by Tym Parsons | Oct 7, 2002 | POLITICS
Recent intelligence reports indicate that our desultory efforts abroad so far–and our fortress “homeland defense” mentality–will fail to prevent further horrendous attacks on the US. We’re losing because Bush has defaulted on the... by Larry Elder | Oct 7, 2002 | POLITICS
Is it me, or does “Today Show’s” Matt Lauer condescendingly give Republicans/conservatives the old “look-me-in-the-eye” treatment when asking questions? In an interview with President George W. Bush, for example, Lauer questioned the... by Nicholas Provenzo | Oct 7, 2002 | POLITICS
According to an article in the Washington Post, the Bush administration has decided to distance itself from the term “privatization” at the request of the National Republican Congressional Committee, claming the word never accurately reflected the White... by Daniel J Mitchell | Oct 7, 2002 | POLITICS
Facts often are the first casualty of any political battle, and never more so than during an election year. But sometimes the debate shifts from routine exaggeration and distortion and becomes flagrantly misleading. As with Al Gore’s recent fusillade, including... by Carter Laren | Oct 6, 2002 | POLITICS, Terrorism
Throughout the “war on terrorism,” we have all heard our nation’s leaders pay extensive lip service to “protecting America.” But if “America” is just a collection of people on a slab of land somewhere, then there’s no... by James Glassman | Oct 6, 2002 | POLITICS
Now in his 12th year, Will Danoff is running Fidelity Contrafund, and, as usual, he is running it brilliantly. In 1996, I conducted one of those exercises to which idle minds are often prone, attempting to find the best core mutual fund – that is, a fund that... by Jeff Jacoby | Oct 6, 2002 | Guns, POLITICS
A picture on the front of The Boston Globe’s metro section last month showed a group of women waiting to apply for firearm identification cards at the District 14 police station in Brighton. They were in a line, the accompanying story noted, that stretched the... by David Harsanyi | Oct 6, 2002 | POLITICS
The singer. The actor. The empty vessel. Many pundits believe celebrities are frivolously easy targets unworthy of our scorn. They must realize, however, that a single voice of a celebrity reaches more common Americans than a busload of think tank intellectuals. The... by Jeff Jacoby | Oct 5, 2002 | POLITICS
If I were a Hispanic American, I would feel humiliated every time an automated telephone-answering system prompted me to press 1 for English, or 2 for Spanish. I would wince every time an ATM machine invited me to conduct my transaction en Espanol. It would mortify me...
