by Don Luskin | Nov 24, 2001 | POLITICS
Iconoclastic economists have been warning of deflation for almost five years, based on subtle signs that Alan Greenspan hasn’t been supplying enough liquidity to meet the needs of the U.S. economy. And now — finally — these warnings have come true in... by Larry Elder | Nov 23, 2001 | Guns, POLITICS, Terrorism
Care to revisit, post-Sept. 11, the issue of racial profiling? “Civil rights activist” Al Sharpton, during the Harlem presidential debate between Al Gore and Bill Bradley, asked the first question. “Many in our community have to live in fear of both... by Nick Schulz | Nov 23, 2001 | Antitrust & Monopolies, Education, POLITICS
The settlement of the Microsoft anti-trust case got interesting this week — and developments revealed the laughably absurd nature of much of the suit against the company. Reports in the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times and elsewhere revealed that... by Kim R. Holmes | Nov 22, 2001 | POLITICS
David Halberstam, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, has compared ballistic missile defense to the Maginot Line, the wall built after World War I to protect France from German invasion: Brilliantly constructed. Thorough to a fault. But utterly useless against the real... by George F Smith | Nov 22, 2001 | POLITICS
Suppose one day you meet with a security specialist to safeguard your business. They’re called “For Everyone’s Defense” — FED. Fed tells you what bad things could happen and how they’ll protect you from them. You say okay and sign... by Don Luskin | Nov 21, 2001 | POLITICS
Arthur Laffer’s op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal (November 21, 2001) will set supply-side tongues wagging — or more likely, supply-side teeth gnashing. The upshot is: Laffer is endorsing the idea of a 10-day federally underwritten suspension of state... by Michelle Malkin | Nov 21, 2001 | POLITICS
The INS bureaucracy is a cesspool of elbow-rubbers, string-pullers, chest-puffers and cover-uppers who care more about protecting their backsides than upholding the law. Look no further than the man who currently heads the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization... by James Glassman | Nov 20, 2001 | POLITICS
In the stock market (as in much of life), the beginning of wisdom is admitting your ignorance. One of the many things you cannot know about stocks is exactly when they will go up or go down. Over the long term, stocks generally rise at a nice pace. History shows they... by George F Smith | Nov 20, 2001 | POLITICS
It’s tempting to accuse someone like columnist Arianna Huffington of profiting from capitalism, given the tirades she’s launched at certain industries. Since she’s attacking profit (alternately spelled “heinous”), I would expect...
