January 1999 - December 1999
Editorial
Campaign finance laws need a tune-up,
not an overhaul David W. Almasi proposes an easy fix for American
campaign finance laws (February)
Racism: Public and Private Walter
Block tells us how the free market helps the victims of racism (February)
Growth sector What's the difference
between a Republican and a Democrat? When it comes to cutting government,
not much says Vin Suprynowicz (March)
"Batty" women blamed for Clinton's troubles Stephanie Herman dissects one impossibly insulting and stupid defense
for Bill Clinton (March)
Reinventing Socialism News Corp.
CEO Rupert Murdoch argues that neosocialism is far from dead, but alive
and well (April)
Papers, please? The future of employment
in Las Vegas is getting scary, says resident Vin Suprynowicz (April)
The Second Amendment: America's First
Freedom In this speech to the National Press Club, NRA First Vice
President Charlton Heston bravely tells journalists why the Second Amendment
is more important than the First Amendment (April)
Political science Gord Gekko used
to believe in Guy Lafleur and scientists...the list has narrowed by one
(April)
Global warming: Enjoy it while you
can John Carlisle argues that global warming is natural and is actually
a boon (May)
The rooster always takes the credit Charles VanEaton argues that Clinton is as responsible for the economy
as much as a rooster is for the rising sun (May)
Times have changed and so must conservaties Gord Gekko argues that conservatism has to move back to the past to move
forward in the future (June)
The Art of Politics by Colonel Davy
Crockett Print this out and email it to every politician you can (June)
The more things change, the more they
say the same? Government is at the mercy of economic forces and right
wing Conservatives...blah, blah, blah, responds Gord Gekko (July)
The New Bill of Rights Midas
Mulligan re-wrote the U.S. Constitution at the end of Atlas Shrugged and
now Rex L. Fuller III does the same for the Bill of Rights (July)
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Blame the sun for global warming John K. Carlisle says an unexpected villain may be responsible for that
global climate change the Earth has experienced over the past several
thousand years (July)
Ohio's sad legacy of antitrust:
John Sherman to Betty Montgomery Ohio has a long history when it comes
to antitrust, says the Buckeye state's James Damask (July)
Noblesse oblige...or else? Gord
Gekko says today's rich are being pressured to give money away to every
cause with the implied threat of "or else" (August
As long as a man has another cartridge
or hand weapon to use, he does not yield Though Germany sat on the
border, Swiss Jews generally may have lost their money to banks, they
didn't lose their lives though. Why? Vin Suprynowicz thinks he has the
answer (August)
Tonight's Match up: Clinton vs. Vader In this piece, Kevin Bertram compares which administration would be better:
Darth Vader or William Jefferson Clinton (September)
The ghost of John D. Rockefeller In July, ESR told you about the resemblance of Thomas Watson's problems
to Bill Gates'...this month its another "robber baron" (September)
Lycos grudgingly agrees (for now): man's
not a destroyer Gord Gekko tells the story of Lycos, EnviroLink, a
contract and the senior editor of Off-Road.com who revealed what the search
engine really signed on to (September)
Globalization, wages, jobs and myths Gerard Jackson of The New Australian explains globalization and what it
represents (October)
The scum are free to ride it If you
work at a newspaper or magazine, your greatest joy are the letters you
receive. Just ask Vin Suprynowicz (November)
It's a jungle out there! Keith Wade
tells us about an unlikely government service to privatize, and one that
works (November)
Not-So-Radical Republicans Stephen
Moore of the Cato Institute tells us why the Republican budget revolution
failed (November)
It's time the Republicans went back to
what worked Gord Gekko knows why the Republicans lost the elections
in November...and it's so simple (December)
The real national scandal: Clinton's
legacy The pundits and C. Grady Drago differ in what they think Clinton's
legacy will be. Find out what Drago thinks it will be (December)
Greenspan is no hero If you have
money in the market, you probably like U.S. Federal Reserve capo Alan
Greenspan. C.W. Mayer does not (December)
Then and now (January 13) Brand new!
A comparison of the actions of Clinton supporters then and now. Very informative!
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Role of U.S. businessmen must
be exposed Vin Suprynowicz says if American business aided the Nazis,
then we should know about it
Is the American boom beginning to crack? Gerard Jackson says there's a bad moon rising on the American economy
Libertine socialism There are
a lot people who talk about being Libertarians, says Jeremy Lott, who
wishes to clarify the issue
Global warming: Liberalism's greatest
marketing scam Challenge the global warming orthodoxy or the Leftist
Commies will get you, says Tim Loughner
Monitoring law-abiding Americans Haven't heard about the latest intrusion into your privacy? Phyllis Schlafly
tells us about banks, the government and your money
Just wars and American globalism Steve Farrell argues America's military policy was only moral when it
was insular
Selling Black America...piece
by piece Democrats have given their allies Black America the sharp
end of the stick says Tom Adkins
Advice for the new year If conservatives
want a better 1999 than 1998 turned out to be, Rod D. Martin says they
should follow his advice
Good news about energy Energy prices
continue to drop and some people don't like it. Amy Ridenour tells us
who they are
Supreme Court will try to make sense of
Americans with Disabilities Act The ADA may have some fans, but Vin
Suprynowicz is not one of them
AOL may put speed bump on the Information
Superhighway They say Microsoft harms consumers? AOL's plans for the
web will harm you a lot more than bloated software out of Redmond
No imperial presidency George
Reisman says that the Senate must vote to impeach Bill Clinton to send
a very important signal
The Keynesian hangover MIT professor
Paul Krugman's arguments about how to deal with recessions is less than
convincing, says Dennis Rice
Failing Title I... William Westmiller
says that Title I was blasted by the very bureaucrats who administer it
and no one said a word
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Gore for President? If Al
Gore wants to be the next president, then we should know more about him,
says Jerry Taylor
Remaking our culture Rod D. Martin
opines that the Clinton Workforce Education program is reminiscent of
something else, and it isn't anything good
Generation X welcomes the 1940s (or why
boomer feminists don't swing) Dana Sherman explains why today's feminists
could never be hepkittens in the 1940s
Defending the defensible Elia Kazan
has been unjustly persecuted for his actions in front of the House Un-American
Activities Committee in 1952, says Steve Martinovich
The drivers of the Left (not just a
clever pun) Tim Loughner honestly believes that slow drivers are liberals.
What else could they be?
Jury trials too costly...or just too hard
to control? Have you noticed a lot of media talk in America about
eliminating or modifying jury trials? Vin Suprynowicz explains why and
what it means
Billion-dollar legal paydays hurt ordinary
Americans Any Ridenour says there is a good reason why people hate
trial lawyers...and it's all about big money
The HUAC testimony of Ayn Rand The
furor of Elia Kazan's coming appearance at the Academy Awards masks one
thing, namings names may have been necessary (reprinted from Sept.
1997)
Clinton's urban sprawl program threatens
freedom and environment Clinton's proposals to prevent urban sprawl
are more likely to mess things up further than fix them, says David Ridenour
Kings v. equality before the law What Thomas Paine wouldn't take Americans seem willing to buy, according
to Steve Farrell
Part II: The victory in defeat Part 2 of Farrell's series on the impeachment...who won, lost and how
it's time to move on
Between the moon and New York City New
York, New York...it's a wonderful town...au contraire, says Vin Suprynowicz
Clinton a cult leader? Like others
before him, Great Father Clinton smells like a personality cult waiting
to happen, says Michael Kreca
Death of a scandal In this, the
final article ever about Bill Clinton and that little scandal he went
though, Patrick Ruffini has the final word
The spectacle of socialized farming Michael Allen takes aim at subsidies for farmers...a true absurdity
The thinnest red line in history Col. David Hackworth (Ret.) thinks the military should do what business
is doing: downsize. He's got a particular group of soldiers he wants to
get rid of though
Hi Ho, Hi Ho...We're off to Kosovo William Westmiller says that Americans should be involved in deciding
when to send her nation's soldiers on foreign adventures
Koko, Francine and some idiots In
1998 America Online hosted a chat with an alleged doctor, a gorilla and
some of its members. It proved one thing conclusively: there are a lot
of idiots
New York is better off without
Hillary Clinton New York does not need a Senate race which includes
Hillary Clinton, says Amy Ridenour
Japan's Keynesian experiment What
Japan is doing to try and fix their economy won't work over here, or come
to think of it, in Japan either, says Dennis Rice
Falwell outs idiot media It wasn't
Jerry Falwell who deserves our shame over the "gay teletubbie scandal,"
but the media for its reporting, explains Steven Martinovich
Scott Adams: Closet libertarian Jeremy
Lott attempts to make a persuasive case that Dilbert cartoonist Scott
Adams is, in fact, a libertarian
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An average Joe for President? Joe Bellis wants you to vote for him in the 2000 elections. In an interview
with him, Steve Martinovich found out why
A last lonely bark in the night? Traveling to Las Vegas and staying a while? You will be checked out by
police regardless of your character, says sin city resident Vin Suprynowicz
School vouchers: GOP Trojan horse? Steve Farrell takes aim at free market god Milton Friedman, Republicans
and school vouchers
Go, Pat, Go... The idea of Pat Buchanan
running once again for the GOP nomination makes William Westmiller less
then pleased
Latin American nations use US legal system
for profit It was bad enough when the legal system was abused by Americans,
but now people in other countries are getting in on the act, reports Amy
Ridenour
White House tries to buy support for
Greenhouse gas reductions Big business should be more afraid of the
Kyoto Protocol than anyone, but John Carlisle shows that more than a few
are getting in bed with the White House
The "Passenger Bill of Rights" The Passenger Bill of Rights will only make flying more expensive and
create yet another bloated bureaucracy, writes Mark Vorzimmer
Winning the cultural war The idea
of a cultural war has never been popular, but actor Charlton Heston urges
students at fair Harvard University to become soldiers in this February
1999 speech
On the subtlety of thongs Eileen
M. Ciesla says that sex has been reduced to an exchange...nothing more
Term limits? What term limits? When
it comes to term limits, says Vin Suprynowicz, Republicans are no more
honest than Democrats. The proof, he says, is in their actions
Wrong is wrong Whether it's Bill
Clinton or Vietnamese shopkeepers putting pictures of Ho Chi Minh in their
windows, when it's wrong to attack them, it's wrong to attack them, says
H. Millard
Micro-managing the ecosystem Craig Docksteader says it's time to take yet another look at ending government's
micromanaging of ecosystems
Winning Rod D. Martin says that
if conservatives want to win, they have to avoid being "moderate"
The American boom: is the end at hand? The Dow passes 10K and all is well? Not so, says Gerard Jackson of The
New Australian. Things may go from good to bad before the end of this
year...
Here we go again Justin Valente muses
on Bill Clinton and Chinese spies and the best way for liberals to deflect
attention away from either
A tale of two kinds of cities Why
are many American cities blighted and nightmarish? David Stanley Willenski says its
because of a lack of capitalism
Nat Hentoff, the last honest liberal The only good liberal is a...Nat Hentoff? Clay Waters says that unlike
most liberals, the 73-year old Village Voice columnist is a stand-up guy
Will the real economy please stand
up? Dennis Rice says the current economic boom is built on some shaky
ground
National sovereignty: the next target
of Clinton's "Politics of Personal Destruction" Bombing
Yugloslavia is a foolish idea, says Michael Kreca, for a number of reasons
The return of mercantilism Michael R. Allen says that the embrace of mercantilism by conservatives
will invite a host problems
Jury tampering in Exxon Valdez trial
pollutes America's system of justice If jury tampering was responsible
for a pound of flesh being extracted over the Exxon Valdez spill, then
the company deserves another trial, says David Ridenour
NATO: Beyond collective defense - Part
1 Steve Farrell gives his interpretation of what NATO's original intent
was in this surprising first part of a three part series
NATO: Beyond collective defense - Part
2 NATO, Atlantic Union, and Economic Socialism
Farrell continues his controversial and penetrating look at NATO and its
economic basis
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Conservatism in drag? Patrick
Ruffini mulls over the concept of compassionate conservatism and what
it means to the whole movement
High court has another chance to
whittle down federal power The Supreme Court has a wonderful opportunity
to reverse the growing power of the federal government. Let's hope they
take advantage of it, says Vin Suprynowicz
Watch out for the anti-legalization
arguments...there's some bad stuff floating around Steven Martinovich
believes the war on drugs is over. It's time to start legalizing the stuff
for several good reasons
The Dow bubbles and the bears rumble The signs are there. Bubbleheads are running the market and this will
be the year something happens, says Gerard Jackson
Americans are better off than we
think Yes, it's true. Americans are doing better than they were before.
Amy Ridenour tells us why
First in history... Every leader
is worried about what the history books will say about them. William Westmiller
says Bill Clinton shouldn't worry. He knows what will be in there
Us? But some of our best friends are black... Radley Balko says that conservatives have to start changing their tune
when it comes to race if they want to have any chance of winning minority
votes
Why the Kyoto greenhouse gases accord
is full of hot air IPSCO CEO Roger Phillips argues that the Kyoto
accord is not needed and is based on bad science. Phillips should know
The Great Ponzi-Scheme Rescue Act of
1999 Social Security was an inspiration worthy of Charles Ponzi. Come
to think of it, the program is something only he could have thought up,
says P.J. O'Rourke
Let's blackmail the young into doing
good Forcing students to perform volunteer work reminds Vin Suprynowicz
of Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull
Send Natalie Merchant to reform humanity? Some people tend to do things for which they have no appreciable talent.
Celebrities trying to act like political activists is one good example,
says Michael R. Allen
Forget principle...if you're irregular,
suffering from gas, or just not getting enough calcium Why isn't U.S.
President Bill Clinton more tormented about military action in Kosovo?
Why aren't Americans? These, and other questions, are answered by Mark
Vorzimmer
Clark and Vietnam Col. David Hackworth
has a really low opinion of NATO Supreme Commander Wesley Clark. Real
low
What was Job's tax bill? They say the
things you should avoid talking about are politics, religion and sex.
Steve Martinovich bravely brings up the first two
There is a difference It's often said
that there is no difference between either side. This refutes that assertion
"Oughts" divorced from "is" Michael Miller ruminates on the philosophical parallels between the Littleton
shootings and NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia
Free market environmentalism solves
problems David Ridenour tells two stories which illustrate exactly
why the government should have no role in managing the environment
NATO: Beyond collective defense - Part
3: New Rules for a New World Part 3 of this landmark series has Farrell
discuss rules in the United Nations and NATO which threaten the individual
rights of all Americans
Steel humanitarians Michael Miller
says NATO has been debased because of its bombing of Yugoslavia
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Jack of all tirades: The show ain't
over yet: In the first of Joshua London's regular columns he explores
what really happened with the war in Yugoslavia
NATO: Beyond Collective Defense Part
VII: Our peculiar victory in Kosovo: Steve Farrell latest in his landmark
series on NATO explores the "victory" won in the battle over
Kosovo
Don't believe the Internet know-it-alls:
Forget Microsoft, David Ridenour says there's a new company being targeted
as an enemy of the Internet
Miss Hillary's opus: Hillary
Clinton's recent call to donate musical instruments to schools is odd
considering what she has stood for in the past, says Lawrence Henry
China's Balkan lesson for the Pacific:
What has China learned from the Kosovo conflict? Plenty, answers Peter
Zhang
Back to that other war: Michael R.
Allen wants to remind you about the other war the United States is involved
in...you do remember the other war don't you?
Don't mend it, just end it: Phil
Carmichael in his first piece for ESR has his own solution to Social
Security
One hand always tied behind its back:
The U.S. military will always be hamstrung because of the number of engagements
it has, says Christopher O'Leary
Canada's new Elections Act: Big Brother
tramples on freedoms: Walter Robinson of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
details the latest slam at free speech in Canada
Unite the right?: The unite the right
movement in Canada should be forgotten...and quickly, says Steve Martinovich
Republicans - still beating around
the "Bush": Jim Hill says if all Republicans want is one of their
own in the White House, George W. Bush is the one...but he's not voting
for him
Blacks "Gored" by a lie: Al Gore Sr.,
the GOP and the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Al Gore Sr.'s support of
civil rights wasn't all that it was cracked up to be, writes R.D. Davis.
And the facts are in the public domain
You dared use a private postal competitor?:
Vin Suprynowicz details the latest abuse of an American's freedom. Don't
worry, it only affects a few million of you
NATO: Beyond Collective Defense Part
VI - Why we lost in Vietnam: In Vietnam "rules of engagement"
cost thousands of lives and forbade US victory. Find out why in part six
of Steve Farrell's landmark series
Why the rating system stinks!:
Tim Loughner opines that ratings systems are doing more harm than good
Why won't the GOP kill a national
ID?: Tom DeWeese tells us that the GOP is refusing to kill a national
identity card for a very old and not very good reason
The role of media in an age of political
cynicism: How the media treats politics is one of the reasons everyone
is so damned cynical, writes Kevin Avram
Free markets and volunteerism:
Free market proponents have a lot of bridge building to do and volunteerism
might be one way of doing it, says Dennis Rice
Why Clinton and Blair wanted war:
James Henry believes he has the answer to why the war in Yugoslavia happened
Broken glass: A futurist's look
at today: Lawrence Henry ponders the causes of the recent school shootings
and comes up with what he thinks are causes
Another silly prohibition:
Do Americans need a ban on Internet and college athletics gambling? Vin
Suprynowicz says no
NATO: Beyond Collective Defense, Part
V: The no win wars of internationalism: Korea: The latest installment
of Steve Farrell's series exposes how Truman reversed the victory of MacArthur
by changing the rules of warfare
'Civil Rights' trump free speech in
Canada: Rory Leishman writes that speech in Canada is increasingly
being stifled by "rights"
The solution to teen violence:
Christopher M. O'Leary thinks he has the answer to tragedies like school
shootings. Is he right?
Back to gold, back to prosperity:
It's said that only kooks want to return to the gold standard. That's
not stopping Michael R. Allen
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?:
Lawrence Henry takes issue with Francis Fukuyama's suggestion that religion
doesn't assist in creating social order
Thoughts on Republican outreach:
The Republican Party is making moves to attract minorities but Kimberly
Wilson says the effort better be serious or they'll just be wasting their
time
Nader's Microsoft Agenda: Progressive
Nonprofit Plan for 'Free' Software: Patrick Reilly says that Ralph
Nader has a secret agenda behind his fight against Microsoft Corp., and
it has nothing to do with protecting consumers
Thomas Paine.com: A recent event
once again proved that the Internet stands to change everything about
activism, writes H. Millard
Repairing the world: Though most of
them are scary, William Westmiller likes one international organization
and thinks it could be a boon to all nations
Before there were draft dodgers:
The war over Yugoslavia and Kosovo may bring the draft back. Danny Glover
gives some historical perspective
NATO: Beyond Collective Defense Part
IV: NATO's Hypocritical Kings: Steve Farrell continues his landmark
series on NATO with a look at Clinton and Blair's actions
They just want to go home:
Lonnie Shoultz says Hillary Clinton's recent comments on Kosovar refugees
proves how out of touch she and her kind really are
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Contract With America - Part 1: Democrats
in drag: Many conservatives cheered when the first planks of the Contract
with America were enacted. Steve Farrell wasn't cheering
Defect from all parties: Bob
Smith. Michael Forbes. One left the Republicans for noble reasons, the
other less so. Michael R. Allen discusses both
Another blow to the Lollipop
Guild: Vin Suprynowicz says teachers with less certification may be
better than what we have now
Glasnost-Perestroika Part I: A model
Potemkin village: In the first of a series, Steve Montgomery argues
that Glasnost has actually preserved what we tried to defeat
The Third Way's bad karma: Joyce
Mucci exposes what's really behind the "Third Way" movement
you've been hearing so much about
The snake pit: Economics in the Balkans:
Diane Alden illustrates that the Balkans will cost a lot of people a lot
of money, especially the average taxpayer
Should lawyers run for nonjudicial
office?: Ronald Bibace argues that lawyers should be banned from running
for non-judicial office
Behind the anti-sweatshop movement:
Eric Heubeck details what's really behind the anti-sweatshop movement
A political circus: Recent
announcements by the Democrats and Republicans on health care ignored
something important, writes Vin Suprynowicz. Yeah, we're shocked as well
How the Serbs outfoxed NATO:
$4 billion worth of bombs and all we hit were balloons? David Hackworth
explains the sorry truth behind the "success" of the Yugoslav
war
Clinton and 1922: is history repeating
itself?: James Henry opines that Clinton policies today remind him
terribly of a tragedy which began in 1922. Find out what he's referring
to
Thank heavens for ESPN: Apparently
never one to shy away from controversey, Lawrence Henry weighs in on JFK
Jr. and the press
Trade with China: Laboring to prepare
our own suicide: Simple Marxist theory explains why trade with China
is a very dangerous proposition, explains Steve Montgomery
The classroom: Then and now: A
lot of changes have taken place in the classroom, says Australia's Antonia
Feitz, not many for the good
Something about Panama: Forget Southeast
Asia or the Balkans, Panama might well prove to be one of the more interesting
spots on the planet, says Diane Alden
The wheel is spinning for the Republicans:
Steve Martinovich writes that Bob Smith's departure may not hurt, but
it does mean something
See Dick harass Jane. See Jane file
suit: A recent Supreme Court decision on sexual harassment in schools
promises to unleash big problems, says Eileen Ciesla
Holding on to parenthood: Steve
Farrell details the rise of the state taking over the job of parenthood
as nobly expressed by Hillary Clinton a few years ago
FDR's court-packing fiasco: Trying
to mess with the Supreme Court is hardly new, as K. Daniel Glover tells
it
Citizen Bernie: Representative
Bernie Sanders of Vermont opposed the war in Yugoslavia but he shouldn't
be hailed for it, writes Michael R. Allen
Striking a blow for free speech:
The Supreme Court actually did some good recently in striking down a law
which prohibited free speech, says Vin Suprynowicz
A federal tobacco lawsuit: Bad economics,
bad law and bad governing: Federal efforts against the tobacco companies
are yet another example of bad government, says Amy Ridenour
The virtuous culture warriors: eschewing
civility to save civilization?: Those fighting the culture war have
it all wrong, says regular contributor Josuha London. Find out what he
thinks is the real issue
How to learn to play in the key of E:
Lawrence Henry says if your children are not learning the facts at their
school, there is an easy way to make sure they do
The foolish abandonment of Pat Buchanan: ESR has taken plenty of jabs at him, but Steve Farrell rises to
defend him
Jack of all Tirades: Crime doesn't pay,
but for kids it can pass the time away: Joshua London writes that
youth crime needs to be dealt with, and coddling isn't the answer
United States or United Nations?
Who controls America's treasures?: Elizabeth McGeehan will tell you
who really regulates some of America's treasures
Who'll be in George W. Bush's cabinet?:
Steve Myers explores the possible cabinet of future U.S. President George
W. Bush
Dairy 'working girls' seek new 'protector':
Think milk prices are set by the marketplace? Think again, writes Vin
Suprynowicz
Clinton and the Australian media:
When it comes to media bias, the Australian media is just as bad as their
counterparts in the United States, reports Gerard Jackson
What got the Roman Empire is about to
get us: In a grand case of history repeating itself, the U.S. is making
the exact same mistake as another former world power, says Col. David
Hackworth
Franklin D. Roosevelt: How his New
Deal undermined charity: The New Deal not only set the U.S. on the
road to socialism, it also gave charity the raspberry, writes Marvin Olasky
'Papers, please?': Even guys
carrying crack have rights, unless you want to live in a tyranny, says
Vin Suprynowicz
Greater intervention and military
cutbacks are a deadly combination: An increased operational tempo
and numerous deployments could spell disaster for the American military
one day, says Jason Morrow
Old Ironsides: Lawrence Henry
ruminates on an American icon and what it means to be a man
Switzerland: Europe's gun centre
where kids don't kill kids: Gerard Jackson proves that firearms and
crime are not partners with the example of Switzerland's rampant firearms
culture
Take the Fifth back: Philip Carmichael
says the Fifth Amendment has more in it than most people remember
Message from Ottawa: Go south young
man, go south: Canadians are leaving the home of hockey for the United
States for one good reason, writes Kevin Avram
Compassionate conservatism or conned
conservatism?: George Bush may win Republicans the White House, but
it will come at a significant cost, says Steve Martinovich
The America that was?: David
Bardallis wonders about Independance Day and the America that is
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Plutonium too close for comfort:
Michael R. Allen says Nostradamus' followers were always out to lunch
on the Cassini probe, but the recent fly-by does raise some interesting
questions
Where is John Foster Dulles when you
need him?: Today's China-Taiwan situation makes Diane Alden pine for
the old days when Dulles and Eisenhower used to get things done
The race to ignorance: Efforts
to remove "bias" from SAT tests are not only stupid, but if
carried to their logical extreme would dumb everyone down, says Vin Suprynowicz
Different party, different standards:
Questions about George W. Bush's drug use are all well and good, says
Steve Martinovich, but these questions are different?
The US economy in Wonderland: Keynsian
smoke and mirrors explains the health of the American economy, explains
Gerard Jackson
The Un-American United Nations: The
UN continues to be marketed as an international version of American ideals;
but a study of its founders, charter, and history reveals quite a different
picture, says Steve Farrell
The art of the lie: David Bardallis
writes that we're surrounded by lies and one man is particularly proficient
at telling them
A $6 600 refund? Nah, why bother:
The GOP's $792 billion tax cut may have some problems, says Vin Suprynowicz,
but it's a lot better than nothing
China and Taiwan -- Two be or not two
be: Diane Alden says that regardless of what the PRC and the Clinton
White House says, a unified China isn't going to happen simply because
they say so
Glasnost-Perestroika III: Marxist-Leninist
holy war: Steven Montgomery continues his series which argues that
the war between the West and Russia continues unabated to this day
The history of taxation - inciting rebellion
and civil discord: Bad things have a way of sticking around for a
long time. Taxation is one of those things, says Kevin Avram
It's still doom and gloom for the US
economy: America's economy is teetering thanks to the U.S. Federal
Reserve and know one seems to know it. Except for Gerard Jackson that
is
Who wants to know about a war?: In
whose interest is it not to report about war? Why, the media's of course,
explains Michael R. Allen
Saving Taiwan means protecting the good:
Unlike the war in Yugoslavia, if China and Taiwan start up then the west
should get involved, argues Steve Martinovich
The end of Internet regulation:
The FCC says the Internet is prospering because of a laissez-faire approach
to regulation. Steve Martinovich points out examples of that laissez-faire
approach
Ernest Hemingway and art subsidies:
A farewell to alms: David Bardallis writes that Liberals may have
loved Hemingway, but when it came to his art he was an individualist all
the way
Bring us your waste!: If there is a
problem with nuclear waste in the United States, it is the fault of the
federal government, not industry, says Vin Suprynowicz
Enemies of the state: Increasingly
the military is being used as a police force in the United States, says
Diane Alden. Don't believe it? The evidence is all around you
Government by talk show, and how to
beat it: Lawrence Henry issues a warning, the First Talk Show Hostess
and her husband are powerful forces on the American political scene but
they can be beaten
The third party movement - the next
wave: Jim Hill says a third party in the United States is an inevitability
for several reasons
Democrats In Drag - Part 2: School Vouchers:
GOP Trojan Horse?: In the second part of his series on the Contract
with America, Steve Farrell exposes what's wrong with the Republican position
on school vouchers
Dog days for Russia and the U.S.:
Diane Alden surveys the political situation and Russia and says what the
U.S. does could mean a lot for both countries
JFK Jr...and why he mattered so much:
Mark Vorzimmer attempts to answer a question that a lot of the public
and press have tried to answer|
The con of confidentiality: Is
a confidentiality regulation at family planning clinics actually causing
the death of teens? Joyce Mucci thinks so
Glasnost-Perestroika Part II: Who's
on First?: Steve Montgomery says the Cold War may be over but Russia
is still fighting it. The problem? America doesn't know that or doesn't
care
The Brain Drain debate is taxing
the Prime Minister: No matter what study Canada's Prime Minister uses
to try and disprove a brain drain, Walter Robinson says they inevitably
prove there is one
On the NAACP & boycotts: The NAACP
used to be about grand things, says Kimberley Wilson, but not anymore
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Give neutrality a chance: Llewellyn
H. Rockwell, Jr. argues that when it comes to the situation in East Timor,
the best policy is neutrality
No new taxes: Read Vin Suprynowicz's
lips, no new Internet taxes. Now here's hoping that Congress listens to
him
Pollyanna analysts: Despite the
standard lines that competition and technology will fuel growth in productivity,
Gerard Jackson maintains it's something else fueling America's economy
Clemency for terrorists endangers nation's
businesses, researchers: Bill Clinton's offer of clemency to Puerto
Rican nationalists placed another group of people in danger by the most
organized terrorist groups in America
Things we say today: David Bardallis
says today's language may be the reason why politicians and the public
have difficulty thinking about ideas
The Baby-Boomers are going to die:
Why are baby boomers so hot to regulate personal behavior? Because they
are going to die soon, says Lawrence Henry
Web of deception: environmental mis-education:
Diane Alden and Steve Farrell detail how the environmental movement is
mis-educating America's youth
Harry Truman had it right: Col.
David Hackworth says mandatory military service would do America's youth
a world of good by putting some iron in their backs
They fought for freedom, not service:
Hackworth didn't fight for military service, responds Steve Martinovich,
but for freedom
China: a stunted giant: Peter
Zhang reports that the west has little to fear from China now, but that
could change one day
Our health depends on it: Walter
Robinson argues that Canadians want to purchase their own health services.
Whether they do or don't, our health will depend on it thanks to the failings
of the current system
Snubbed on phone, inspector sets out
to teach a lesson: Vin Suprynowicz details the story of one Las Vegas
business license inspector who decided to teach one doctor a lesson
Force the veto: Bill Clinton wants
to veto the tax cut? Let him, says Rod D. Martin. Then make him and the
Democrats explain themselves
The best defense: Linda A. Prussen-Razzano
says it's too late for a missile defense system, but she has a number
suggestions that Congress should consider if it wants defense improved
Grab-Bag: They can't all be about
politics. Lawrence Henry ruminates on Peanut M&M's, radar guns and
cons at the workplace
Set the Branch Davidians free:
On news that has everybody talking about what happened one April day,
Vin Suprynowicz argues that the wrong people are in jail over the Waco
fiasco
The future of breast implant litigation
may be a bust for trial lawyers: Amy Ridenour says breast implant
litigation may not be the latest big payday for lawyers. Yeah, we're crying
too
Crime and punishment: Antonia Feitz
says the regular ways of dealing with criminals are not working so why
don't we go back to the past?
When the gophers can't shoot back:
A de-armed citizen is much like the gophers that Kevin Avram used to shoot
as a kid
The GOP's two-faced approach to
third-party politics: Pete Dominic wonders why talk of a third party
by some Republicans is permitted while others are blasted for the idea
The 'New Californians': Young entrepreneurs
take new approach to philanthropy: John Gizzi details how California's
new rich are donating to new causes and organizations for real benefits
to society
In search of heroes, legacies and role
models: Joe Roessler ponders how the media creates heroes, legacies
and role models and he doesn't like the result
Clinton continues assault on the Tenth
Amendment: If at first you don't succeed...Tom DeWeese says a recent
Clinton Executive Order once again attacks America's Constitution
Steve Forbes: "Pro-lific" in political
manipulation: What is Steve Forbes' position on abortion? Peter Dominic
asks the question but only Forbes knows the answer
When did you stop beating your wife?:
Mark Vorzimmer wants to know where does the public's right to know intersect
a candidate's private? He thinks he has the answer
KKKapitol Hill?: Rep. Earl Hilliard
(D) wants to know where the minorities are on Capitol Hill. Eddie Huff
suggests he looks outside of the Democratic Party
Are 36 million Americans hungry?:
Bread for the World says that a lot of Americans suffer or are at risk
from hunger and you can thank welfare reform for that. Is it true? Brian
Carnell answers the question with some facts
Identifying a problem doesn't mean you've
provided a solution: Walter Robinson reports that Canada's National
Council on Welfare recently announced that large numbers of elderly are
poor. Robinson wants to know what their solution is
Hands in the cookie jar: Clinton
is ready to jettison one of his -- and Al Gore's -- biggest constituencies
in an effort to fight the "Lock Box." Rod D. Martin explains
all
Soldiers R US: The corporate military:
Bill Clinton and Tony Blair's tacit approval and use of corporate military
services is something to be very wary of, says Diane Alden
Where Liberals come from: Liberalism
and rudeness go hand in hand and Lawrence Henry lives in the city that
exemplifies that belief
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Republicans in a bind over the
economy: If the Republicans want to win in the next presidential election,
they had better do what James K. Glassman suggests: steal back from the
Democrats
Give these women guns: Want to protect
women from domestic abuse? Vin Suprynowicz says buy the women you love
a gun
U.N. meets in Bonn to shape Kyoto rules:
As COP5 starts Monday, Henry Lamb discusses what the United Nations will
be pondering over the next two weeks
In defense of economics: Economics
may be the dismal science but Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. says Republicans
should celebrate the subject, not bury it
American Frankenstein: How America's
"best" helped create the New Russia: Steve Farrell and Diane Alden
says the less than perfect Russia we know and love today was created by
none other than Uncle Sam
Federal tobacco lawsuit contaminated by
hypocrisy: David Ridenour reminds us that one of the biggest purveyor
of cigarettes remains the U.S. government. Does that lawsuit target them
as well?
Clinton's green imperialism and Chinese
intelligence: Bill Clinton was initially opposed to the Three Gorges
Dam that China will be working on into the next century. Why? Peter Zhang
thinks he has the answer
The politics of entertainment: Joseph
D'Agostino details how the left is doing a marvelous job of getting Hollywood
to promote its message
Liberals and the war on the military:
In part three of his series, Joe Roessler illustrates how the military
has been targeted by liberal
A winning choice: Robert Mundell
won the 1999 Nobel Prize for Economics because of the Euro, but Llewellyn
H. Rockwell, Jr. says he should be praised for other reasons
21st century democracy and the Third
Way: Steve Farrell and Diane Alden continue their investigation into
the Third Way with this week's focus on how democracy is threatening to
be transformed by Clinton, Blair and their ideological peers
Half pregnant with the Fed: Is
Alan Greenspan confused and very afraid right now? Gerard Jackson says
yes
The population bomb is defused:
What do you know, opines Vin Suprynowicz, the population bomb turned out
to be a dud
The living wage campaign: Eric Heubeck
reports on the campaign to force business to pay a "living wage"
if they want municipal contracts
Al Gor(e)ing blacks again: Al Gore
has been telling some tall tales about his father and the civil rights
movement. Find out what R.D. Davis is referring to
Liberals and the war on religion:
Joe Roessler details the liberal war on religion and how it achieved what
Marx, Lenin and Stalin failed to do
Feminist scholarship: a classic oxymoron?:
A feminist's problems with the English language is a relatively recent
thing, says Antonia Feitz
Where have all the cowboys gone?:
Junk science and government may do to the cowboy what was done to the
Indian, report Diane Alden and Steve Farrell
Cookie-cutter politics: The Republicans,
says Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., are listening to the Communications Working
Group instead of telling the truth. Welcome to the cookie-cutter!
Breeding us a thousand more Carl Dregas:
Remember Carl Drega? Thanks to paper pushers and enforcement officers,
there are thousand more of him being created, writes Vin Suprynowicz
Part III: The aftermath: In the
final episode of her story of the travails of a home-schooling mom, Linda
Prussen-Razzano tells what's happening to Karen Maples
Is American law enforcement out-of-control?:
Tom DeWeese answers that question, though the answer might be very self-evident
to most
In praise of apathy: If Americans
really are apathetic politically, David Bardallis wonders if that is a
bad thing
The liberal war on the NRA and the Second
Amendment: In part one of his series on the liberal war on America,
Joe Roessler details the relentless war against the NRA and the Second
Amendment
Dr. Mahatir's triumph: Economic
nationalist Antonia Feitz says that Mahatir bin Mohammed is earning praise
where once he was being excoriated
Wind in the buffalo grass: Real-life
cowboy Sam Packard says environmental protection means it's either the
government's way or no way
Stealing our children's birthright:
Henry Lamb argues that the Nature Conservancy and other similiar programs
are merely the introduction of socialism in America
Whatever happened to Private Ryan's Army?:
David Hackworth wonders what happened to the army he belonged to. The
answer? Sensitivity training has dulled its edge
I watched the Bill of Rights dying
last week: It's a sad thing when something dies, sadder still when
you see it die in front of you. Vin Suprynowicz knows because he was there
Who's rude? Hmmm: Europe still angry
about the recent Ryder Cup brouhaha? Lawrence Henry has a piece of advice
for them
Part II: The devil is in the details:
In part two of her series, Linda Prussen-Razzano tells how a mother who
wanted to home school her child was accused of child abuse
The games of empires: Michael R.
Allen believes Iraq continues to be bombed because it refuses to play
the game by the rules laid down by the world's current imperial state
Technology, sovereignty, and the Third
Wave: Steve Farrell & Diane Alden trace the "Third Wave"
phenomenon through the ages
The wrong path to reform: Llewellyn
H. Rockwell, Jr.says there is a right way to public school reform, and
a very wrong way
Feminism 101: Joyce Mucci's son had
a run-in with a feminist recently and no one came away the winner
The charter for global democracy:
Henry Lamb details the United Nations' latest attempt at destroying freedom
in the name of global governance
Hurricane economics: If hurricanes
are such a good thing, Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. asks, why don't we petition
government for more of them?
Can gun control reduce crime?:
Gun control is supposed to reduce crime but Vin Suprynowicz illustrates
that the exact opposite happened in Australia
Part 1: The plight of a home schooling
mom: In the first of a three-part series, Linda A. Prussen-Razzano
tells the story of a mother and her efforts to home school her child
The IMF and the Balkans: Throwing good
money after bad: Diane Alden and Steve Farrell tell us that the cost
of military action in the Balkans will continue to cost the United States
a whole pile of money
You're nobody without your national ID card!:
Tom DeWeese ponders the day when Americans will need an ID card just to
do the ordinary things in life
Federal tobacco lawsuit could pave way
for litigation tax on other industries: Is it a far reach to imagine
federal lawsuits against other products? Amy Ridenour says no
Conservative politics and Christianity:
Mitch McConnell argues that religion and politics don't mix because we
don't know what is really in a person's soul
The Clinton-Gore Administration's war
against mining: Politics is determining mining strategy today, says
U.S. Rep. Don Young, and only America will end up the loser
Manners: Antonia Feitz says that
manners are not picked up by osmosis, but by education. That's not happening
today she says
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New York miss Hillary when she won't go away?): Hillary Clinton is
finding out that things aren't as easy in New York as she thought it would
be, says Vin Suprynowicz
Mr. Smith doesn't go to Washington:
If Hillary's in the Senate, then Bill is going to need a job. Joe Schembrie
illustrates what could happen
Crime Prevention? Or another step
toward tyranny?: Can a law enforcement agency really prevent crime?
Charles Bloomer is skeptical about those claims
On a mission from God: Bruce Babbitt
and the environmental movement: Diane Alden details Secretary of the
Interior Bruce Babbitt's zealousness in the first of a series of articles
Clueless in Seattle: The Gates Millennium
Scholars program is a wonderful idea in theory, writes Jon Jewett, but
in practice is fails to solve much of anything
Less democracy, not more: Lewis J.
Goldberg would vote for less democracy and not more, if he could. Find
out why
Thinking about tax reform: Rod
D. Martin says a flat tax promotes everything that the things voters want
and would help them take back something they lost a long time ago
Shephard case illustrates dangers
of hate crimes legislation: C. Dodd Harris IV writes that hate crimes
legislation are generally flawed especially considering the difficulty
of proving what really motivated a crime
Professor Quigley and the democratic
sham: The Third Way, capitalism and socialism have made a joke of
democracy, argues Antonia Feitz
In praise of big government: The Ford
Foundation's Innovations in Government Awards: Daniel T. Oliver explores
the giving practices of America's third largest private grantmaking foundation
we shouldn't be surprised by what he found
Government by mad hatter: Money used
for something that it wasn't intended for? Get outa here! Vin Suprynowicz
discusses the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act
A Japanese economic lesson for the US?:
Is the United States of the late 1990s a parallel of Japan of the 1980s?
Gerard Jackson thinks so
Third Way Contract: Part 1 - Gingrich
& Toffler: Are Newt Gingrich and Alvin Toffler the new heralds of
international socialism? Steve Farrell and Diane Alden seem to think so.
Find out why
Lap dogs or tigers?: David H. Hackworth
thinks a little less mindless following of orders in the military would
be a damned good thing
Hypocrisy on crime: America's federal
government is suing gun manufacturers and preventing criminals from being
evicted from public housing? It's true, says Amy Ridenour
There goes America: Lands Legacy or
public ownership? Socialism by any name still smells the same, writes
Henry Lamb
That would never happen here: The
title of Charles Bloomer's piece is getting a little tired, says the author,
but you still hear it all the time
They call us isolationists: Pat
Buchanan is a flawed candidate, says Michael R. Allen, but he is doing
Americans a public service
Expiring currency: A Federal Reserve
trial balloon about expiring currency reminds Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
about a similar plan in 1933 which was carried out
Three cheers for an end to bipartisan
folly: The vote against the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty may actually
be the end to even bigger things, writes Phyllis Schlafly
Fight Club: Thomas Kelly says
Fight Club shouldn't have been excoriated for its brutal violence but
rather what was the cause and target of it
'Cultures' are not always defined by
skin color: Multiculturalism has only one abiding goal, writes Vin
Suprynowicz, and it has nothing to do proper historical recognition
Russian troika?: Steve Farrell and
Diane Alden detail what may be the future of Russian politics. As usual,
it's a mixture of both the good and the bad
Inordinate dependence creates weakness:
In lousy marriages there is a giver and there is a taker, not much different
from government and many people, says Kevin Avram
Unraveling puzzles in the US economy:
Gerard Jackson says a shakeout in America's economy is inevitable regardless
of what some say
Findings of fact: Steven Martinovich
wants to know if Microsoft is now officially a monopoly, why isn't another
company which recently made news?
Henry Lamb's reports from the COP5
summit on the Kyoto Protocol in Bonn, Germany
Setting up to fingerprint us all: America
continues to lurch towards a national identification card, says Vin Suprynowicz.
It's just a matter of time
Put not your trust in politicians:
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. says as long as we trust politicians, the progress
to freedom will be stalled
Will Lord Keynes cripple China's military?:
Chinese economic policy is likely to be the one thing that will destroy
their military but there's no reason to celebrate, says Peter Zhang
Taking your property: Either way,
writes Craig Docksteader, enshrining property rights for Canadians will
be difficult. If it's not the government, it's the courts
Defending America the rock star way:
Money going to gussy up the offices of generals which is supposed to go
to the troops? Say it ain't so, says David Hackworth
College: Do you really need a ticket
to ride any more?: A college degree used to be important, writes Lawrence
Henry, but these days other things count
Red China: New gatekeeper of our canal:
Phyllis Schlafly reports that how Panama broke its own laws to allow China
future control of the canal
Kyoto Land: Henry Lamb reports from
the U.N. meetings in Bonn over the rules governing the Kyoto Protocol
and Americans aren't going to like it
Darwin at his very best: Steve Martinovich
takes on the task of defending the rather controversial idea of women
selling their eggs
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Closest to God?: Liberals want
all art funded. Conservatives only want moral art funded. What's the right
answer? Neither, says Steve Martinovich
Congress must seize back the law-making
power: Does your congressional representative support HR 2655? If
not, why not? asks Vin Suprynowicz. Find out more about executive orders
and who's issued the most
Civil society marches toward global
governance: Did you know about the World Civil Society Conference
in Montreal earlier this month? Henry Lamb reveals what goes on at these
conferences and who's there
Ninety miles to freedom - A mother's
legacy: Elian Gonzalez's mother died in an attempt to find freedom
for her son. The boy should stay here, argues Joyce Mucci
Bradley devalues the game: Bill
Bradley accuses Al Gore of being a liar. It may be true, writes Joe Schembrie,
but Bradley's hands aren't exactly clean either
McCore: The media's favorite fast food
candidates: McCain, Gore...McTruth. Diane Alden details how these
two candidates are a dream for today's media
Incredible arrogance: The title of
Charles Bloomer's piece says it all when we consider a recent White House
meeting on the matter of gun control
The Washington Derby: The world's
greatest horse race is about to begin, says Phil Carmichael, or it would
begin if the media stopped their meddling and just did their job
The 'real' Y2K problem: Lewis J. Goldberg
wonders if the real Y2K problem isn't outdated hardware and software,
but a certain resident of the White House
Manic progressives: Do conspiracies
about public schools belong in the same category as Roswell aliens and
TWA 800? Erik Jay wonders
Land of the free?: Scott Carpenter
looks at the Seattle riots from a Canadian perspective and likes it just
as little as Americans did
Negus?: Contrary to popular perception,
19th century women were not considered inferior to women, says Antonia
Feitz. And the negus? Well, read on to find out
Merry Christmas Nanny: Kimberley
Wilson wanted to purchase a relative a special gift and she knew exactly
what it should have been
Christian models of public service:
Christmas is a perfect time to remember public service, writes Steve Farrell
Remembering those who defend us: Is
Christmas a time of peace and family? If so, it's because of the men and
women who defend your nation, says Charles Bloomer
Person of the Century: FDR vs. RR:
Roosevelt and Reagan represent two different ideals, says Joe Schembrie,
which explains a decision by Time Magazine
Free for all, the free market and
the WTO: Diane Alden discusses the WTO, IMF and free trade with Jude
Wanniski
The disastrous deal of 1972: Gregory
Bresiger traces the problems of Social Security back to a 1972
deal that few opposed. Problems that will continue as long as Social Security
is around
Homosexual hypocrisy: If disparaging
people with alternative lifestyles is wrong, asks Antonia Feitz, why do
those same people relish disparaging others? Find out what happened in
Australia recently
Hillary, Cronkite call for world government:
Walter Cronkite calls for changes to the "basic structure of our
global community" and the media doesn't say a word? Henry Lamb rectifies
their error
The advancement of tyranny: Why
regulate when it's easier to litigate? Charles Bloomer says that's what
the government has planned for its next target
The American way, or else!:
No one agrees with child labour, writes Lewis J. Goldberg, but simply
legislating its existence away solve none of the root problems that cause
it. The WTO has yet to learn that
Vision, courage and resolve needed
to tackle the national debt: If Canada's federal government wants
to fight its gigantic debt, says Walter Robinson, it should at least be
brave in how it does it
Spotting the bonfire at the end of the
tunnel: With the recent news of out Kosovo, Vin Suprynowicz wonders
if NATO forces will soon be bombing Albanians
Arbitrary world government: Ivan Vesely
says America is rapidly becoming like the countries it bombs. That puts
it in some dubious company
Media proves Alan Keyes' accusation that
they are racist: Is Alan Keyes the victim of racism by America's media?
Mary Mostert says last week's GOP debate proved it
The case against Madonna: Brad
Aisa says Madonna's monopoly is eerily similar to Microsoft's. So when
does the antitrust trial begin?
On a mission from God - Part 2: Bruce
Babbitt and the environmental movement: In part two of Diane Alden's
exposé on Bruce Babbitt and the environmentalist movement, she
details how three politicians joined forces against him
The '68 boom and all that: We may
get a hangover on January 1, 2000, but Gerard Jackson says the Federal
Reserve will be responsible for another one some day
The Third Way Part V: Republicats and
Third Wave Marxism: Steve Farrell continues his look and the Third
Way with the Contract with America and Alvin Toffler influenced it
The success it is today: If Canadian
provinces really want to shake up the system, a provincially run pension
plan isn't the way to do it, writes Steven Martinovich
Ted Turner's money helped fund WTO
protests: Tom DeWeese reports that at least some of the blame for
the Seattle protests should like with Ted Turner, billionaire socialist
and friend of the radical left
Lost in the WTO: Joe Schembrie
takes a different tack with psychology in explaining the WTO protests
in Seattle last week
Hate-crimes? Yeah, I hate crime:
Lewis J. Goldberg wonders if we can raise the bar for crimes committed
against identifiable groups, why not raise it for everyone?
The security of a free state: Charles
Bloomer says the Second Amendment has some very important words, but not
the ones you usually hear about during debates
Frankenfoods or lifesavers?: Farmer
Dennis Rice comes out swinging when it comes to genetically modified foods.
Defend them or else, he says
Jesse Jackson loses direction:
Mike Green says Jesse Jackson shouldn't have to Decatur, Illinois if he
wanted to make a difference since the real problem isn't there
Why does Australia's media love Clinton
and hate Reagan?: America's media aren't the only one with a bias
problem, reports Gerard Jackson. Things are just as bad in the land down
under
CEDAW: What's CEDAW? Antonia Feitz
explains the 1979 United Nations treaty which bars discrimination against
women
Don't check the box: You know that
box on your tax form that tries to get you to give $3 to federal elections?
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. asks you not check it off
New organizing methods: Card check and
neutrality agreements: With union membership declining, Eric Heubeck
reports that organized labour have come up with a new method to unionize
workplaces
The Millennium Assembly & Summit:
Henry Lamb writes that the real issue of importance to the next president
of the United States is going to be that of global governance
Breeding prosperity and eliminating
political interference: Other countries are going to private social
security systems, writes Kevin Avram, why not yours?
The fate of the alpha female:
We just don't understand Hillary Clinton, says Joe Schembrie, especially
her dark side
Highway deaths continue ... while experts
study flint shards: People continue to die every day on US 93 but
no action is being taken because of an archeological "site,"
writes Vin Suprynowicz
A woman's place is in the home (My wife lets me say that) - Lewis J. Goldberg
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