One of the favorite liberal myths of the 1980s is that Ronald Reagan and his advisers played an elaborate trick on the American people. They got a huge tax cut passed in 1981 by convincing Congress, the press and the American people that it would lose no revenue....
POLITICS
The basic and crucial political issue of our age is: capitalism versus socialism, or freedom versus statism. For decades, this issue has been silenced, suppressed, evaded, and hidden under the foggy, undefined rubber-terms of “conservatism” and “liberalism” which had lost their original meaning and could be stretched to mean all things to all men. – AYN RAND
The Future of Iraq: Keep the United Nations Out
We stand on the brink of the liberation of Iraq. This liberation is long overdue, delayed by the Administration's attempt to secure the unnecessary support of the United Nations. The President has pledged that there will be no new dictator in Iraq, and I applaud him...
In Favor of a War Against Saddam’s Iraq
I'm in favor of war on Iraq because I don't want to be killed by terrorists who get access to weapons it's trying to develop. The World Trade Center attack dramatically alerted Americans to the fact that there are some people in the world who want us dead. I was...
War with Iraq, the Economy, and the Stock Market
The question I get asked most these days is, "What will be the effect of war with Iraq on the economy and the stock market?" It's a fair question, but it is also disturbing. That's why I was grateful when, during a live discussion Feb. 26 on washingtonpost.com, I...
The Bush Contradiction: U.N. Permission for America to Defend Itself?
France and Germany rejected Britain's compromise proposal that listed six disarmament conditions for Iraq. Dominique de Villepin, the French foreign minister, said the proposals "do not respond to the questions the international community is asking." Germany said the...
Washington, DC, at War
This isn’t the Washington of an eighth grade class trip — this is Washington at war.
The Other Filibuster
While Senate Democrats are filibustering against the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the federal appeals court, liberals in the media are filibustering against conservative judges in general. The hallmark of these liberal media filibusters is that they can find little...
The Effects of President Bush’s Tax-reduction Proposals
The following is TCS Host James K. Glassman's testimony before a hearing on the President's Economic Growth Proposals before the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Honorable William Thomas, chairman, was presiding. Mr. Chairman and...
Privatize the Space Program
When asked how they would "heal" after the loss of space shuttle Columbia, NASA's engineers responded as one: NASA heals by solving yesterday's problems and launching the next mission. So, indeed, does the American nation. Thus, before the grief had fully faded into...
Who’s Bankrolling The Left?
A reader of this column e-mailed an interesting question a few months ago: "We hear all about Richard Mellon Scaife," he wrote, "but we never hear about who funds the left. Who's bankrolling the vast left-wing conspiracy?" It's an interesting question, and you'll...
The Historians vs. American History
It is now obvious that American children know very little about the history of their own nation. This past year the U.S. Department of Education released its History Report Card and the results were predictably awful: 57 percent of high school seniors flunked even a...
End Welfare for Corporations
The 1996 welfare reforms comprised the boldest social policy reform over the last 60 years. Millions of people moved off the government dole and achieved self-sufficiency. Unfortunately, those reforms excluded a rather large segment of society that still considers...
How To Run A Railroad (Or At Least Amtrak)
Many wasteful government programs contribute to the growing federal deficit, but the king of them all is Amtrak. The national passenger rail service incurs two dollars in costs for every dollar of tickets sold. Created in 1971 from a collection of ailing...
Baby Kim Jong’s Secret Weapon Against America
In 1994, when North Korea was on the brink of economic collapse, its leader, Kim Jong II, demanded the help of his reviled enemy, the United States of America. Then-President Bill Clinton agreed to supply food, oil and nuclear power reactors. What did America receive...
“Price Gouging” and Oil Prices
Politicians are talking of "price gouging" and oil. They say Americans are being charged too much for oil (as evidenced by the price for a gallon of gas hitting $2 in parts of the country). What exactly is "price gouging?" No objective definition is ever given. From...
Fidel Batista! Fidel Castro Out-Thugs Fulgencio Batista
Over at the Museo de la Revolucion, Fidel Castro's case against the dictator he overthrew 44 years ago is vividly on display. Fulgencio Batista was evil incarnate, the museum earnestly instructs visitors in room after room of the once-magnificent building, formerly a...
Why Do France and Germany support Saddam?
According to French President Jacques Chirac, the United States is little more than a bully on the world stage, determined to intimidate all who fail to see the need to disarm Saddam Hussein. But we have nothing on Chirac, who can bully with the best of them when...
Why I Hope the UN Votes NO On War
The best thing that could happen would be for the U.N. to reject the American/British resolution for declaring war on Iraq -- provided that the U.S. follows through with war and successfully destroys Saddam Hussein and everyone associated with his regime. The U.N. is...
Terrorist Professors in the United States
"It was quiet in [Cooper Hall] 464 Thursday night," noted the student newspaper, "where [Sameeh] Hammoudeh's 6 p.m. Arabic IV class was scheduled to meet. Two students who hadn't heard of his arrest came to class, and a substitute was assigned to teach in Hammoudeh's...
Researching Stocks: The Shaw Group (Updated)
A friend whose judgment you trust tells you about an interesting stock. Or you read a newspaper article about an intriguing business, or run across one at work or at the mall. Or your dentist tells you that there's this company that makes a terrific new drill. What do...
States: Don’t Look to Washington to Bailout Your Budget Mismanagement
State capitols are abuzz with nervous activity. In 31 states, legislatures are working to close a combined budget gap of $17.5 billion. What created these crises? Overspending by politicians. Even after two years of what many call "the worst fiscal crisis since World...
Why The Bush Tax Plan Will Work
If you hoped that Alan Greenspan's congressional testimony last month would help cut through the thick fog of competing opinion on President Bush's tax-cut plan, you were probably bitterly disappointed. Greenspan proved once again, in my opinion, that he's the world's...
Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal–Execute Him
Writing from death row, ex-Black Panther minister of information Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted murderer of 25-year-old Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, states that America's impending war in Iraq is simply a case of white capitalists killing for oil: "The...
Iran, Not So Far Away
President Bush issued an executive order declaring a national emergency with respect to Iran --- exactly two years ago on Thursday, [March 13]. Bush declared: "The actions and policies of the [theocratic] Government of Iran ... threaten the national security, foreign...
The Voice of the People in Philadelphia
The Penn's Landing redevelopment issue in Philadelphia raises an interesting and concrete example of the relationship between government and public property development and improvement. We would all like to see something beautiful and valuable happen on the waterfront...
Bush on Israel: Heartburn for All
Consistency and predictability are core strengths of George W. Bush as a politician. Be the issue domestic (taxes, education) or foreign (terrorism, Iraq), once he settles on a policy he sticks with it. There is no ambiguity, no guessing what his real position might...
FTC Outlaws Freedom in the Ice Cream Market
When antitrust cases are about complex technical subjects like Microsoft and the market for PC operating systems, or Hughes/Echostar and the market for satellite TV broadcasting, it's easy just to throw up your hands and assume that the government's experts must be...
The Arab Summit: Even Arabs Don’t Like Arabs
The shouting match that broke out at the March 1 "Arab Summit" in Sharm El-Sheikh, an Egyptian Red Sea resort, was instructive on a number of levels. What it mostly confirmed was that even Arabs don't like (or trust) Arabs. Behind all the wrangling are some stark...
Mr. President, Will Your Words Have Weight?
President Bush said in his press conference this week that "the fundamental question facing the Security Council is will its words mean anything; when the Security Council speaks, will the words have merit and weight?" That question, frankly, does not interest the me....
Innocents in War
If President Bush makes the solemn decision to go to war with Iraq, he must not shackle our nation--as he did in Afghanistan--with his own personal religious or altruistic notions. As President, he has no right to worry about civilian causalities in enemy territory....
Beyond Iraq: Growth Beyond the Risk of War
We may be facing an unusual moment in the history of market valuations in which both risk and expected returns are on the rise at the same time -- and unfortunately, at the moment risk is winning. Clearly, fears of the domestic consequences of possible war with Iraq...
Polls, Palestinians and the Path to Peace
Why are Palestinians so angry at Israel? There are two possible reasons. Political: They accept the existence of a Jewish state but are angry with this or that Israeli policy. Rejectionist: They abominate the very existence of Israel and want to destroy it. Which is...
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