For those that haven’t watched it, I strongly recommend you take the time to watch President Bush’s speech he gave yesterday to the UN General Assembly. It can still be viewed on C-Span. If you don’t get a chance to catch it on C-Span, atleast read it. It will definitely go down as one of […]
Archive for September, 2004
Sep22nd2004
There is constant debate amongst liberals and conservatives about the appropriate role of the federal judiciary in the United States. Liberals hold to the ‘living constitution’ philosophy. A philosophy that argues a judge should interpret the constitution based on today’s moral climate. Conservatives hold to a ‘dead constitution’ philosophy, which argues that a judge should […]
Sep22nd2004
“Western so-called progressives who denounce the war of 2003 as a mistake are in fact illiberal and reactionary. They should be ashamed of themselves. Denunciation of war-making is much more fun than the recognition of the truth that the calculated use of force can achieve good. The United States and Britain must not be deterred” […]
Sep21st2004
Arnold Kling, MIT Economist, points out that the reason it’s shrinking is that more people are being squeezed into the upper classes.
For those interested in Income Inequality, a detailed analysis by Robert Rector at the Heritage Foundation can be found here.
Hat Tip: CafeHayek.
Sep20th2004
Dan Rather finally admitted that he had used false documents in his charge against George W. Bush’s military record.
And this is the reason why they so easily accepted the documents in the first place.
Sep20th2004
Why the U.N. has no moral standing.
Sep17th2004
“These people are infected with a corrosive doubt about their own country. A recent Pew Research Center poll found, for instance, that 51 percent of Democrats agreed with the proposition that “U.S. wrongdoing” contributed to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 (only 17 percent of Republicans agreed). Those are astounding numbers, an indictment not really […]
Sep17th2004
Supporters of a ‘national healthcare’ continously use Canada as an example of how government run health care can work. Free marketers usually respond that it may seem to work now, but with time, the economic principles will take effect. Well it looks like the free marketers have won again,Canada’s Once-proud Public Health System In Crisis,
Canada […]
Sep17th2004
Say what you will about George Bush’s plan in Iraq, but at least he has a consistent plan. Charles Krauthammer documents the contradictory positions Kerry has taken on the Iraq war. He concludes,
These dizzying contradictions — so glaring, so public, so frequent — have gone beyond undermining anything Kerry can now say on Iraq. They […]
Sep17th2004
House Republican leaders are moving forward with plans to pass legislation that would strip courts of their jurisdiction to review cases involving the Pledge of Allegiance. The article writes,
The House Judiciary Committee yesterday voted along party lines to eradicate the power of federal courts — including the Supreme Court — to alter the Pledge of […]
Sep16th2004
I did some minor changes to the website, I hope everyone likes it. I changed the font, and moved the time stamp to the right.
Sep16th2004
Economic View Of The World
Published by in Economics, General, Minimum Wage and Wal-Mart. 2 CommentsThe more I study economics the more I am surprised at how differently economists react to certain events compared to how non-economists react. From what I know about economics, I could only speculate that this has to do with two driving concepts that are shared by all economists. First, the belief that everybody […]
Sep16th2004
Three hurricaines have gone through Florida in a short span of time and many are speculating that it’s the cause of global warming. They are using the hurricanes as a reminder that we need to do something about this phenomenon.
The fact that the world is getting warmer is something that both sides can agree […]
Sep15th2004
Fox News is reporting that a Vietnam Vet that testified to war crimes in Vietnam claims he was coerced by Kerry to lie.
A veteran who testified to John Kerry (search) about atrocities he committed in the Vietnam War (search) is now claiming that the Democratic presidential candidate coerced him to tell tales.
Steven […]
Sep15th2004
It is a known fact that senators overwhelmingly send their kids to private schools but a new study shows that so do public school teachers. It looks like those that know the public school system best know enough to send their kids somewhere else.
From the Heritage Policy Weblog:
We already know where members of Congress […]
Sep15th2004
Another Try At Solving The Health Care Problem
Published by in Economics, General and HealthCare. 0 CommentsArnold Kling, Phd In Economics from MIT, gives his opinion on how to solve the health care problem.
