Opinion

Bull About Bullying

There is a lot of talk from many people about bullying in school. The problem is that it is all talk. There is...

Thomas Sowell April 19, 2011

Almost Half of Americans Paid No Federal Income Tax In 2010

R. Cort Kirkwood April 19, 2011

As the supporters of President Barack Obama have complained about tax cuts for the rich during the ongoing budget debate, one group of...

Not-So-Fun Tax Facts

Raven Clabough April 19, 2011

Each year, American taxpayers lose anywhere from 20 to 50 percent of their income to the federal and state government in taxes, with...

Govt to Sell Its GM Stock Before It Declines Further

Bob Adelmann April 19, 2011

When the federal government took over General Motors in July of 2009, it was “the only way to avoid an economic calamity,” according...

Book Review: Now Tell Me I Was Wrong

Beverly K. Eakman April 18, 2011

Tom DeWeese is among the unsung heroes of the real conservative activist movement, the one that focuses on individual (as opposed to collective)...

Gandhi Reconsidered: When Paganism Met Progressivism

Selwyn Duke April 18, 2011

When an Indian-born man I knew a couple of decades ago expressed an intense dislike for Mohandas Gandhi, I found it a bit...

What Were They Teaching at Dartmouth in 1828?

Sam Blumenfeld April 18, 2011

Recently, a friend of mine, an antiquarian book dealer, bought a box of early 19th century pamphlets at a book auction, among which...

CEI Targets Regulations in Annual Report

Raven Clabough April 18, 2011

The Competitive Enterprise Institute released a report today entitled Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State, compiled by Wayne...

Obama’s Tax Policy: Rich Can Pay for It All

Ralph R. Reiland April 18, 2011

"The rich can pay for it all. That is Obama's tax policy." That was the morning-after analysis last Thursday by Clive Crook of...

The Conspirator

Bob Adelmann April 18, 2011

"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities," Mark Twain said. Obviously, when conspiracy and...

Atlas Shrugged: The Book

Charles Scaliger April 17, 2011

Some of us remember our first reading of Atlas Shrugged like our first time behind the wheel of a car: intoxicating but inexplicably...

Atlas Shrugged: the Movie

Bob Adelmann April 16, 2011

Something is terribly wrong. The Dow has dropped below 4,000, gasoline (when available) costs $37.50 a gallon, the nation's infrastructure is deteriorating, businessmen...