by Thomas Sowell | Jan 11, 2002 | POLITICS
Self preservation is said to be the first law of nature, and this applies not only to human beings but also to organizations and movements. The March of Dimes was set up to fight polio but it did not disband when polio was wiped out by vaccines. Nor did civil rights... by Daniel Pipes | Jan 10, 2002 | POLITICS
The murder trial of the year began a few days ago (January 7th) in Atlanta. The case began in May 1999, when a 55-year-old Black-American named Jamil Al-Amin was stopped in the outskirts of Atlanta for driving a stolen car. To avoid arrest, Al-Amin flashed a fake... by Larry Elder | Jan 10, 2002 | POLITICS, Welfare
Dear President Bush, “What can we do to help win the war against terrorism?” Americans all across the country eagerly ask. In response, you insist that we “go about our daily lives,” but with a heightened sense of awareness. To live in fear,... by Ayn Rand Bookstore | Jan 9, 2002 | Books
This anthology is basically flawed.
by Daniel J Mitchell | Jan 9, 2002 | POLITICS, Terrorism
The prospect of war between India and Pakistan shows how profoundly things have changed since Sept. 11. “From this day forward,” President Bush announced just days after the attack, “any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be... by Jeff Jacoby | Jan 9, 2002 | Africa, POLITICS
I had been thinking that Harvard did well to make former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers its new president last summer, and when the news broke recently that Summers had so offended the stars of the university’s Afro-American Studies Department that they were... by Daniel J Mitchell | Jan 8, 2002 | Europe, POLITICS
Globalization is bad news for the world’s over-taxed welfare states, particularly those in Europe. Thanks to the increased mobility of capital, individuals can more easily shift their economic activity to low-tax jurisdictions. Such tax competition liberalizes... by Dr Michael Hurd | Jan 7, 2002 | POLITICS
“We will not rest until we stop all terrorists of global reach, and for every nation that harbors or supports terrorists there will be a day of reckoning,” says President Bush. Let’s hope he means it. Until we overwhelmingly smash every government... by Edwin Feulner | Jan 7, 2002 | Economics, POLITICS
Other than being rich and famous, what do David Rockefeller, Ted Turner, Sam Donaldson and Scottie Pippen have in common? They all feed at the public trough. More precisely, they collect subsidies from the federal farm program, as do at least 14 members of Congress....
