by Michelle Malkin | Aug 30, 2001 | POLITICS
Twenty years from now, when my baby daughter is on the brink of full adulthood, I will tell her about my experience as a 20-year-old intern in Washington, D.C. A decade ago, I headed to the District for a month-long stint in a Senate office. Like most dreamy-eyed and... by Walter Williams | Aug 29, 2001 | POLITICS
Time magazine: “Scientists no longer doubt that global warming is happening, and almost nobody questions the fact that humans are at least partly responsible.” U.S. News & World Report chimed in, referring to the United Nation’s Intergovernmental... by Michelle Malkin | Aug 29, 2001 | POLITICS
Four lucky ticketholders struck it rich last weekend, but here’s the real winner of the $295 million Powerball binge: the government. Powerball is a multi-state numbers racket that would be quashed by the U.S. Department of Justice if it were privately run.... by Thomas Sowell | Aug 28, 2001 | POLITICS, Racism
It has become all too common for some innocuous remark by a public figure to be seized upon and twisted to make it seem “racist,” setting off loud denunciations by those who are in the business of loud denunciations. Meanwhile, actions and policies that do... by Don Luskin | Aug 28, 2001 | POLITICS, Social Security
The battle over restructuring America’s Social Security system into individual, privately managed accounts is heating up again. So the winds of change keep blowing, foreshadowing what may be the most profound economic transformation since the Reagan tax cuts of... by Robert W Tracinski | Aug 27, 2001 | POLITICS, South America
Imagine that you are suffering from an incurable disease, which slowly wastes away your body and leads inevitably to death. One day, a scientist working with a pharmaceutical company discovers a drug that vastly increases your chance of survival. Do you: A) offer him... by Michelle Malkin | Aug 27, 2001 | POLITICS
Now that the rulers of Red China have clinched the 2008 Olympics, expect them to do everything in their authoritarian power to ensure that their athletes live up to the motto of the Games: “Faster, higher, stronger.” How will they accomplish this goal and... by Walter Williams | Aug 26, 2001 | POLITICS
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he’s free.” That captures the essence of “Tethered Citizens: Time to Repeal the Welfare State,” written by Sheldon Richman, a senior fellow at the... by Alan Luber | Aug 26, 2001 | POLITICS
In one of my past columns, I discussed the challenges facing the deployment of broadband for the masses. I wish to re-visit that subject today. As my readers know, I recently switched from cable modem to BellSouth FastAccess DSL. In doing so, I learned that BellSouth...