by Onkar Ghate | Sep 8, 2002 | POLITICS
As we pause on September 11 to remember the stockbrokers, policemen, firefighters and many other fallen Americans, it is vital also to reflect on the progress of the war. For it was precisely to prevent future September 11ths that America responded with force. How... by Nicholas Provenzo | Sep 8, 2002 | POLITICS, Terrorism
Leave it to the folks at UC Berkley to make a muck out the upcoming 9/11 anniversary. According to the California Patriot, a student-run publication of the Berkeley Conservative Foundation, a university sponsored 9/11 “Day of Remembrance” will be devoid of... by Joseph Kellard | Sep 8, 2002 | POLITICS
Samantha Runnion was a victim of perverse ideas. Not just the ideas that drove Alejandro Avila to kidnap, sexually assault and strangulate her, but also those that lawyers use to get defendants off who they know are guilty. One such lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, who helped... by Richard M Salsman | Sep 7, 2002 | POLITICS
Ironically, tax haven nations and territories achieve precisely the goals first set out by the OECD in the early 1960s. Here’s how the OECD described (as it still, hypocritically, describes) its initial goals: To achieve the highest sustainable economic growth... by Thomas Sowell | Sep 7, 2002 | Education, POLITICS
While we ought to learn from our own experiences, it is even better to learn from other people’s experiences, saving ourselves the painful costs of the lessons. In the case of the dominant educational fads of our times, many have been tried out before in other... by Thomas Sowell | Sep 6, 2002 | Education, POLITICS
One of the objections by the educational establishment to state-mandated tests for students is that this forces the teachers to teach directly the material that is going to be tested, instead of letting the students “discover” what they need to know... by Michelle Malkin | Sep 6, 2002 | POLITICS
On Aug. 12, CNN aired a “breaking” news conference to update viewers on a matter it considered of global importance: the medical condition of Jason Priestley — a washed-up, 32-year-old former TV idol who sustained moderate injuries during a Kentucky... by Thomas Sowell | Sep 5, 2002 | Education, POLITICS
Florida’s school year has already started early, so that its students will have more preparation before the state-mandated tests that will be administered to them later in the school year. Meanwhile, there is much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth because... by Richard M Salsman | Sep 5, 2002 | POLITICS
Exposing the real nature of its assault, the OECD has also condemned lower tax rates and tax shelters that exist within industrialized countries — such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Luxembourg, Sweden, Hungary,...
