coming to the rescue during his tenure in office, including an incident this weekend, where he... by Thomas Sowell | Jan 2, 2003 | POLITICS
Some state universities are having smaller and smaller proportions of their costs paid for by the states, and some people are talking about the possibility of their ceasing to be state universities at all. The University of Texas at Austin, for example, gets more... by Dr Michael Hurd | Jan 2, 2003 | POLITICS
New Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist wants to promote Medical Savings Accounts as health care reform. Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) allow individuals to set aside money tax-free and roll it over every year to pay everyday medical expenses. The accounts are then... by S.M. Oliva | Jan 1, 2003 | Price Controls
Businessmen in Santa Fe, New Mexico, are going to court to defend their most basic economic right–the ability to voluntarily negotiate wages with their employees. Last month, the Santa Fe city council voted to raise the minimum wage to $10.50 per hour over the... by S.M. Oliva | Jan 1, 2003 | POLITICS
On Saturday, the New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts will face off in the opening round of the 2003 NFL playoffs. The coaches of the two teams, the Colts’ Tony Dungy and New York’s Herman Edwards, will have a reunion of sorts, since both men worked in... by Robert W Tracinski | Jan 1, 2003 | POLITICS
After Sept. 11, a few intellectuals optimistically predicted the “end of irony” — that is, the end of the pseudo-intellectual pose of cynicism and skepticism endemic in our turn-of-the-century culture. The end of irony is not quite upon us, but at... by Steven Malanga | Dec 31, 2002 | POLITICS
New York City’s recent brush with a transit strike should be a wake-up call for city and state leaders. It’s time to inject private competition into Gotham’s public transportation system to control costs and make the city less vulnerable to threats...
