Opinion

Women in Combat: Battling Nature, Battering Reality

Should we accept any social norm that discourages the cultivation of a sex’s respective qualities or serves to masculinize women or feminize men?...

Selwyn Duke February 4, 2013

Ted, Saint Paul, and the Super Bowl of Life

Jack Kenny February 3, 2013

I always knew the first question I wanted to ask the great Ted Williams if I ever had a chance to question...

The Ominous U.S. Presence in Northwest Africa

Sheldon Richman February 2, 2013

Ominously but unsurprisingly, the U.S. military’s Africa Command wants to increase its footprint in northwest Africa. What began as low-profile assistance to France’s...

Hey, Phil, Move to Florida!

Wallis W. Wood February 2, 2013

Pro golfer Phil Mickelson (known as “Lefty” to friends and fans) backed into a buzz saw when he said he might make some...

Amnesty: More Proof That Rubio is No Conservative

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. January 31, 2013

Rubio's position on immigration is more proof that he is no different than John McCain or Lindsey Graham. ...

Amnesty and the Sucker Nation

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. January 31, 2013

The government expects us to think that although it failed to enforce the border for years, if only it grants amnesty to millions...

Big-Screen Thriller “Doonby” Confronts Viewers With Powerful Pro-Life Message

Dave Bohon January 31, 2013

Doonby, a big-screen psychological thriller that addresses abortion and other life issues, is poised for national release over the next few months, and...

Official Lies

Walter E. Williams January 30, 2013

Our federal debt and deficits are unsustainable and are driven by programs under which Congress takes the earnings of one American to give...

Whose Welfare?

Thomas Sowell January 30, 2013

If there is ever a contest for the law with the most grossly misleading title, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 should...

Amnesty Not the Answer for GOP

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. January 29, 2013

Offering amnesty will get Republicans nowhere, because the GOP is chronically unpopular among Hispanics, who see the Democrats as the party offering endless...

Right- and Left-Libertarianism

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. January 29, 2013

Libertarianism is not all of the same piece. Some versions are conservative, while others are left-wing, holding that liberty is self-evident and universal,...

Is Man a Plague Upon the Earth?

Selwyn Duke January 29, 2013

Naturalist David Attenborough recently said that man was a plague upon the Earth, a common belief among Gaia-worshipping atheists. But is this perspective...