"A local hero." That's how a spokesperson for Los Angeles police described the "heroics" of Willie Fulgear. Who is Willie Fulgear? Shortly before the recent Academy Awards ceremony, Roadway Express shipped 55 gold-plated Oscar statuettes. Horrors! Someone stole the...
Anthony Burns lives again today in Florida, in the person of Elián Gonzalez, the six-year-old whose mother fled with him from Cuba last November in an attempt (during which she tragically died) to gain liberty.
Alan Keyes [a candidate for the Republican nomination for president] is correct in stating, in his March 4 op-ed, that "national service is an obligation of citizenship" -- in a totalitarian dictatorship. All life in a dictatorship belongs to the state. If the state...
TODAY, CONGRESS APPROVED the $300 billion Universal Support Enablement Law for Evaders of Suitable Skills, known as the USELESS bill. USELESS supporters call the measure's passage a statement to people with no work skills, bad attitudes, poor personal hygiene, that...
Fixing the problems of a mixed economy requires "unmixed," radical, fundamental solutions. After so many decades of government interference in the economy and our lives, those solutions must necessarily be gradual to allow individuals to restore what has been taken...
In my last I covered seven principles of Stress Management. Here are seven more:8. Process your feelings, and introspect, regularly. When you encounter a dilemma or issue, discuss it with a close friend, a professional counselor, or yourself (e.g., in the form of a...
Senator John McCain lost his bid to become his party's nominee, and "core" Republicans cheered. No, not because of McCain's alleged fiery temper, or his Gore-like economic plan, or his silly crusade against Big Tobacco -- an industry both lawful and subsidized by the...
At Christmas, $1.25 was the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel. It is now more than $1.50 and is expected to be as high as $2.00 within four months. With no end in sight to the rising prices, Republican politicians, sensing an election-year issue, are...
Under pressure from the religious right, the Illinois Board of Education has quietly eliminated the word "evolution" from state school standards. Liberals complain that this violates the separation between church state. But they're getting exactly what they deserve....
John McCain is not shy about expressing his moral vision for America. When he officially announced his candidacy, he said, "I run for president because I want the next generation of Americans to know the sense of pride and purpose of serving a cause greater than...
The doctor-patient relationship is not merely eroding, it is dying.
Covering International equities over the last decade has been an interesting experience. Emerging markets in Asia and Latin America have gone through a couple of rounds of boom and bust, compressing into a few short years as much euphoria and desperation as most...
America dodged a bullet on Super Tuesday. G. W. Bush, governor of Texas and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, swept seven of the eleven primaries held on March 7, winning such delegate-rich states as California, New York, Ohio, and Georgia. In one...
Q. How is an "open-borders" immigration policy compatible with the principle of self-interest? While we have a welfare state, isn't it irrational to encourage immigration? Shouldn't the openness of our borders be tied to phasing out the redistribution of our wealth?...
The double standard slaps you in the face. Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Ronald Taylor, a black man, allegedly guns down five whites, killing three. What followed became a textbook case on how contemporary American journalism deals with race. The suspect's motive could...
The press coverage of Microsoft's antitrust trial, up through the testimony of the final witness, has conveyed one consistent theme: Microsoft is losing. Its witnesses, we are told, have been caught in inconsistencies; Bill Gates's videotaped testimony was evasive;...
The past arrest of Peng Cheng by the Chinese Government, and the more recent "strong" statements against Taiwan, shows how little has changed in that country. Take the case of Mr. Cheng. Mr. Cheng was sentenced to three years in a labor camp on "subversion" charges....
Environmentalists -- notorious for making doomsday predictions about man's industrial activities while appealing to "science" -- are now turning to religion to halt the "sins" of industrialization and development. Over a year ago in a full-page article ("Keep Faith...
Question: In a proper society, individuals surrender to government the right to the use of retaliatory force. How does this line of reasoning applies to gun control. If it is moral and hence legal to own a weapon that can kill many quickly, where and what reasoning...
A lot of friends who dabble in the stock market have been calling me lately to pick my brain about this or that Internet stock. Of course, any word of caution or concern I express over lofty valuations invariably falls on deaf ears. God forbid I actually say anything...
Not Guilty. An Albany, N.Y. jury, consisting of four blacks, acquitted four white officers charged in the shooting death of West African Amadou Diallo. The undercover cops, looking for a rapist, cornered Diallo in the vestibule of his Bronx apartment. They ordered him...
Have you ever suffered from any of the following symptoms? Poor concentration. Forgetting to do important tasks. A pervasive sense of helplessness or hopelessness. Nervous behaviors (shaking leg, biting nails). High blood pressure. Blowing up or snapping at loved ones...
When Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan speaks, markets listen. But Mr. Greenspan doesn't create wealth, as E.F. Hutton did when he spoke. Mr. Greenspan's speeches tend to destroy wealth. Last week, for example, Greenspan told Congress that he'll keep raising...
Q. If you do not think libertarians are taking the correct action, may I suggest that those of us who are interested can join together to form a new country? A. This amounts to the idea that it is time to follow John Galt's advice and strike from the world. Although...
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