Attention, terrorists: Want a U.S. visa? Worried about America's so-called immigration "crackdown" in response to the 9-11 attacks? Have no fear. If you've got cash, your green card is in the bag. Last weekend, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that federal...
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The Phony War
According to a breathless report in the morning news, American jets over the Taliban's front lines have engaged in "one of the fiercest bombardments yet, unleashing more than 15 bombs in the space of hours." Get that? A whole 15 bombs. Within hours. Is this a real war...
The Right Not to Vote
We are constantly reminded to "get out and vote." To "do our duty." And to "become part of the democratic process." These phrases sound so high and mighty, they make me want to puke red, white, and blue. Somebody get me a canvas and call the NEA. There's gotta be some...
Investing in Public Education: Does It Add Up?
For many years now, American students have been coming in at or near the bottom in international tests of mathematics. Meanwhile, our schools have been entertaining themselves with "new math," "fuzzy math" and everything other than old-fashioned hard-work math that...
Sports = Life
"Athletes don't contribute anything to society," some people say. These critics also paint the love of watching sports as an "escape" from life's important issues. But, at root, sports have life-and-death implications. They can provide people the moral and emotional...
Moochers and Looters Gather Around the Remains of the World Trade Center
Vultures and looters can always be expected in the wake of tragedies; they take advantage of increased opportunities to steal. Looters were arrested in New York -- caught stealing from shops in the rubble of the World Trade Center. The losses caused by these vultures...
More Muslim Enemies from Within
There was a venomous hatefest in the nation's capitol on Halloween night. It was hosted by Malik Zulu Shabazz of the militant New Black Panther Party. Deadly rhetorical spores of Anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism permeated the air for more than four hours. But there...
Education of Blacks in America: Do Facts Matter? Part II
The history of the education of blacks in America has become politicized to the point where it is barely recognizable as history, rather than as an arsenal of horror stories to be used in the political wars of today. Many of these horror stories are true, even if...
Don’t Give a Penny to Amtrak
"I assume I'm talking to a big fan of rail," says Michael Dukakis with a laugh. "Right?" To tell the truth, I have no strong feelings about train travel one way or another. But Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and now Amtrak's acting chairman, knows I am no...
Education of Blacks in America: Do Facts Matter?
Recently a young black man sent a thoughtful e-mail to me. Among his kind comments was an expression of sympathy for the racism that he thought blacks of my generation must have experienced in going through college. In reality, it is his generation of blacks who have...
A Purple Heart for Dan Rather? Not!
Will Dan Rather please shut up? The veteran teleprompter reader for CBS News wants Americans to know that when he sits behind his hollow anchor desk, he isn't just warming a chair. Rather actually fancies himself fighting on the front lines against terrorism. Under...
“Get the Hell Out of My Way!”
That's what John Galt, the individualist hero of the novel Atlas Shrugged, -- Ayn Rand's great celebration of laissez-faire capitalism -- said to the federal bureaucrats. And there's no better message to send to Washington today. That's what the market is saying in...
With Allies Like These Who Needs Enemies?
Of the five countries described below, can you identify the one(s) excluded from the US-led coalition in the war on terrorism? Country A is free and democratic, a steadfast ally of the United States. Its citizens know what it means to be victimized by terrorism, and...
Heisting Cipro: Charles Schumer vs. American Innovation
Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) rightly chastised House leaders last month (Oct. 19, 2001) for panicking in the face of anthrax attacks. But Schumer's own behavior has been a shameful spectacle of political panty-bunching. Count him among the many Chicken Littles...
Of Halloween Spoilsports and Spiders
This will be my 16-month-old daughter's first Halloween on foot. Last year, she was a baby bunny who toured the neighborhood in Daddy's arms. This year, she'll be a kitten -- clambering up porch steps, clutching her goody bag, and marveling at all the treats within...
Social Security “Trust Fund”
According to the unanimous preliminary report of the special commission appointed to look into Social Security, the amount of money coming into the system will be insufficient to pay out what was promised by 2016. By 2030, the choice will be to reduce Social Security...
“Ignorance” Pays in a Mixed Economy
While people might be motivated by non-economic factors, from a strictly economic point of view it simply doesn't pay individual voters to learn about and take action against the myriad assaults emanating from the political area. That's what my colleagues at George...
Privacy for Government, But Not For Private Citizens
It began three years ago in an ugly encounter between a motorist and the police. It ended earlier this summer in a dreadful opinion by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. And as the noted civil-liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate observes in a characteristically...
Who Does the “Reparations for Slavery” Charade Really Benefit?
Blacks have already been the first victims of the campaign to get reparations for slavery. The longer this futile campaign goes on, the more additional blacks will be victimized. How have blacks been victimized thus far? Some have been asked to supply identifying...
The Ultimate (Surprise) Broadband Killer Application
The other day, a colleague of mind was bemoaning the lack of killer internet applications to drive the demand for bandwidth. He noted that the only killer internet application was e-mail, and that it was a low bandwidth application. Well, I have a different...
The UN’s International Kangaroo Court
America's court system -- the most fair, free and transparent in all the world -- isn't perfect. But that doesn't mean its power should be usurped by jurists 8,000 miles away who are not elected, selected or directed by anyone responsible to American voters. Yet...
Social Security’s No Accounts
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, the saying goes. It's exactly what we're getting from opponents of Social Security reform, who have staged sign-wielding protests in more than 40 cities to convince Americans that the premier New Deal program is healthier than...
Emasculation of American Intelligence Services
Aren't you a bit perplexed at how rapidly our FBI and CIA identified, arrested or detained so many people involved in the terrorist attack? The answer's easy. The FBI and CIA had a lot of information about terrorists and their organizations before the attack, but they...
The War Against Boys
The motto used to be: "Boys will be boys." Today, the motto seems to be: "Boys will be medicated." Of nearly 20 million prescriptions written last year for drugs to treat "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder," most were for children and most of those children...
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