by Peter Schwartz | Dec 2, 2002 | POLITICS
The hallmark of our political leaders today is moral uncertainty–a quality that is shaping President Bush’s shapeless policy toward Iraq. Despite his repeated assertions about the dangers posed by Saddam Hussein, Mr. Bush chose to embrace the appeasing... by Wayne Dunn | Dec 1, 2002 | POLITICS
A group of Evangelicals claims a hazard lies in the road ahead. Is their concern radical Islam, you may wonder? Violent crime, you may ask? Smothering taxation, you may guess? No, these Christians got wrapped around the axle about the sinister sport-utility vehicle,... by Brian Riedl | Nov 29, 2002 | POLITICS
“If we don’t … reaffirm our commitment to fiscal responsibility, years of hard work could be squandered,” Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently told Congress. Considering the ever-climbing spending levels on Capitol Hill these days, his... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 28, 2002 | Guns, POLITICS
Most people who are in favor of gun control laws support such laws because they believe that these laws will reduce the number of firearms deaths. Such people are not the problem. Their minds can be changed when they learn that the facts are very different from what... by Don Luskin | Nov 27, 2002 | POLITICS
There’s been a lot of tough talk about how “tainted” Wall Street stock research is — and what should be done about analyst recommendations influenced by investment-banking fees and other conflicts of interest. It’s an important question... by Thomas Sowell | Nov 27, 2002 | Guns, POLITICS
Talking facts to gun control zealots is only likely to make them angry. But the rest of us need to know what the facts are. More than that, we need to know that much of what the gun controllers claim as facts will not stand up under scrutiny. The grand dogma of the... by Robert W Tracinski | Nov 27, 2002 | POLITICS
Beauty pageants are not usually events fraught with geopolitical significance. But then again, they are not usually held in the middle of a battleground in the war between Islam and the West. The collapse of the Miss World pageant in Nigeria is an important case study... by Dr Michael Hurd | Nov 27, 2002 | Religion
Most are thankful to God. I am thankful to man — specifically, to those individuals who (over the centuries) have created the countless things I need for survival and enjoyment: automobiles, plumbing, mass produced food, medicine, electricity, computers,... by Don Luskin | Nov 26, 2002 | POLITICS
The financial media is in an uproar over proposed new New York Stock Exchange and National Association of Securities Dealers rules that would require stock analysts to stop talking to reporters who didn’t include mandated disclosures when the analyst is quoted...