Should We Go to Mars? Wrong Question: Property Rights Key Issue in Going to Mars
Is it worth going to Mars? Let each individual decide for himself. The government’s only role should be to protect property rights. Recognition of that role is the breakthrough needed by the heroic pioneers who say, “I should go to Mars.”
The Many Faces of Islam
“The terrorists’ directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews, to kill all Americans and make no distinctions among military and civilians, including women and children.” So said President Bush in his September 20th address to Congress and the...King of Sluggers: Barry or The Babe?
This season, Barry Bonds has been a Giant in more than name. While baseball fans and the media have been focussed on his record-breaking home-run feats, far less attention has been paid to his other feats that have been even more spectacular — and, in fact,...Violinist Isaac Stern’s Inspiration
Life goes on in the post-9-11 world. So, alas, does death. [Last month], world-renowned violinist Isaac Stern left us after 81 blessed years. He died of heart failure. What a huge, roaring heart it was. As we continue to mourn and tremble and rage in the aftermath of...Academic Freedom on Campus: A Contradiction in Terms?
Memo to certain college newspaper editors: David Horowitz soon will give you another chance to prove your devotion to free speech isn’t just lip service. Here’s hoping you don’t blow it the way you did last time. Yes, Horowitz, a former anti-Vietnam...A Return to Communism in Berlin?
In June 1948, President Truman initiated the Berlin Airlift, signaling that the free world would not abandon West Berlin to the Soviets, who had imposed a total land and water blockade. In June 1953, East German workers revolted against their communist oppressors,...Clearing the AirWaves
Somewhere, Lenny Bruce is laughing. The late comedian, arrested several times in the 1950s for saying words in his act government officials deemed “obscene,” probably would be delighted at what can be said on radio and television today — thanks in...Debunking the Cliches of Pacifism
To the pacifist, attacker and victim are moral equals.