Opinion

Shutter Island Movie Review

Paramount’s decision to delay the release of Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island only increased the anticipation for the film’s February 12th debut. Evidently, it...

Raven Clabough February 22, 2010

Krugman Cracks Up Over Obama’s “Lemon Socialism”

Ralph R. Reiland February 22, 2010

Paul Krugman, a top columnist and liberal opinion-maker at the New York Times, sounded last week like he was tied to the tracks...

Biden’s Ashes Cause Quite a Stir

Jack Kenny February 20, 2010

It's an annual ritual for millions of Catholics around the world, but when Vice President Joe Biden appeared in public with ashes on...

Recovery Act a Bust, Despite Obama Claims

Charles Scaliger February 19, 2010

"The art of economics," economist Henry Hazlitt wrote nearly seven decades ago, "consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the...

Consumer Prices Fall … or Rise?

February 19, 2010

“Core consumer prices” fell by a monthly 0.1 percent in January, reported the Wall Street Journal on February 19, noting that the last...

The Census and the Constitution

Denise Behreandt February 19, 2010

The Census Bureau estimates that the life cycle cost of the 2010 Census will be from $13.7 billion to $14.5 billion, making it...

Lessons on Leviathan: Tarps and Tents

Becky Akers February 17, 2010

People weren’t the only casualties of Haiti’s horrific earthquake last month. Also devastated was the constellation of virtues and blessings we call “the...

Obama’s Anti-business Prejudice

Ralph R. Reiland February 15, 2010

Whatever happened to the constitutional concept of equal protection under the law? Whatever happened to the recognition that it’s overwhelmingly the nation’s private...

Wolfman Legend Comes to Life on Screen

Raven Clabough February 14, 2010

“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and...

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Black Opportunity Destruction

Dennis Behreandt February 10, 2010

"Do you mean he is taller than me am?" sarcastically barked Dr. Martin Rosenberg, my high school English teacher, to one of the...

Who Cares?

Becky Akers February 10, 2010

I’ve stayed home lately, and no doubt you’re leery of traveling too, given that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) still limps along without...

No, Sir, That Ain’t History: A Review of David Aaronovitch’s “Voodoo Histories.”

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 9, 2010

David Aaronovitch has not written a “whodunit;” he has not written a “who really dunit;” he has a written a “why only idiots...

New Unemployment Numbers Conceal Many Issues

Steven Yates February 8, 2010

January’s unemployment numbers were released late last week. According to the official report, unemployment fell from 10.0 to 9.7 percent last month. Employment...