by Michelle Malkin | Nov 2, 2001 | POLITICS, Terrorism
Will Dan Rather please shut up? The veteran teleprompter reader for CBS News wants Americans to know that when he sits behind his hollow anchor desk, he isn’t just warming a chair. Rather actually fancies himself fighting on the front lines against terrorism.... by Don Luskin | Nov 2, 2001 | POLITICS
That’s what John Galt, the individualist hero of the novel Atlas Shrugged, — Ayn Rand’s great celebration of laissez-faire capitalism — said to the federal bureaucrats. And there’s no better message to send to Washington today.... by Jeff Jacoby | Nov 1, 2001 | POLITICS
Of the five countries described below, can you identify the one(s) excluded from the US-led coalition in the war on terrorism? Country A is free and democratic, a steadfast ally of the United States. Its citizens know what it means to be victimized by terrorism, and... by Michelle Malkin | Nov 1, 2001 | POLITICS
Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) rightly chastised House leaders last month (Oct. 19, 2001) for panicking in the face of anthrax attacks. But Schumer’s own behavior has been a shameful spectacle of political panty-bunching. Count him among the many Chicken... by Michelle Malkin | Oct 31, 2001 | Energy, POLITICS
This will be my 16-month-old daughter’s first Halloween on foot. Last year, she was a baby bunny who toured the neighborhood in Daddy’s arms. This year, she’ll be a kitten — clambering up porch steps, clutching her goody bag, and marveling at... by Thomas Sowell | Oct 29, 2001 | POLITICS
According to the unanimous preliminary report of the special commission appointed to look into Social Security, the amount of money coming into the system will be insufficient to pay out what was promised by 2016. By 2030, the choice will be to reduce Social Security... by Walter Williams | Oct 27, 2001 | POLITICS
While people might be motivated by non-economic factors, from a strictly economic point of view it simply doesn’t pay individual voters to learn about and take action against the myriad assaults emanating from the political area. That’s what my colleagues... by Jeff Jacoby | Oct 26, 2001 | POLITICS
It began three years ago in an ugly encounter between a motorist and the police. It ended earlier this summer in a dreadful opinion by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. And as the noted civil-liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate observes in a characteristically... by Thomas Sowell | Oct 25, 2001 | POLITICS
Blacks have already been the first victims of the campaign to get reparations for slavery. The longer this futile campaign goes on, the more additional blacks will be victimized. How have blacks been victimized thus far? Some have been asked to supply identifying...