Susan Lee, a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, has an essay in Wednesday's edition of that paper arguing in favor of "libertarianism." Superficially, she makes a strong argument for the libertarian manifesto: [L]ibertarians are concerned with...
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Hard Times for Envy
When driving down the highway with my car on cruise control and the stereo playing "Stompin' at the Savoy," I am in heaven. There are millions of later model cars on the road, and no doubt some better stereo systems, as well as more scenic highways. But why should I...
98% of Economists Did Not Sign the Petition Opposing the Bush Tax Cuts!
The Economic Policy Institute, a left-wing advocacy group, has collected the signatures of 400 economists -- including 10 Nobel prize winners -- on a statement opposing President Bush's tax cuts. It is running this week as a full-page advertisement in the New York...
On Deterrence
In recent months, there has been much discussion of deterrence, much praise of the strategy which contained the Soviet Union for fifty years until its ultimate collapse, and many figures arguing that we should rely on deterrence to contain dangerous regimes. The key...
Bad Economics in One Lesson
On Tuesday, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-leaning Washington think tank, published a full-page ad in The New York Times condemning the proposed Bush tax cuts. This pro-tax statement is signed by more than 400 economists, including 10 Nobel laureates --...
War and the Economy
What's worrying the stock market? War. Sure, investors are disappointed that corporate profits have not rebounded vigorously and that the economy grew, just 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. But those problems, too, are linked to the imminent conflict...
The Mystical, Magical “Economy”
Many speak of "the economy" as if it were some mystical god we exist to serve: Tax cuts for the rich won't help "the economy." Will that plan boost "the economy?" A nation's economy is not a cause but an effect: the effect of the productive activities of a multitude...
Money, Wealth, and the Corruption of Government
It was hardly the end of an era, but the opening of the 108th Congress on January 07, 2003, brought the curtain down on the short tenure of Minnesota Senator Dean Barkley, a longtime ally of now-former Governor Jesse Ventura who obtained his Senate post two months ago...
Investing in Utilities
If President Bush gets his way, investors will soon be receiving their dividends tax-free. You'd figure that one sector to benefit would be gas and electric utilities, which through the years have offered consistently high dividends. Right now, the average yield on...
Drexel University: A Modern Business?
Drexel University is very often accused by students and faculty of being "run like a business" while pointing to its shortcomings and ignorant "customer service" as proof of it. When one hears of so many bad experiences with the Drexel administration and considers the...
High Noon with Iraq
In his address before the United Nations Security Council, US Secretary of State Colin Powell made it absolutely clear: instead of dismantling its weapons of mass destruction in plain sight of the world, Iraq has engaged in a deliberate program of deceit and...
The United Nations Against Individual Rights
The American delegate put a brave face on it. "This is not a defeat for the United States," US Ambassador Kevin Moley said after Libya was elected to the chairmanship of the United Nations' highest human rights panel on Monday. "This is a defeat for the Human Rights...
Give Minority Youngsters a Lousy Education and Then Admit Them to College By Quotas
It has been said that, when Ronald Reagan was governor of California, someone told him that admitting students to the University of California on individual performance alone could mean that all the students at Berkeley might be Asian Americans. "So what?" was the...
The Unjust Discrimination of Central Planning
Johnnie Cochran's wife, Dale Mason Cochran, hit the jackpot as a member of a victim group in 1996, the year after O.J. was found not guilty of murder. Victimhood can be rewarding.Under a program designed to help companies owned by disadvantaged women or minorities,...
Martin Luther King’s Dream vs. Hillary Clinton’s Nightmare
Under the pretense of combating racism, “diversity” advocates such as Clinton actually champion its basis, racial collectivism, and destroy individualism, its only antidote.
Damaging Admissions: Increasing Faculty Diversity
Not the least of the damage done by affirmative action is damage to the English language. In addition to all the euphemisms concocted to evade the simple fact of racial quotas and double standards, there has long been a fog of obscure phrases shrouding the issues...
Mommy, There’s A Monster Under My Bed! (A Review of Global Warming and Other Eco-Myths)
Beginning with the publication of "Silent Spring", the environmental movement has become progressively disconnected from science and more rigidly defined by a utopian ideology. Based primarily on exaggerations, distortions, and a willful neglect of valid scientific...
Powell’s Paper Tiger Show
President Bush has kept his promise to dispatch Secretary of State Colin Powell to make the case against Iraq before the United Nations -- and, by doing so, he has totally capitulated to the whims of world opinion. The premise of Powell's speech is that America must...
The Crusading Lawyers
Lawyers are supposed to act as advocates, defending the individual rights of their clients before the law. In any controversy, be it civil or criminal, the case must revolve around the parties, not their counsel. Yet that is no longer a guiding principle for many...
What’s In a Name?
The name "Glassman" has been popping up a lot lately. And it's not just me and my family. In fact, with the exception of my brother, the illustrious Washington veterinarian, I am not related to any of the recently famous Glassmans, who include such notables as Cynthia...
The Spirit of the Space Shuttle Columbia: The Essence of the American Soul
The ground of east Texas trembled with the horror overhead. The shock waves spread as the worst fears were confirmed: space shuttle Columbia had turned from a high-precision machine into a lifeless meteor, its crew lost. Americans were hit with a degree of shock not...
The Age of Invisible Virtue
Historians have always been fascinated by the falls of great civilizations such as ancient Greece and Rome. But no fall contains more important lessons for mankind than the fall of the United States of America, which ended the Age of Invisible Virtue and plunged the...
The Other Lott Controversy
For those few of us in the mainstream media who openly support Second Amendment rights, research scholar John Lott has been -- or rather, had been -- an absolute godsend. Armed with top-notch credentials (including stints at Stanford, Rice, UCLA, Wharton, Cornell, the...
An Axis of Valor
Last week, the leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic publicly declared their support for America against Iraq. Joining together in a letter published in the Wall Street Journal, The Times of London and other...
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