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What a Rational Immigration System Actually Looks Like

Americans have a rational self-interest in admitting people who will strengthen that protection and excluding people who will undermine it.

Amnesty International: More Than Just Bad Manners

On Wednesday, Amnesty International (AI) issued their annual "International Report" on the state of human rights. It even included a message from AI Secretary General Irene Khan titled, "Why human rights matter." Her message was apparently aimed the large contingent...

Managing the Education Disaster

Imagine you're a head physician faced with a large-scale disaster such as the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, the Oklahoma City bombing or battlefield casualties. The first thing that must be acknowledged is that you have limited resources. That means...

An Academy Award for John Kerry

An Academy Award for John Kerry

Senator John Kerry is giving opportunism a bad name. First, there was his call for President Bush to release oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, in response to high gasoline prices. With a war raging in the Middle East, the last thing we need to do is reduce our...

Bravo for Bill Cosby

Bravo for Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby has provided a lot of laughs for millions of Americans over the years but black "leaders" were not laughing after he lashed out at those black parents who buy their children expensive sneakers instead of something educational. He also denounced both those...

Revolutionaries Join European Union

BRUSSELS - "If Mr. Glassman hates Europe so much," said the head of the Belgian farmers' union, "then why doesn't he leave?" Touchy! Actually, I love Europe - the vistas, the culture, the food, the history, even the people. At a conference here last week, I was merely...

Justice for Little Angelo

Justice for Little Angelo

Little Angelo finally got justice, though he died too young to even know what justice meant. Angelo Marinda lived only eight months and it took more than twice that long to convict his father of his murder. Tragically, the policies and the mindset among the...

Michael Berg: A Mourning Father’s Misplaced Outrage

Michael Berg: A Mourning Father’s Misplaced Outrage

After the brutal beheading of Nicholas Berg, his father, Michael, promptly blamed the Bush administration for his son's death. "Nicholas Berg died for the sins of George Bush and (Defense Secretary) Donald Rumsfeld," said Michael Berg. "The al Qaeda people are...

Educational Ineptitude Revisited

Several weeks ago, my column on teacher ineptitude was about the sorry state of teacher quality and concluded that while teacher ineptitude is neither flattering nor comfortable to confront, confront it we must if we're to do anything about our sorry state of...

The Hyena Press: Part 2

The Hyena Press: Part 2

Two questions would destroy at least half the agenda of the political left: "Compared to what?" and "At what cost?" A third question would wipe out most of the rest of the left's agenda and demolish the vision behind that agenda: "What hard evidence do you have?" It...

The Hyena Press

The Hyena Press

While politicians were expressing their shock to the media over the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, the Iraqi terrorists gave us a bitter lesson in what real shock is all about, with the videotaped beheading of an American civilian who was in Iraq to try to help...

United Nations’ Law of the Sea Treaty

When former president Ronald Reagan declined to enter America into the United Nations' Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), it seemed the debate over regulating the world's oceans at the global level had ended, at least for the duration of his leadership. Under former...

It’s Still the Economy, But Are Voters Stupid?

It's been a miserable month in Iraq, but a wonderful month for the American economy. "The April employment report confirms unambiguously that the labor market is back," said Economy.com, the respected website, on Thursday. Some 288,000 net new jobs were created, and,...

Government Approved Relationships

Q: Dr. Hurd, on your article on gay associations, what reasons would you have if a person wanted to have an "association" with a parent, a sibling, a cousin or a minor? Where would you draw the line and what reasoning would you use to make this conclusion of yours? A:...

The Sage of Santa Fe: Laddered-Bond Funds

Five or six years ago, a friend I have known since high school -- let's call him R. -- rhapsodized about a money manager who lived in, of all places, Santa Fe, N.M. "Find Garrett Thornburg," said R. "This guy has the best financial mind in America, and who knows about...

Optimism: The Good News About Hard Reality

Q: I need the spirit of optimism in daily news analysis. Is there something wrong with me that I need to hear good things from other people? A: Not at all. A news commentary should tell you that there's hope, if there is hope. At the same time, a news commentary...

The Economic Effects of the Minimum Wage

The Economic Effects of the Minimum Wage

Ladies and gentlemen, it is understandable to want to help out poor families, and toward that end it has been suggested that Congress increase the minimum wage, from the current $5.15 an hour to $6.65 an hour. Well, I have good news and bad news for you. The bad news...

Why Nick Berg was Executed

Why Nick Berg was Executed

According to AOL News, a video posted Tuesday on an Islamic militant Web site showed the beheading of an American civilian in Iraq, and said the execution was carried out by an al-Qaida affiliated group to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. To...

Blacks and Education: Half a Century After Brown, Part 2

Blacks and Education: Half a Century After Brown, Part 2

The landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education was immediately about schools, even though it quickly became a precedent for outlawing racial segregation in other government-controlled institutions and programs. What was the basis for that landmark decision and what...

The Beheading of American Nick Berg in Iraq

The slaughtering of Nick Berg is one small step for terrorists and a major leap for the West's encounter with Jihadism. The videotape, posted on the Ansar website, is one of many horrifying acts perpetrated by the followers of Osama bin Laden. It has also become a...

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