by Jeff Jacoby | Jul 12, 2001 | POLITICS
In the two-year political cycle that culminated on Election Day 2000, some 350 initiative petitions were submitted to election officials in the 24 states that permit laws to be passed at the ballot box. Of those 350, only 76 made it onto the ballot. And of those 76,... by Scott Holleran | Jul 12, 2001 | POLITICS
Fidel Castro’s recent collapse was caught on television, where the 74-year-old dictator’s security guards could be heard exclaiming: “Aguantalo, rapido!” The phrase, which means “Hold him up, quickly!” captures the essence of the... by Larry Elder | Jul 11, 2001 | POLITICS
Why don’t they preach what they practice?Non-conservatives dominate the mainstream media. In the media magazine Content, a poll showed that nearly 75 percent of Republicans found a liberal bias in the media, while nearly 50 percent of Democrats found the press... by Thomas Sowell | Jul 10, 2001 | POLITICS
Over the years, the phrase “unintended consequences” has come up with increasing frequency, as more and more wonderful-sounding ideas have led to disastrous results. By now, you might think that people with wonderful-sounding ideas would start to question... by Andrew Bernstein | Jul 9, 2001 | Psychology & Living
You must stand tall for moral principles and the dignity of man. Award the Olympics to a country where rights are protected, not to the Butchers of Beijing.
by Michelle Malkin | Jul 9, 2001 | Asia, POLITICS
Picture this: Beneath a towering portrait of Chairman Mao, brutal Chinese dictators bask in the warm glow of international good will as the world’s top volleyball players romp across imported sand spread over Tiananmen Square — the same bloodied site where... by Robert W Tracinski | Jul 9, 2001 | Education, POLITICS
On Friday (June 29, 2001), ABC news correspondent John Stossel aired a hard-hitting report challenging the environmentalist movement and suggesting that “tampering with nature” makes human life better — that such “unnatural” phenomena as... by Robert W Tracinski | Jul 8, 2001 | Environment
Imagine that you have invited a contractor to inspect your home and check for needed repairs. He tells you that, in theory, there might be a disastrous problem with the foundation. He can’t actually prove that there is a problem, he says, and there are a lot of... by Don Luskin | Jul 7, 2001 | POLITICS
Ever since I started trading and investing in the 1970s I have looked at stock charts every day. I am entirely aware of — and respectful of — the empirical and theoretical arguments against the predictive value of charting. And yet, at the same time, I...
