Taxes: On Holiday

President Kennedy and President Reagan understood that the best way to put more money in people’s wallets is to leave it there in the first place. It may have taken a war and a recession to do it, but quite a few liberal politicians are jumping on the...

Was the Baseball Juiced?

When Mark McGwire had his incredible 70-home run season in 1998, nobody thought that his record would be broken just three years later. Babe Ruth’s record of 60 home runs lasted 34 years, until Roger Maris broke it by one home run in 1961 and then held the...

Stop Giving America a Bad Rap

Even if you have only a passing interest in today’s popular music, I urge you to pay attention to the loathsome record nominated this week by Washington Post staff writer David Segal as the “Best Album” of 2001. It’s a stomach-turning example...

“Democracy” in America

A student, for an assignment, looked up the word “democracy” in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition. The following definition appears: 1. a: government by the people; especially: rule of the majority b: a government in which the...