by Walter Williams | Dec 28, 2001 | POLITICS
Major media people have values unlike most other Americans. Former CBS correspondent Bernard Goldberg documents that in his best-seller, “Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News.” Eighty-nine percent of Washington journalists voted for... by Daniel Pipes | Dec 27, 2001 | POLITICS
The man once known as H. Rap Brown, whose antics in the 1960s earned him a reputation as the violent left’s least-thoughtful firebrand, is now in the dock for murdering a policeman, with a trial scheduled to begin in January. It promises to be one the... by Daniel Wahl | Dec 27, 2001 | POLITICS
History is, generally, a subject that studies what happened in the past and determines why it happened. When historians begin to say that nobody can be certain of anything that happened and that anyone’s guess as to why it happened is as good–meaning as... by Jeff Jacoby | Dec 26, 2001 | POLITICS
A common misconception about Arab terrorism against Israel is that it is committed in an effort to derail the “peace process.” President Bush echoed that fiction on Sunday when he commented on a wave of ghastly attacks that had just killed 26 Israeli... by Daniel Pipes | Dec 26, 2001 | POLITICS
‘Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country,” said President Bush shortly after Sept. 11, noting that they are “doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military, entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, moms and dads.” He later... by George Clowes | Dec 26, 2001 | Education, POLITICS
Although it’s only seven years since Caroline Minter Hoxby received her Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the brilliance of her subsequent research at Harvard University into the effectiveness and cost of public education has... by Leonard Peikoff | Dec 25, 2001 | POLITICS
Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as “materialistic”; the real meaning of the holiday, we are told, is assorted Nativity tales and altruist... by Michelle Malkin | Dec 25, 2001 | POLITICS
“Billy Blazes,” a New York firefighter action figure, is one of the biggest-selling items on the Christmas toy market this year. Also high on the holiday gift list: “FDNY” and “NYPD” caps, shirts and sweaters. The two city... by Larry Elder | Dec 25, 2001 | POLITICS
Someday, many of their critics will apologize. Who am I talking about? Two economists, who happen to be black, Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams. For over 30 years, Thomas Sowell, currently with the Hoover Institution, and Walter Williams, chairman of the economics...
