Now that Secretary of State Colin Powell’s mission to break the Israeli-Palestinian impasse has failed, the only peace plan that remains on
President Barack Obama took office promoting the need for the country in general—and policy-makers in particular—to overcome petty
April 14, 2005 -- As we rush to meet the April 15 deadline to file our tax returns, many fail to realize that those 1040 forms do more than just make us all personally poorer. The tax code is a principal instrument that creates and sustains the politicized, partisan, uncivil, contentious conflict society that so many bemoan.
January 4, 2007 -- Saddam Hussein is deservedly dead, hanged as the heinous criminal he was. But the process by which justice was
Unfortunately, every Earth Day, even politicians who are not generally known as tree-huggers feel they must pander to the degenerate values
April 18, 2005 -- On April 13, the House of Representatives voted to permanently repeal the Estate Tax. More accurately described as the
July 7, 2005 -- On July 7, hundreds of Londoners were killed or injured in vicious terrorist attacks, and Islamists—the same death-worshipin
Whether one favors the war against Iraq or not, one's attitude towards the United Nations' role is a revealing Rorschach test; those with
October 3, 2003 -- A group of Southern Methodist University students recently taught a lesson in practical philosophy better than those they
On September 11, the metaphor of the war of ideas between rational civilization and tribalist barbarism became literal description...
February 6, 2004 -- Today is the birthday of a great man who, tragically, doesn’t know it. Ronald Reagan is 93 years old, but Alzheimer’s...
Many Americans understandably are concerned about the Bush administration's proposed Terrorist Information Prevention System, a program to
As he departed for a tour of Africa, President George W. Bush said the United States rejects "the paternalist notion that treats African
16 de Outubro de 2001 -- Enquanto o Congresso se prepara para aprovar uma nova lei de segurança e a América enfrenta uma terrível e insidiosa ameaça, não há mais
October 18, 2001 -- The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded on October 10 to three economists whose work might have
October 18, 2001 -- “Manifest Destiny” is the term originally created by John L. O’Sullivan in the 1840s to describe America's westward...
June 12, 2002 -- In my Harvard University apartment, overlooking the serene Charles River, I grieve for the Israelis who were murdered last
April 3, 2001 -- Last week, Congress began holding hearings on human cloning. Given the highly charged debate that human cloning is likely
"Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately
Greg Hitt and Jeanne Cummings wrote on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (September 26, 2001): "In just two weeks, the terrorist....
