by Michelle Malkin | Aug 8, 2001 | POLITICS
Every night, I roll up my sleeves, take off my socks, and climb into the bathtub with my 11-month-old daughter, her two rubber duckies, a Mickey Mouse sponge, and a pile of floating toy debris. She splashes and squirms incessantly, but I have at least one hand on her... by Don Luskin | Aug 8, 2001 | POLITICS
I’ve been saying for weeks that the markets would be waiting for Cisco’s earnings report — which was released yesterday after the bell — to set the tone for the post-earnings season world. That’s because Cisco was a winner of “the... by Jeff Jacoby | Aug 8, 2001 | POLITICS
Earlier this year in April (2001), Secretary of State Colin Powell rebuked Israel for sending tanks and bulldozers into Gaza following Palestinian mortar attacks on the Israeli town of Sederot. “The Israeli response,” he said, “was excessive and... by Walter Williams | Aug 8, 2001 | POLITICS, United Nations
The United Nations will open its “World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” (let’s call it WCAR) on Aug 31 in Durban, South Africa. Already there are threats to pull out by the United States unless... by Don Luskin | Aug 7, 2001 | POLITICS
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal ran an extraordinary op-ed piece by George Gilder, called Tumbling into the Telechasm. In it, the celebrated author of Telecosm and the publisher of the Gilder Technology Report lists all the federal government’s catastrophic... by Jeff Jacoby | Aug 7, 2001 | POLITICS
His nomination isn’t even official yet, but the knives are already out for Gerald Reynolds, the former president of the Center for New Black Leadership whom President Bush has tapped to run the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights. His crime? He... by Don Luskin | Aug 7, 2001 | POLITICS, Social Security
Aren’t most people too unsophisticated to manage their private account? This is a valid concern, but there are simple solutions that have worked well over twenty years with 401(k) plans, and they could easily be applied here. First, rudimentary investment... by Robert W Tracinski | Aug 6, 2001 | Environment
Colorado congressman Scott McInnis revealed last week that four firefighters who burned to death in July while tackling a forest fire in Washington state died because bureaucrats took 10 hours to approve a water drop. Taking water from the local river, it seems, is... by Don Luskin | Aug 6, 2001 | POLITICS
As we continue through the slow and painful process of building a bottom after the great techwreck of 2000/2001, we have the opportunity to crash-test a great investment thesis from the irrationally exuberant era of the late great bull market — “gorilla...