by Scott Holleran | Feb 28, 2004 | Movies
The Passion of the Christ’s theme is that suffering, not joy, is man’s proper fate.
by Joseph Kellard | Feb 28, 2004 | POLITICS
As the 2004 presidential election nears, Americans will increasingly hear the Democratic candidate and his supporters demand that we “narrow the gap” between the incomes of the rich and the poor. That gap, however, isn’t the injustice the Left...
by Alexander Marriott | Feb 28, 2004 | POLITICS
I was watching Geraldo’s “At Large” program this evening and to my horror both he and Col. David Hunt hypothesized that the only reason we aren’t intervening in this third world mess in Haiti is racial prejudice from the White House. Huh?The...
by Jean Francois Revel | Feb 27, 2004 | CULTURE
In short, the United States I had discovered was in complete contrast to the conventional portrayal then generally accepted in Europe
by Thomas Sowell | Feb 26, 2004 | POLITICS
Random thoughts on the passing scene: People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. My New Year’s resolution is to stop trying to reason with unreasonable people. This should reduce my correspondence considerably. Benedict Arnold was a war hero,...
by Larry Elder | Feb 26, 2004 | POLITICS
Consider government-sanctioned or court-mandated same-sex marriage — somewhere, at some point — a virtual certainty. For the Massachusetts State Supreme Court recently advised its legislature that anything short of same-sex marriage constitutes a violation...
by Thomas Sowell | Feb 25, 2004 | POLITICS
Parents in Fairfax, Virginia, have succeeded in getting rid of one of the endless series of fad programs that distract American public schools from real education in real subjects. Like most fad programs, this one had a high-sounding name: The International...
by Walter Williams | Feb 25, 2004 | POLITICS
In Marcus Cook Connelly’s spiritual play, “Green Pastures,” God lamented to the Angel Gabriel, “Every time Ah passes a miracle, Ah has to pass fo’ or five mo’ to ketch up wid it,” and adding, “Even bein God ain’t...
by Thomas Sowell | Feb 24, 2004 | POLITICS
It may be too early in this election year to determine which will be the biggest of the Big Lies in this political campaign. However, my feeling is that it may be “the working poor.” While there are working people who are poor, most poor people are not...