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12/28/16: Farewell
12/27/16: Random Thoughts, Looking Back
12/21/16: A Public Service
12/20/16: The ‘Diversity’ Fraud
12/13/16: Where Are We?
12/06/16: The Left’s Gambles
11/24/16: Football and Fallacies
11/22/16: Backward-Looking ‘Progressives’
11/16/16: What Now?: Part II
11/15/16: What Now?
11/08/16: Painful Choices: Part II
11/08/16: Painful Choices
11/03/16: Has Economics Failed?
11/02/16: The Left’s Vision
11/01/16: Random Thoughts
10/27/16: Immigration Controversies
10/26/16: Turnout Time
10/21/16: The Left and the Masses: Part III
10/20/16: The Left and the Masses: Part II
10/19/16: The Left and the Masses
10/11/16: Words Versus Deeds
10/06/16: A public black prep school no more: What racial equality in education has wrought
10/05/16: The Academic Curtain
09/27/16: ‘Favors’ to Blacks
09/20/16: Our Political Predicament
09/14/16: Election Year Books
09/13/16: Racial Issues
09/06/16: Misleading Statistics
08/31/16: A Gem in Chicago
08/30/16: Abstract Immigrants in an Abstract World
08/23/16: Do facts matter anymore?
08/19/16: Trump and Blacks
08/16/16: Does Black Success Matter?
08/10/16: New Critics of Trump
08/09/16: Old Lies
08/02/16: The Political Picture
07/26/16: Black Votes Matter
07/19/16: The Dumbest Idea
07/13/16: The War on Cops: Part II
07/12/16: The War on Cops
07/05/16: What Are We Celebrating?
06/28/16: The Fraud Goes On
06/21/16: The Gun Control Farce
06/14/16: Will Orlando Change Anything?
06/08/16: Is Personal Responsibility Obsolete?: Part II
06/07/16: Is Personal Responsibility Obsolete?
05/31/16: Socialism for the Uninformed
05/24/16: Commencement Season
05/17/16: Grim Choices
05/10/16: Dry Rot in Academia
05/06/16: An Unmitigated Disaster
05/03/16: Random Thoughts
04/26/16: Conservatives for Trump?
04/19/16: Winners or Whiners?
04/13/16: Campaign Lies
04/12/16: The ‘Voice of the People’ Fallacy
04/05/16: Dangerous Donald Trump
03/22/16: Supreme Hypocrisy
03/22/16: Black and White, Left and Right
03/15/16: Voting at a Crossroads
03/09/16: Desperate Tactics
03/08/16: Random Thoughts
03/03/16: Last Chance for America? Part II
03/01/16: Last Chance for America?
02/23/16: Paranoid Politics
02/17/16: The Lure of Socialism
02/16/16: Tragedy and Choices
02/09/16: Toxic Words
02/03/16: After Iowa
02/02/16: Random Thoughts
02/01/16: Grow Up!
01/26/16: The Demand for Villains
01/25/16: Do Emotions Trump Facts? Part II
01/22/16: Do Emotions Trump Facts?
01/19/16: What Are Elections For?
01/12/16: ‘Messing With the Constitution’
01/06/16: Showman-in-Chief
01/05/16: Complicating the Obvious
12/29/15: Remembering 2015
12/22/15: The Busybody Left
12/16/15: Attacking the Truth: Part II
12/15/15: Attacking the Truth
12/08/15: The President’s Speech
12/02/15: A Resurgence of Intolerance
12/01/15: Intellectual gifts galore!
11/25/15: Political Translations
11/24/15: The Disappearing Governors
11/18/15: Random Thoughts
11/17/15: Stop the Bleeding
11/10/15: The Ben Carson Flaps
11/03/15: Ignoring the Obvious
10/27/15: Hillary 2.0
10/21/15: Politicians’ Words
10/20/15: Open Season on the Police
10/14/15:The ‘Gun Control’ Farce: Part II
10/13/15: The ‘Gun Control’ Farce
10/09/15: Charlatans and Sheep: Part III
10/08/15: Charlatans and Sheep: Part II
10/07/15: Charlatans and Sheep
10/01/15: The ‘Affordable Housing’ Fraud
09/30/15: Good Riddance!
09/22/15: The Left Has Its Pope
09/17/15: Why Have Elections?
09/16/15: Opportunity Versus Outcomes
09/08/15: The Past and Future of the Refugee Crisis
09/01/15: A Revealing Clue
08/25/15: Sorting the Candidates
08/20/15: Immigration Excuses
08/18/15: Random Thoughts
08/11/15: A Debatable ‘Debate’
08/04/15: The Trump Card
07/28/15: Documented Irresponsibility
07/23/15: The Fact-Free Left: Part II
07/22/15: The Fact-Free Left
07/21/15: A Historic Catastrophe
07/14/15: Is the Civil War Over?
07/08/15: Looking Back
07/07/15: A Legacy of Cliches
06/30/15: Supreme Court Disasters
06/23/15: Hillary and History
06/16/15: Micro-totalitarianism
06/09/15: Who Lost Iraq?
06/02/15: Paying the Price
05/26/15: Graduation Gifts Picks
05/19/15: ‘Just Asking’
05/05/15: Race, Politics and Lies
04/28/15: Anti-Trust Law and Lawlessness
04/21/15: Chaos in the Primaries
04/14/15: The New Inquisition
04/07/15: The Iran ‘Agreement’ Charade
04/01/15: Etiquette Versus Annihilation
03/31/15: Who Trashes Liberal Arts?
03/25/15: Western advocates of ‘nation-building’ should master recently deceased statesman’s legacy of lessons
03/24/15: A Simple Question
03/18/15: Ruinous ‘Compassion’
03/17/15: Two Warnings
03/10/15: The ‘Disparate Impact’ Racket
03/04/15: Random Thoughts
03/03/15: The Honesty Gap
02/24/15: Giuliani Versus Obama
02/18/15: Glib ‘Happy Talk’
02/17/15: Damaging Admissions
02/10/15: Measles, Vaccines and Autism
02/04/15: Obama Versus America
02/03/15: Stormy Weather and Politics
01/27/15: Random Thoughts
01/21/15: Early Presidential Prospects
01/20/15: ‘Diversity’ in Action
01/13/15: New Year’s Irresolution
01/06/15: The ‘Equality’ Racket
01/02/15: A Year of Anniversaries
12/31/14: Are Facts Obsolete?
12/30/14: Random Thoughts
12/23/14: Who’s Responsible?
12/16/14: Tortured Reasoning
12/10/14: Give the gift of books!
12/09/14: Is Law Optional?
12/02/14: Opinions Versus Facts
11/25/14: Beware of Our Betters
11/19/14: Racial Quota Punishment
11/18/14: A Legacy of Liberalism
11/11/14: What Happened?
11/04/14: Voter Fraud and Voter I.D.
10/28/14: Random thoughts on the passing scene
10/21/14: Predatory Journalism
10/15/14: Irresponsible ‘Education’
10/14/14: We can still salvage enough of the Constitution to remain a free, democratic nation
10/07/14: Why the safety of the American people takes second place to the goal of helping people overseas
09/30/14: Random Thoughts
09/23/14: Who Wants War?
09/16/14: Late-Talking Children
09/11/14: Success or Failure?
09/10/14: Cheap Politicians
09/09/14: Mob Rule Economics
09/02/14: Irresponsible Choices
08/26/14: Facts vs. Visions
08/21/14: The Media and the Mob
08/19/14: Random Thoughts
08/12/14: Attacking Achievement
08/05/14: Is Thinking Obsolete?
07/29/14: Cease the Cease-Fires
07/22/14: Bordering on Madness
07/15/14: Lawsuits and Impeachment
07/08/14: A Primer on Race
07/01/14: America’s Birthday
06/24/14: A Lame Duck Country?
06/18/14: A Bitter After-taste
06/13/14: Amnesty Lite Is Still Amnesty
06/10/14: The Prisoner Swap Deal
06/03/14: The Ambassador and the Post Office
05/27/14: Random Thoughts
05/20/14: Poverty and Snow Storms
05/14/14: The Height of Utopianism
05/13/14: Kangaroo Courts on Campus?
05/07/14: Moral Bankruptcy
05/06/14: My unuttered apology
05/01/14: Will Dunbar Rise Again?
04/30/14: Demonizing the Helpers
04/29/14: Politics Versus Education
04/25/14: The High Cost of Liberalism: Part III
04/24/14: The High Cost of Liberalism: Part II
04/23/14: The High Cost of Liberalism
04/15/14: Statistical Frauds
04/10/14: It can be done: Passionate about race issues but no race hustler was he
04/08/14: A Halo for Selfishness
04/02/14: How Foreign Is Our Policy?: Part II
04/01/14: How Foreign Is Our Policy?
03/25/14: Republicans and Blacks
03/19/14: Possibly the best book of this year and already condemned
03/18/14: Facts and Factions
03/11/14: The Left Versus Minorities
03/04/14: Freedom Is Not Free
02/25/14: The ‘Fairness’ Fraud
02/21/14: The Lesson of Dunkirk
02/20/14: Cruz Control? Part II
02/19/14: Cruz Control?
02/18/14: Another Galling Betrayal
02/11/14: Random Thoughts
02/04/14: Republicans to the Rescue?
01/28/14: The Inequality Bogeyman
01/24/14: Fact-Free Liberals: Part IV
01/23/14: Fact-Free Liberals: Part III
01/22/14: Fact-Free Liberals: Part II
01/21/14: Fact-Free Liberals
01/15/14: Christie, Hillary and Obama
01/14/14: Politics Versus Education
01/07/14: The ‘Trickle-Down’ Lie
01/01/14: Hit Piece Journalism
12/30/13: ObamaCare Revealed Obama For What He Was, But What Will GOP Do?
12/10/13: Give the gift of wisdom: My book picks
12/03/13: A Challenge to Our Beliefs
11/26/13: Random Thoughts
11/20/13: A Very Dangerous Game
11/19/13: The War Against Achievement
11/13/13:Tea Party at the Crossroads: Part II
11/12/13: Tea Party at the Crossroads
11/05/13: An Old ‘New’ Program
10/30/13: Throw the Rascals Out?: Part II
10/29/13: Throw the Rascals Out?
10/24/13: Race-Hustling Results: Part III
10/23/13: Race-Hustling Results: Part II
10/22/13: Race-Hustling Results
10/15/13: A Return to Keynes?
10/08/13: Inarticulate Republicans
10/04/13: Who Shut Down the Government?
10/01/13: Destroying Household Jobs
09/24/13: High Risk, Low Yield
09/18/13: Minimum Wage Madness: Part II
09/17/13: Minimum Wage Madness
09/11/13: Syria and Obama: Part II
09/10/13: Syria and Obama
09/04/13: Serious About Syria?
09/03/13: Unintended Consequences
08/28/13: A Poignant Anniversary
08/27/13: A Truly Great Phony
08/20/13: Reality Versus Mirages in Egypt
08/13/13: Are We Serious About Education?
08/06/13: Busybody Politics
07/30/13: The Tragedy of Isolation
07/23/13: Random Thoughts
07/16/13: Is This Still America?
07/09/13: Who Is Racist?
07/05/13: The Mindset of the Left: Part IV
07/04/13: The Mindset of the Left: Part III
07/03/13: The Mindset of the Left: Part II
07/02/13: The Mindset of the Left
06/25/13: Random Thoughts
06/18/13: The Loss of Trust
06/12/13: Sex and the Military
06/11/13: Economics vs. ‘Need’
06/05/13: Historic Rescuers
06/04/13: Abstract Immigrants
05/28/13: The Bullying Pulpit
05/22/13: Undoing the Brainwashing
05/21/13: Wimps Versus Barbarians
05/15/13: Looking Back — and Forward
05/14/13: Lies About Libya
05/08/13: Words That Replace Thought
05/07/13: Bouncing Ball Politics
05/01/13: Is Thinking Obsolete?
04/30/13: The Art of the Impossible
04/25/13: Immigration Gambles: Part II
04/24/13: Immigration Gambles
04/23/13: Genes and Racism
04/17/13: Immigration Sophistry
04/16/13: Fact-Free Crusades
04/10/13: Tests and Tiger Moms
04/09/13: ‘Proportional’ Response
04/04/13: Guns Save Lives
04/02/13: Middle East ‘Democracy’
03/26/13: ‘Me Too’ Republicans
03/26/13: Can It Happen Here?
03/20/13: A Real Term Limit
03/19/13: Gifted Hands (Dr. Benjamin Carson)
03/15/13: Intellectuals and Race: Part IV
03/14/13: Intellectuals and Race: Part III
03/13/13: Intellectuals and Race: Part II
03/12/13: Intellectuals and Race
03/06/13: Economic Mobility
03/05/13: Budget Politics
02/26/13: Shepherds and Sheep
02/19/13: Guns and Pensions
02/12/13: Random Thoughts
02/06/13: Prophets and Losses: Part II
02/05/13: Prophets and Losses
01/30/13: Whose Welfare?
01/29/13: Shouting Louder
01/22/13: Do Gun Control Laws Control Guns?
01/15/13: Liberalism Versus Blacks
01/08/13:The Role of ‘Educators’
01/01/13: Happy New Year?
12/25/12: Random Thoughts
12/19/12: ‘Forward’ to the Past?
12/18/12: Invincible Ignorance
12/12/12: Taxing the Poor
12/11/12: Give the gift of wisdom: My book picks
12/05/12: Fiscal Cliff Notes: Part II
12/04/12: Fiscal Cliff Notes
11/28/12: A book that could have booted Obama from office was all but ignored. It shouldn’t be any longer
11/27/12: When academics seek truth and not just fame
11/21/12: Hotels and Hassles
11/20/12: Killing The Goose
11/15/12: The Need to Explain
11/14/12: Is Demography Destiny?
11/13/12: Nice Losers
11/07/12: Waiving Freedom
11/06/12: Gross Misconceptions
10/30/12: ‘Cooling Out’ the Voters
10/23/12: Libya and Lies
10/16/12: Random Thoughts
10/11/12: Phony in Chief
10/10/12: Race Cards
10/04/12: Cheap Politicians
10/03/12: Capital Gains Taxes
09/28/12: Obama Versus Obama: Part IV
09/27/12: Obama Versus Obama: Part III
09/26/12: Obama Versus Obama: Part II
09/21/12: Obama Versus Obama
09/21/12: Can Republicans Talk?
09/20/12: The Fallacy of Redistribution
09/19/12: The Great Tax Divide
09/14/12: G0D AND JERUSALEM
09/13/12:The Brass Standard
09/12/12: Depending on Dependency
09/11/12: An Economic ‘Plan’?
09/05/12: ‘Bait and Switch’ Taxes
09/04/12: Obama’s Dreams
08/29/12: Risky Business
08/28/12: Entitlement Reforms
08/22/12: A Powerful Movie
08/21/12: ‘Issues’ or America?
08/14/12: The Paul Ryan Choice
08/08/12: Harlem Then and Now
08/07/12: Sports Versus Politics
08/01/12: Milton Friedman’s Centenary
07/31/12: Big Lies in Politics
07/25/12: Random Thoughts
07/24/12: News Versus Propaganda
07/19/12: Trashing Achievements
07/17/12: Are Race Riots News?
07/13/12: Jobs Versus Net Jobs
07/12/12: The Invincible Lie: Part II
07/11/12: The Invincible Lie
07/10/12: All-Time All-Stars: Part II
07/09/12: All-Time All-Stars
07/04/12: Teaching Economics
07/03/12: Judicial Betrayal
06/29/12: A Political Glossary, Part IV
06/28/12: A Political Glossary, Part III
06/27/12: A Political Glossary, Part II
06/26/12: A Political Glossary
06/20/12: Random Thoughts
06/19/12: The Immigration Ploy
06/12/12: Socialist or Fascist?
06/07/12: The Real ‘War on Women’
06/05/12: Playing With Words
06/01/12: Holder’s Chutzpah
05/29/12: ‘Meaningful Work’
05/23/12: A Book for Republicans
05/22/12: Big Lies in Politics
05/21/12: A Racial Revolution?
05/15/12: A Censored Race War?
05/08/12: The Moral Infrastructure
05/02/12: A Cynical Process: Part II
05/01/12: A Cynical Process
04/30/12: Who Is ‘Racist’?: Part II
04/24/12: Who Is ‘Racist’?
04/17/12: Mixing and Matching
04/10/12: Random Thoughts
04/04/12: Political Word Games
04/03/12: The Invincible Dogma
03/30/12: The Death of Mrs. G
03/28/12: Geraldo’s Point
03/27/12: Back to the Future?
03/20/12: Race and Rhetoric
03/19/12: The ‘Inevitability’ Vote
03/15/12: Racial Quota Fallout
03/13/12: The Big Hoax
03/07/12: Iran and Obama
03/06/12: James Q. Wilson (1931-2012)
03/01/12: ‘Super Tuesday’
02/28/12: Pettiness and Mud
02/22/12: The ‘Fairness’ Fraud
02/21/12: Academic Hypocrisy
02/16/12: The Progressive Legacy: Part III
02/15/12:The Progressive Legacy: Part II
02/14/12: The ‘Progressive’ Legacy
02/09/12: GOP Voters Are Still Saying ‘We Don’t Want Romney!’
02/07/12: A Defining Moment
01/31/12: The Republican establishment is smearing Gingrich
01/31/12: Getting Nowhere, Very Fast
01/26/12: Is Anybody Serious?
01/25/12: A Brass Age?
01/24/12: South Carolina Message
01/20/12: An Ignored ‘Disparity’: Part IV
01/19/12: An Ignored ‘Disparity’: Part III
01/18/12: An Ignored ‘Disparity’: Part II
01/17/12: An Ignored ‘Disparity’
01/10/12: Kodak and the Post Office
12/29/11: Republican Voters’ Choices
12/27/11: Random Thoughts
12/20/11: The Past and the Present
12/13/11: Gridlock to the Rescue?
12/06/11: This holiday season give the gift of wisdom: My book picks
11/30/11: Lessons of History?
11/29/11: Gingrich and Immigration
11/23/11: Failure or Success?
11/22/11: Alice in Liberal Land
11/15/11: Lazy, soft and unimaginative
11/10/11: The Real Scandal
11/08/11: Numbers Games
11/02/11: Payday Loans
11/01/11: Democracy Versus Mob Rule
10/25/11: The Media and ‘Bullying’
10/18/11: Random Thoughts
10/11/11: Reverse Racism
10/05/11:The ‘Hunger’ Hoax
10/03/11: ‘Stop Whining’?
09/28/11: Politics vs. Economics
09/27/11: Superman vs. Warm Body
09/21/11: Unsound Bites
09/20/11: The ‘Ponzi’ Sound Bite
09/15/11: Back to the Future: Part III
09/14/11: Back to the Future: Part II
09/13/11: Back to the Future?
09/07/11: Two Different Worlds: Part II
09/06/11: Two Different Worlds
08/30/11: An Unusual Economy?
08/18/11: Social Degeneration: Part III
08/17/11: Social Degeneration: Part II
08/16/11: Social Degeneration
08/10/11: A Pyrrhic ‘Victory’
08/09/11: Random Thoughts
08/03/11: Misleading Words: Part II
08/02/11: Misleading Words
07/29/11: Ideals Versus Realities
07/28/11:Obama’s ‘Balanced’ Approach
07/26/11: Debt-Ceiling Chicken
07/19/11: Good Things
07/12/11: Unknown Unknowns
07/06/11: Politics Versus Reality: Part II
07/05/11: Politics Versus Reality
06/29/11: Is Democracy Viable?
06/28/11: July 4th
06/21/11: The Missing Money
06/20/11: Is Pawlenty Plenty?
06/07/11: Different Decisions
06/01/11: Seductive Beliefs: Part II
05/31/11: Seductive Beliefs
05/24/11: Dependency and Votes
05/17/11: Slaves to Words
05/10/11: The ‘Education’ Mantra
05/03/11: Fed Up with the Fed?
04/28/11: Will Trump finally go away?
04/27/11: Race and Economics
04/19/11: Bull About Bullying
04/13/11: Taxes and Politics
04/12/11: Another Spending Cut Plan
04/05/11: Political Statistics
03/30/11: Obama Speech: Full Of Rhetoric, Bereft Of Logic
03/29/11: Voting with Their Feet
03/22/11: Random Thoughts
03/16/11: Blacks and Republicans
03/15/11: The ‘Redevelopment’ Hoax
03/08/11: Union Myths
03/01/11: Is Democracy Viable?
02/23/11: Voices of Moderation
02/22/11: Reckless Spending
02/15/11: Rocky and Republicans
02/09/11: The ‘Judicial Activism’ Ploy
02/08/11: Undermining Allies
02/01/11: Spilled Milk
01/25/11: New Heroes vs. Old
01/19/11: Budget Crisis Rhetoric, Part II
01/18/11: Budget Crisis Rhetoric
01/11/11: A Republican Showdown?
01/05/11: Mascot Politics
01/04/11: “Saving” the Housing Market
12/29/10: Promises and Riots
12/28/10: Political End Runs
12/21/10: Random Thoughts
12/14/10: Still need a gift? Give wisdom
12/08/10: Walter Williams’ Memoir
12/07/10: Rhetoric Rides Again
12/01/10: Can Republicans Talk?, Part II
11/30/10: Can Republicans Talk?
11/23/10: Searches Show A Contempt For Americans
11/16/10: Deficit Reduction
11/10/10: The “Gridlock” Bogeyman
11/09/10: Political Judges
11/02/10: Guess Who?
10/29/10: A Crossroads Election
10/28/10: Brass Oldies: Part III
10/27/10: Brass Oldies: Part II
10/26/10: Brass Oldies
10/22/10: Is Barney Frank?: Part II
10/21/10: Is Barney Frank?
10/20/10: The Multicultural Cult, Part II
10/19/10: The Multicultural Cult
10/13/10: Government Greed
10/12/10: Feingold Versus Johnson
10/06/10: Red Herring Politics: Part II
10/05/10: Red Herring Politics
09/29/10: Random Thoughts
09/28/10: Politics versus gold
09/22/10: Penny-Wise on Crime
09/21/10: The Politics of Resentment
09/17/10: The Money of Fools: Part IV
09/16/10: The Money of Fools: Part III
09/15/10: The Money of Fools: Part II
09/14/10: The Money of Fools
09/08/10: A Non-Prediction
09/07/10: Political Fables
09/01/10: The Passing of E-6
08/31/10: The Mosque Controversy
08/27/10: ‘Moral Hazard’ in Politics
08/24/10: Medical Care Facts and Fables
08/20/10: Dismantling America, Part IV
08/19/10: Dismantling America, Part III
08/18/10: Dismantling America, Part II
08/17/10: Dismantling America
08/13/10: Bean-Counters and Baloney
08/10/10: Cheering Immaturity
08/04/10: Democrats Bite Democrats, Part II
08/03/10: Democrats Bite Democrats
07/27/10: How Smart Are We?
07/20/10: Race Card Fraud
07/13/10: Signs of the Times
07/06/10: Santa and Frank
06/29/10: Gun Control Laws
06/24/10: A Sad Day
06/22/10: Degeneration of Democracy
06/15/10: Oil and Snake Oil
06/08/10: Random Thoughts
06/01/10: The Real Public Service
05/25/10: Justice and Injustice
05/21/10: Another Judicial Power Grab
05/18/10: “Enough Money”
05/11/10: A ‘Duty to Die’?
05/04/10: Race and Resentment
04/27/10: Filtering History
04/20/10: The Limits of Power
04/13/10: Good Riddance!
04/09/10: Race and Politics, Part IV
04/08/10: Race and Politics, Part III
04/07/10: Race and Politics, Part II
04/07/10: Race and Politics
03/30/10: ‘Change’ Is Not New
03/24/10: An Off-Budget Office?
03/23/10: A Point of No Return?
03/16/10: Talking Points vs. Realty
03/10/10: Artificial Stupidity
03/09/10: Stimulus or Sedative?
03/08/10: Alice in Health Care, Part IV
03/04/10: Alice in Health Care, Part III
03/03/10: Alice in Health Care, Part II
03/02/10: Alice in Health Care
02/24/10: Too Many Apologies
02/23/10: Economic Whodunit
02/16/10: Playing Freedom Cheap
02/12/10: The Fallacy of “Fairness”, Part IV
02/11/10: The Fallacy of “Fairness”, Part IiI
02/10/10: The Fallacy of “Fairness”, Part II
02/09/10: The Fallacy of “Fairness”
02/02/10: Pols in Wonderland
01/26/10: Great Scott!
01/22/10: Are Republicans “Due”?, Part IV
01/21/10: Are Republicans “Due”?, Part III
01/20/10: Are Republicans “Due”?, Part II
01/19/10: Are Republicans “Due”?
01/12/10: ‘Notional’ Security
01/06/10: Intellectuals and Society: Part II
01/05/10: Intellectuals and society
12/30/09: Old Boxing Matches
12/29/09: Unhealthy arrogance
12/22/09: The ‘Science’ Mantra
12/15/09: This holiday season, give the gift of wisdom
12/08/09: Jobs or Snow Jobs?
12/01/09: Random Thoughts
11/24/09: Solving Whose Problem?
11/17/09: Bowing to ‘World Opinion’
11/10/09: Random Thoughts
11/06/09: The ‘Costs’ of Medical Care, Part IV
11/05/09: The ‘Costs’of Medical Care, Part III
11/04/09: The ‘Costs’of Medical Care, Part II
11/03/09: The ‘Costs’of Medical Care
10/30/09: Dismantling America: Part II
10/27/09: Dismantling America
10/20/09: To Sue or Not
10/14/09: Magic Numbers in Politics: Part II
10/13/09: Magic Numbers in Politics
10/07/09: Random thoughts
10/06/09: A Letter from a Child
09/29/09: The Brainy Bunch
09/23/09: The underdogs
09/22/09: Choosing The Right College
09/15/09: Fables for Adults
09/11/09: Listening to a Liar: Part II
09/08/09: Listening to a Liar
09/01/09: Suicide of the West?
08/25/09: The Great Escape
08/21/09: Whose medical decisions?, Part IV
08/20/09: Whose medical decisions?, Part III
08/19/09: Whose medical decisions?, Part II
08/18/09: Whose medical decisions?
08/11/09: Random Thoughts
08/05/09: Care versus control
08/04/09: Utopia versus freedom
07/29/09: Disaster in the making
07/28/09: A Post-Racial President?
07/24/09: Magician politics
07/21/09: Medical care confusion
07/14/09: A Personal Inequity
07/08/09: A Tangled Web, Part II
07/07/09: A tangled web
07/01/09: Equality on trial
06/30/09: Alice in Medical Care
06/24/09: Another ‘Good Thing’
06/23/09: GOPers in the wilderness
06/16/09: Equality or pay-back?
06/10/09: The Character of Nations
06/09/09: Varieties of nothing
06/04/09: ‘Out of Context’: Part III
06/03/09: ‘Out of Context’: Part II
06/02/09: ‘Out of Context’
05/28/09: Burke and Obama
05/27/09: ‘Empathy’ in Action
05/26/09: Random thoughts
05/19/09: Photographic fraud
05/13/09: The Blame Game
05/12/09: Talking points
05/08/09: “Empathy” Versus Law, Part IV
05/07/09: “Empathy” Versus Law, Part III
05/06/09: “Empathy” Versus Law, Part II
05/05/09: “Empathy” Versus Law
04/29/09: The housing boom and bust
04/28/09: Survival optional
04/22/09: Words versus realities
04/21/09: Are You an “Extremist”?
04/17/09: Magic Numbers in Politics
04/14/09: Magic words in politics
04/08/09: Mind-changing books
04/07/09: Random Thoughts
03/31/09: A Rookie President
03/24/09: Cheap Political Theater
03/17/09: The Republican Civil War
03/17/09: False solutions and real problems
03/10/09: Subsidizing bad decisions
03/03/09: Is Talk Cheap?
02/25/09: ‘Not One of Us’
02/24/09: A fatal trajectory
02/18/09: Upside Down Economics
02/18/09: The Rush To Wait
02/11/09: Random Thoughts
02/10/09: De-Programming Students
02/04/09: Republicans as Democrats, Part II
02/03/09: Republicans as Democrats
01/27/09: What are they buying?
01/21/09: Political speeches
01/20/09: Lured To Disaster
01/16/09: The Bush Legacy
01/13/09: Pretty Talk and Ugly Realities
01/09/09: Manufacturing a crime
01/08/09: An Emergency Review
01/06/09: The Economic ‘Stimulus’
12/31/08: The Art of the Impossible
12/30/08: ‘Outliers’
12/23/08: Random Thoughts
12/23/08: Another Great Depression?

12/17/08: Postponing reality
12/16/08: This holiday season, give the gift of wisdom
12/10/08: The high cost of favoritism
12/09/08: The Meaning of Mumbai
12/02/08: Freedom and the Left
11/26/08: Ivan and Boris again
11/25/08: ‘Jolting’ the Economy
11/19/08: The Right To Win
11/18/08: It’s priceless
11/11/08: ‘Intellectuals’
11/05/08: Affirmative Action and Gay ‘Marriage’
11/04/08: A ‘Sound’ Economy?
11/02/08: Ego and mouth
10/30/08: Obama, Powell and Popularity
10/29/08: A perfect storm
10/29/08: Taxing times
10/28/08: Obama and the law
10/26/08: Obama and ‘The Left’
10/21/08: Polls and pols
10/21/08: Believers in Obama
10/17/08: Record versus rhetoric
10/14/08: Negative advertising
10/09/08: The Real Obama, Part IV
10/09/08: The Real Obama, Part III
10/08/08: The Real Obama, Part II
10/07/08: The Real Obama
10/03/08: Do Facts Matter?
09/30/08: Penny-wise politics
09/30/08: Bailout politics
09/24/08: A political ‘solution’, Part II
09/23/08: A political ‘solution’
09/17/08: The High Cost of Racial Hype
09/16/08: Idols of crowds
09/09/08: The Vision of the Left
09/04/08: Foreign policy ‘experience’
09/03/08: A Knock or a Boost?
09/02/08: Changes in Politics
08/27/08: Anarchy on the Internet
08/26/08: Random Thoughts
08/20/08: Amateurs Outdoing Professionals
08/19/08: Georgia on our mind
08/13/08: Whose ‘special interests’?
08/12/08: The Galbraith Effect?
08/06/08: The Gratingest Generation
08/05/08: Bad ‘news’
07/29/08: Random Thoughts
07/23/08: Bankrupt ‘exploiters’, Part II
07/22/08: Bankrupt ‘exploiters’
07/16/08: Autism cures?
07/15/08: Are facts obsolete?
07/10/08: An Internet fraud
07/08/08: Conservatives for Obama?
07/02/08: Does patriotism matter?
07/01/08: High-Stakes Courts
06/26/08: The imitators, Part III
06/25/08: The imitators, Part II
06/24/08: The imitators
06/18/08: Tim Russert (1950-2008)
06/17/08: Is prestige worth it?
06/11/08: Cocky ignorance
06/05/08: Obama and McCain
06/03/08: Irrelevant apologies
05/28/08: The Bullet Counters
05/27/08: Mascot politics
05/21/08: Summer book picks
05/20/08: Random thoughts
05/15/08: Too ‘Complex’?, Part III
05/14/08: Too ‘Complex’?, Part II
05/13/08: Too ‘Complex’?
05/06/08: Random events
04/29/08: An Old Newness
04/24/08: The Economics of College, Part III
04/23/08: The Economics of College, Part II
04/22/08: The Economics of College
04/16/08: Political crusaders
04/15/08: A living lie
04/10/08: Republicans and Blacks
04/08/08: Random Thoughts
04/01/08: Irony on Wall Street
03/26/08: The Audacity of Rhetoric
03/25/08: Bipartisan primary blues
03/19/08: Obama’s speech
03/18/08: Race and politics
03/12/08: ‘Non-Judgmental’ Nonsense
03/11/08: The costs of crime
03/06/08: William F. Buckley (1925-2008)
03/04/08: Rescuing the Rust Belt
02/28/08: Cold Water on ‘Global Warming’
02/27/08: A lesson from Venezuela
02/26/08: Bad times
02/19/08: ‘Supporting the Troops’
02/13/08: Who is ‘Fascist’?
02/12/08: The media and politics
02/07/08: Economics, anyone?
02/05/08: What Kind of ‘Experience’?
02/01/08: McCain’s Straight Lies
01/30/08: A ‘Stimulus Package’?
01/29/08: ‘Billary’ versus Obama
01/25/08: McCain’s age
01/23/08: Dangerous demagoguery, Part II
01/22/08: Dangerous demagoguery
01/18/08: Primary dilemmas
01/15/08: Green ‘Disparate Impact’
01/09/08: Myths of ’68
01/08/08: What does it mean?
01/02/08: Santa Claus politics
12/27/07: Computerized confusion
12/26/07: Primary elections and secondary candidates
12/18/07: Academic intimidation
12/14/07: Say it ain’t so
12/12/07: Book picks ’07
12/11/07: At Last!
12/04/07: Random Thoughts
11/28/07: Expanding opportunities
11/27/07: That ‘Top One Percent’
11/20/07: Income confusion
11/14/07: Crusades Versus Caution, Part II
11/13/07: Crusades Versus Caution
11/06/07: Stop ‘making a difference’
10/31/07: ‘Driving While Black’
10/30/07: Political ‘solutions’
10/23/07: Prestige versus education
10/17/07: Crime and rhetoric
10/16/07: Sabotage in wartime
10/11/07: Until proven innocent
10/10/07: Clarence Thomas, Part II
10/09/07: Clarence Thomas
10/03/07: Random Thoughts
10/03/07: Columbia, Duke and the media
10/02/07: What is intelligence?
09/25/07: The last thing the South needs is a return to lynch-mob justice, whatever the color of whoever is promoting it
09/20/07: Mugged by reality, Part II
09/19/07: Mugged by reality, Part II
09/18/07: Mugged by reality
09/12/07: Amateur experts
09/11/07: Car chases
09/05/07: Random thoughts
09/04/07: No trade-offs?
08/28/07: No trade-offs?
08/21/07: An investment in failure
08/14/07: Tragic implications
08/08/07: Sub-prime politicians
08/07/07: A bridge too far gone
08/01/07: Defeatism defeated?
07/31/07: Prince of Darkness
07/24/07: Morally paralyzed
07/04/07: Taking America for Granted
07/03/07: Upsetting the elite
06/27/07: Attention-getters
06/26/07: Cultural heritages
06/20/07: Monopoly and government
06/19/07: Unfinished business
06/14/07: A home invader program?
06/11/07: Bipartisan betrayal
06/05/07: Adolescent intellectuals
05/30/07: A War of Words, Part II
05/29/07: A War of Words
05/24/07: The Amnesty Fraud, Part III
05/22/07: The Amnesty Fraud, Part II
05/22/07: The Amnesty Fraud
05/16/07: Presumptions of the Left
05/15/07: The Anger Of The Left
05/10/07: Bookstore ghettoes
05/08/07: The Scandal of ‘Scandals’
05/01/07: Random thoughts
04/24/07: Aftermath of the 1960s?
04/18/07: A trail of slime
04/17/07: A gutless lynch mob
04/11/07: Republican candidates
04/02/07: Playing with fire
03/27/07: Dangerous demagoguery
03/20/07: Talk shows
03/15/07: Global warming swindle
03/14/07: Is Newt Gingrich back?
03/13/07: “Supporting the troops”
03/09/07: Meatgrinder politics
03/06/07: Premature politics
03/02/07: High Court and low politics, Part IV
03/01/07: High Court and low politics, Part III
02/28/07: High Court and low politics, Part II
02/27/07: High Court and low politics
02/22/07: Priceless politics, Part III
02/21/07: Priceless politics, Part II
02/20/07: Priceless politics
02/15/07: Global hot air, Part III
02/14/07: Global hot air, Part II
02/13/07: Global hot air
02/06/07: All the “news”?
01/30/07: The larger tragedy
01/23/07: The “Greed” fallacy
01/17/07: Another Vietnam?, Part II
01/16/07: Another Vietnam?
01/10/07: The new ‘Yellow Peril’
01/09/07: Random thoughts
01/03/07: The real issue at Duke, Part II
01/02/07: The real issue at Duke
01/02/07: A dangerous obsession, Part V
12/29/06: A dangerous obsession, Part IV
12/28/06: A dangerous obsession, Part III
12/27/06: A dangerous obsession, Part II
12/26/06: A dangerous obsession
12/26/06: A dangerous obsession
12/20/06: The worst worsens
12/19/06: Holiday book picks ’06
12/14/06: Supreme farce, Part II
12/12/06: Supreme farce
12/05/06: Hollywood economics
12/04/06: Flickering signs of hope
11/28/06: Who really cares?
11/22/06: The Washington meat grinder
11/21/06: Sneak previews
11/14/06: From champs to chumps
11/09/06: Where is the West?
11/08/06: The rape of justice
11/07/06: A new voter fraud
11/06/06: The cast of characters, Part IV
11/03/06: The cast of characters, Part III
11/02/06: The cast of characters, Part II

10/31/06: The cast of characters
10/24/06: A blank check from America?
10/17/06: Can we talk?
10/13/06: Frivolous politics, Part IV
10/12/06: Frivolous politics, Part III
10/11/06: Frivolous politics, Part II
10/10/06: Frivolous politics
10/03/06: Socialism for the rich
09/26/06: A week’s revelations
09/19/06: Suicidal hand-wringing
09/12/06: Cheap shot journalism
09/06/06: The new nomenklatura
08/29/06: Random Thoughts
08/25/06: Race and economics
08/24/06: The Left and crime, Part II
08/23/06: The Left and crime
08/22/06: Point of no return?
08/16/06: Gay ‘marriage’
08/15/06: Will cease-fires never cease?
08/11/06: ‘Studies prove . . .’, Part III
08/10/06: ‘Studies prove . . .’, Part II
08/09/06: ‘Studies prove . . .’
08/08/06: A glimmer of hope
08/01/06: A military draft?
07/26/06: More amnesty fraud
07/25/06: Then and now
07/21/06: Pacifists versus peace
07/19/06: ‘Saving’ what from whom?
07/18/06: A ‘cycle’ of nonsense
07/12/06: Biased reporting
07/11/06: People power
07/06/06: Back from vacation
07/05/06: ‘Teddy’ and TIME
07/03/06: Is patriotism obsolete?
06/13/06: Random thoughts
06/07/06: Explosive facts
06/06/06: Birthright sale
06/05/06: Preserving a vision, Part IV
06/01/06: Preserving a vision, Part III
05/31/06: Preserving a vision, Part II
05/30/06: Preserving a vision
05/25/06: Bordering on fraud, Part III
05/24/06: Bordering on fraud, Part II
05/23/06: Bordering on fraud
05/17/06: The biggest scandal
05/16/06: Justice delayed?
05/11/06: GOPers and immigration
05/10/06: Is thinking obsolete?
05/09/06: Tabloid TV ‘justice’
05/04/06: Justice Thomas’ day job, Part II
05/03/06: Justice Thomas’ day job
05/02/06: Random thoughts
04/28/06: Oily politicians, Part II
04/27/06: Oily politicians
04/25/06: Law or lynch law?
04/24/06: Hidden costs
04/21/06: Why not everybody?
04/18/06: An ugly reality
04/12/06: Immigration ‘solutions’, Part IV
04/12/06: Immigration ‘solutions’, Part III
04/12/06: Immigration ‘solutions’, Part II
04/11/06: Immigration ‘solutions’
04/04/06: Are facts obsolete?
03/29/06: Guests or gate crashers?, Part II
03/28/06: Guests or gate crashers?
03/21/06: Alternatives to reality
03/20/06: French student riots
03/14/06: Classroom brainwashing
03/08/06: Oily politics
03/07/06: Cathedrals and faith
03/02/06: Something for nothing, Part III
03/01/06: Something for nothing, Part II
02/28/06: Something for nothing?
02/23/06: Another academic casualty
02/21/06: Postponing reality
02/16/06: Spoiled brat media
02/14/06: Two crises
02/08/06: Myths of rich and poor
02/07/06: Point of no return
01/31/06: Republicans and blacks
01/26/06: Political corruption, Part III
01/25/06: Political corruption, Part II
01/24/06: Political corruption
01/16/06: Senate condemnation hearings
01/12/06: Education: Then and now
01/10/06: Curing poverty or using poverty?
01/05/06: Green lies
01/03/06: Serious or suicidal?
12/27/05: Cheap politicians
12/20/05: Merry you-know-what
12/13/05: The media’s war
12/09/05: Heavyweight books
12/08/05: Mind-changing books
12/06/05: Holiday book picks
11/30/05: Random thoughts
11/29/05: What’s in a name?
11/25/05: What flight?
11/22/05: Tortured reasoning
11/17/05: Ignoring economics, Part III
11/16/05: Ignoring economics, Part II
11/15/05: Ignoring economics
11/09/05: Irrelevant questions
11/08/05: Riots in France
11/02/05: Civil rights rites
11/01/05: Fishing license indictment
10/31/05: Dangerous caution
10/28/05: ‘Us’ or ‘them’?
10/27/05: Rosa Parks and history
10/17/05: Random Thoughts
10/14/05: Spoiled brat politics: Part II
10/11/05: Spoiled brat politics
10/07/05: Harriet who?
09/21/05: Random thoughts
09/20/05: Recycled ‘racism’
09/15/05: Whose constitution is it?
09/14/05: FEMA versus Wal-Mart
09/13/05: Smart ‘problems’
09/06/05: Rebuilding New Orleans — and America
09/01/05: Time and money and housing: Part II
08/30/05: Time and money and housing
08/24/05: An oil ‘crisis’?: Part II
08/23/05: An oil ‘crisis’?
08/17/05: Julian Stanley and bright children
08/16/05: Immigration taboos
08/11/05: Trashing our history: Lincoln
08/10/05: Trashing our history: Troops in Iraq
08/09/05: Trashing our history: Hiroshima
08/02/05: Random thoughts
07/26/05: Judge’s ‘views’
07/21/05: Calculated confusion
07/20/05: Dogma versus Reality: Part II
07/19/05: Dogma versus Reality
07/14/05: Random thoughts
07/13/05: The tragedy of Africa: Part II
07/12/05: The tragedy of Africa
07/08/05: Judicial havoc: Part III
07/07/05: Judicial havoc: Part II
07/06/05: Judicial havoc
07/05/05: Who’s a redneck?
07/04/05: Supreme quotas?
06/30/05: Foreign law is not law
06/29/05: 75 years old
06/28/05: ‘Mainstream’ judges
06/22/05: Summer reading
06/21/05: Older Budweiser
06/17/05: The polio fallacy
06/16/05: A happy birthday?
06/15/05: The high cost of nuances
06/13/05: Liberals and class: Part III
06/09/05: Liberals and class: Part II
06/08/05: Liberals and class
06/07/05: Looking back
06/01/05: Who can afford it?
05/31/05: A relic of the recent past
05/27/05: The McCain mutiny
05/25/05: A compromised party
05/24/05: Liberals, race, and history
05/20/05: Big-time bigotry
05/18/05: Newsweak?
05/17/05: The Senate’s ‘Dirty Harry’
05/11/05: The latest liberal crusade
05/10/05: Rich ideas
05/05/05: Black rednecks and white liberals
05/03/05: “Vigilantes” on the border?
04/26/05: Disinformation on judges
04/19/05: Easy money in California
04/15/05: College admissions voodoo
04/12/05: Above criticism?
04/06/05: Who is liberal?
04/05/05: Liberal attitudes
04/01/05: April fools’ party
03/31/05: Stupidity trickling down
03/29/05: Random thoughts
03/28/05: Killing Terri Schiavo, Part II
03/25/05: Killing Terri Schiavo
03/22/05: ‘Cruel and unusual’
03/15/05: Cynicism exposed
03/11/05: Good riddance to Rather
03/10/05: High Noon for judges: Part III
03/09/05: High Noon for judges: Part II
03/08/05: High Noon for judges: Part I
03/01/05: Believing the true believers
02/18/05: Tainted media
02/15/05: “Academic freedom”?
02/09/05: Filtering out the best
02/08/05: Ending slavery
02/04/05: Bedroom economics
02/01/05: Victory and Defeat
01/27/05: Self-indulgent orgies
01/25/05: Fourth Estate or Fifth Column?
01/21/05: Medical lawsuits
01/20/05: Social Insecurity?
01/13/05: I beg to disagree
01/07/05: The Left monopoly
01/06/05: A wave of criticism
01/03/05: Gay marriage ‘rights’
12/31/04: Property rites, Part II
12/30/04: Property rites
12/29/04: Free lunch ‘safety’, Part II
12/29/04: Free lunch ‘safety’, Part II
12/28/04: Free lunch ‘safety’
12/24/04: The Joseph Goebbels award
12/23/04: A huge election in Iraq
12/17/04: Give the gift of books!
12/16/04: Green bigots international
12/15/04: Law or soap opera?
12/10/04: Phony ‘ethics’
12/09/04: Angelo all over again?
12/07/04: Once in a lifetime
12/06/04: Random thoughts
12/02/04: No heroes?
11/25/04: A taxing experience
11/19/04: The unlimited enemy
11/18/04: ‘Supporting the troops’?
11/11/04: An ominous Specter, Part III
11/10/04: An ominous Specter, Part II
11/09/04: An ominous Specter
11/05/04: The oldest fraud
11/04/04: A charlatan?
11/02/04: A charlatan?
10/29/04: Media disgrace
10/28/04: Stop and think, Part IV
10/27/04: Stop and think, Part III
10/26/04: Stop and think, Part II
10/25/04: Stop and think
10/22/04: ‘Tax cuts for the rich!’
10/21/04: ‘Plans’ versus realities
10/20/04: ABC News or ABC spin
10/18/04: The tyranny of visions, Part III
10/15/04: The tyranny of visions, Part II
10/14/04: The tyranny of visions
10/12/04: The media’s role
10/11/04: Responsible voting
09/29/04: Privatizing social security, Part II
09/28/04: Privatizing social security
09/24/04: Green versus Black
09/23/04: A blank resume
09/21/04: An old war and a new one
09/20/04: Rather not
09/15/04: Choosing a college
09/14/04: ‘Price gouging’ in Florida
09/10/04: Jobs and snow jobs, Part II
09/09/04: Jobs and snow jobs
09/08/04: The ‘compassion’ racket
09/03/04: Democrats for Bush
08/26/04: Vets vs. Kerry on Vietnam, Part III
08/25/04: Vets vs. Kerry on Vietnam, Part II
08/24/04: Vets vs. Kerry on Vietnam
08/23/04: Two versions of Vietnam
08/20/04: Alan Keyes in Illinois, Part II
08/19/04: Alan Keyes in Illinois
08/17/04: A painful anniversary
08/12/04: Random thoughts
08/11/04: Power versus knowledge
08/09/04: Kerry knows that an ‘educated consumer’ won’t be his ‘customer’
08/06/04: The left’s vocabulary
08/05/04: The left’s vision
08/03/04: Sharing the lawsuit wealth 08/02/04: Missing years
07/30/04: Electing an image
07/27/04: Intelligent intelligence?
07/23/04: The grand fallacy, Part II
07/22/04: The grand fallacy
07/14/04: Digital disgust
07/13/04: ‘Friends’ of blacks
07/12/04: Foreign ‘allies’
07/09/04: Political malpractice
07/08/04: Irresponsible politics
07/06/04: Ever wonder why?, Part III
07/02/04: Ever wonder why?, Part II
07/01/04: Ever wonder why?
06/29/04: Ace journalists failing economics
06/24/04: Random thoughts
06/23/04: Summer de-programming
06/21/04: Budget fat
06/18/04: Silencing whom?
06/16/04: Symbolism vs. substance in Iraq
06/15/04: Lying about Yosemite
06/10/04: Talkers versus doers, Part II
06/09/04: Talkers versus doers
06/08/04: RONALD REAGAN (1911-2004)
06/04/04: ‘Partial truth’ abortion
06/03/04: War: Then and now
06/01/04: The “working poor” scam
05/28/04: Animal rites
05/26/04: A pattern of opportunism
05/25/04: Bravo for Bill Cosby
05/20/04: Justice for little Angelo
05/19/04: The hyena press, Part II
05/18/04: The hyena press
05/14/04: Half a century after Brown, Part III
05/13/04: Half a century after Brown, Part II
05/12/04: Half a century after Brown
05/11/04: War within a war
05/06/04: No-cost decision-making
05/05/04: Random thoughts
05/04/04: The ‘cost’ of medical care
04/29/04: Bing Crosby: Singer of the Century
04/28/04: Bait-and-switch media
04/27/04: Will we allow HillaryCare to finally take hold?
04/23/04: Criminalizing business, Part II
04/22/04: Criminalizing business
04/16/04: Random thoughts
04/15/04: Titanic irresponsibility: Part II
04/14/04: Titanic irresponsibility
04/09/04: Counting the costs, Part II
04/08/04: Counting the costs
04/05/04: Fixing the jury system
03/30/04: My platform
03/25/04: Random thoughts
03/24/04: Rattling the chains
03/23/04: Outsourcing foreign policy
03/19/04: Subsidies are all wet
03/17/04: ‘Why do they hate us?’
03/16/04: ‘Outsourcing’
03/10/04: The globalization of quotas
03/09/04: ‘Gay marriage’ confusions
03/03/04: Nader’s glitter
03/02/04: The problem with the gay marriage issue
02/26/04: Parents with backbone
02/25/04: Random thoughts
02/24/04: Big Lie of the year
02/19/04: Equality, inequality, and fate
02/18/04: The inequality dogma
02/17/04: The equality dogma
02/11/04: The brotherhood of men
02/10/04: Weapons of political destruction
02/04/04: Housing hurdles
02/03/04: ‘Special interests’
01/29/04: Phony ‘debates’
01/28/04: Third World sweatshops, Part II
01/27/04: Third World sweatshops
01/22/04: Stretching the poor
01/21/04: Lessons from Iowa
01/15/04: Manufacturing confusion
01/14/04: Random thoughts
01/06/04: Mealy mouth media
12/31/03: California versus business 12/30/03: Two earthquakes
12/26/03: Profits Without Honor: Part III
12/24/03: Profits Without Honor: Part II
12/23/03: Profits without honor
12/18/03: Quagmire seekers
12/17/03: Twisted history
12/16/03: Courts without law
12/12/03: Economic ‘Power’
12/10/03: The Wright stuff
12/09/03: My holiday book picks
12/05/03: The high cost of busybodies, Part IV
12/04/03: The high costs of busybodies, Part III
12/03/03: The high costs of busybodies, Part II
12/02/03: The high costs of busybodies
11/28/03: Random thoughts
11/26/03: “Fairness” fanatics
11/19/03: Judges and judgment
11/18/03: Letters about medical care
11/17/03: Free-lunch medicine: Part III
11/14/03: Free-lunch medicine, Part II
11/13/03: Free-lunch medicine
11/10/03: Senator Feinstein and property rights
11/05/03: “Living wage” kills jobs
11/04/03: Achievements and their causes
10/30/03: Legalizing the illegals
10/29/03: Spinning education
10/28/03: The politics of judicial nominees
10/24/03: A lynch mob gathers, Part III
10/22/03: A lynch mob gathers, Part II
10/21/03: A lynch mob gathers
10/16/03: The war against success
10/15/03: Vouchers and votes
10/14/03: Is California crazy?
10/09/03: Great myths about the Great Depression
10/03/03: ON RACIAL CENSORSHIP AND RUSH LIMBAUGH
10/01/03: Silly letters
09/29/03: Random thoughts
09/26/03: School performances, Part III
09/25/03: School performances, Part II
09/24/03: School performances
09/19/03: Roasting Walter Williams
09/17/03: California’s real problem
09/16/03: Risky business
09/11/03: The autism “spectrum”
09/09/03: A new contract?
09/05/03: Experts without expertise
09/03/03: SHOCK in California
08/28/03: “Fairness” in sentencing
08/26/03: Old rhetoric in new times
08/12/03: The real voting
08/07/03: Cameras in the courtroom
08/04/03: Peers and Pied Pipers
07/31/03: Are Cops Racist?
07/28/03: Random thoughts
07/24/03: Weapons of political destruction
07/17/03: Who’s rich? Part II
07/16/03: Who’s rich?
07/14/03: SUMMER READING: PART II
07/11/03: SUMMER READING
07/09/03: “Saving” Bay Meadows
07/03/03: The Fourth of July
07/01/03: No media bias?
06/30/03: A glimpse of reality
06/26/03: Saving quotas
06/20/03: The legacy of Eric Hoffer, Part II
06/19/03: The legacy of Eric Hoffer
06/17/03: Drugs and politics
06/12/03: Random thoughts
06/10/03: Umpires, judges and others
06/05/03: International affirmative action
06/03/03: Utopia versus U.S.
05/30/03: An appalling idiocy, Part III
05/29/03: An appalling idiocy, Part II
05/28/03: An appalling idiocy
05/22/03: Ten years later
05/20/03: Useful Idiots
05/19/03: The first lesson?
05/16/03: A sign of The Times
05/15/03: Unfit to print
05/08/03: “Universal health care”: Part III
05/07/03: “Universal health care”: Part II
05/06/03: “Universal health care”
05/05/03: Work pays!
05/01/03: A couple of clues
04/23/03: Quota “logic,” Part II
04/22/03: Quota “logic”
04/21/03: Human livestock
04/17/03: A petty, partisan press
04/14/03: Random thoughts on the passing scene
04/11/03: The media and the war
04/09/03: Academia and the war
04/04/03: The grand fraud: Part IV
04/03/03: The grand fraud: Part III
04/02/03: The grand fraud: Part II
04/01/03: The grand fraud
03/31/03: Foreign “aid”
03/28/03: Artificial stupidity
03/25/03: Who is pro-war?
03/20/03: Random thoughts
03/17/03: Pete vs. Joe
03/14/03: A death in the family
03/12/03: The other filibuster
03/06/03: “Diversity” for thee, not me
03/03/03: The idiocy of “relevance”
02/27/03: Twin disasters
02/24/03: Undeclared wars
02/20/03: Instant Rush?
02/14/03: Random thoughts
02/12/03: Big business and quotas
02/10/03: Damaging admissions
02/06/03: For what purpose?
02/03/03: A cold shower
01/30/03: Disarming a country
01/23/03: A deadly pretense
01/16/03: Hard times for envy
01/14/03: Economics vs. politics
01/10/03: Quotas on Trial: Part II
01/08/03: Quotas on trial
01/06/03: Dangers ahead — from the Right
01/02/03: Dangers ahead — from the Left
12/30/02: Flagging flagships
12/27/02: Dangerous democracy?
12/18/02: Lott, race, and hypocrisy: Part II
12/17/02: Lott, race, and hypocrisy
12/16/02: Random thoughts
12/13/02: LOTT IS TOO MUCH
12/11/02: Holiday book picks!
12/06/02: Disastrous utopia
12/04/02: Media bias about media bias
12/02/02: Gun control myths: Part III
11/27/02: Gun Control myths: Part II
11/26/02: Gun control myths
11/25/02: The voices of compromise are always seductive
11/22/02: Who is promoting violence?
11/19/02: Judging judges
11/18/02: Whither Republicans?
11/15/02: A San Francisco liberal
11/12/02: Whither Dems?
11/11/02: Race and Cant
11/07/02: Political history — and the future
11/05/02: Mondale’s “experience”
11/04/02: Boring sportscasts
11/01/02: Random thoughts
10/30/02: Disgruntled conservatives
10/29/02: In that voting booth
10/28/02: Explaining to the grandkids
10/24/02: High stakes elections
10/21/02: Facing up to evil
10/18/02: The sniper and the gun controllers
10/15/02: Ignoble prize
10/14/02: The Houdini Award
10/06/02: Dangerous restraint
10/04/02: Race and IQ: Part III
10/03/02: Race and IQ: Part III 10/02/02: Race and IQ: Part II 10/01/02: Race and IQ
09/30/02: Latest version of old ploy
09/26/02: The return of Al Gore
09/19/02: One-uppers versus survival
09/13/02: Emotional orgies
09/12/02: Random thoughts
09/06/02: “Friends” of blacks: Part II
09/04/02: “Friends” of blacks
08/30/02: Too much of a good thing?
08/29/02: The media and the military
08/26/02: “Teaching to the test”: Part III
08/22/02: “Teaching to the test”: Part II
08/20/02: “Teaching to the test”
08/19/02: Slaves to words
08/15/02: Random thoughts
08/09/02: “Unnecessary attention”
08/06/02: Economic ethnic cleansing
08/01/02: Bad medicine
07/30/02: At what cost?
07/29/02: Milton Friedman at 90
07/25/02: Stock crash aftermath
07/23/02: Two trials — and future trials
07/22/02: Pioneers in photography
07/18/02: Indignation, Inc.
07/16/02: California’s liberal Senator favors arming pilots and the Bushies don’t!?
07/15/02: Voucher backlash
07/11/02: A scary report
07/09/02: Suspicious stats
07/08/02: Random thoughts
07/02/02: Vouchers vindicated
07/01/02: Death sentences
06/28/02: Religion and the Constitution
06/26/02: Tough questions
06/24/02: Judicial ad hocracy
06/20/02: Will the Catholic Church try to restore its credibility?
06/13/02: Time to confront the great dangers in trying members of international terrorist organizations in our courts
06/11/02: What to do about enemies already living within this country
06/10/02: An old “new vision”
06/07/02: Global lying
06/05/02: The art of the impossible
06/03/02: Priceless politics
05/30/02: What’s So Great About America?
05/28/02: An ancient fallacy
05/24/02: A winning issue
05/22/02: Next stop: Supreme Court?
05/20/02: Stereotypes about stereotypes
05/16/02: Who is crazy?
05/13/02: Peter Bauer’s uphill battle against prevailing orthodoxies
05/09/02: Tired of race?
05/06/02: Peace: The confusion between mechanism and a cause
05/03/02: Anniversary of a riot
04/29/02: Random thoughts
04/18/02: “Good” teachers
04/16/02: Another war created by pacifism
04/12/02: Firing people
04/10/02: Mideast madness
04/08/02: Why economists are not popular
04/05/02: A scam at tax time
04/04/02: The great meeting expose
04/01/02: Foreign “aid”
03/25/02: Courtroom lies
03/21/02: HISTORY vs. HOGWASH
03/18/02: Naming names
03/15/02: The Andrea Yates verdict
03/14/02: Race rationales vs. results
03/12/02: The high cost of shibboleths
03/08/02: On growing old
03/06/02: “Diversity” in India
03/04/02: How to strengthen the GOP
03/01/02: The IQ exemption
02/27/02: Who needs “Black history month”?
02/25/02: Real political reform
02/22/02: Forget about Enron. How about government-sanctioned pyramid schemes?
02/19/02: Holiday revisionism
02/14/02: Political peddling and soap
02/11/02: The housing farce: Part II
02/07/02: The housing farce
02/01/02: Random thoughts
01/30/02: Re-runs of “Roots”
01/28/02: Abstract people
01/24/02: Death of the West?
01/23/02: The education bill
01/14/02: Infallible haters?
01/11/02: If we were serious
01/09/02: Enemies within
01/07/02: The reparations fraud: II
01/03/02: The reparations fraud
12/31/01: Was the ball juiced?
12/27/01: A ‘new era’?
12/20/01: Random Thoughts
12/17/01: MEDIA FRAUD
12/14/01: Holiday book picks — must reads!
12/12/01: Phony “victims”
12/06/01: Shibboleths versus survival
12/03/01: To stop being hated, we need not to succeed when others fail
11/29/01: The underminers
11/26/01: Drugs and politics
11/21/01: Thanksgiving and “fairness”
11/16/01: Diversity versus “diversity”
11/14/01: Another outrage
11/07/01: The media and the terrorists
11/01/01: Life at the Bottom
10/30/01: Routine cruelty
10/25/01: Does it add up?
10/22/01: Do facts matter?: Part II
10/18/01: Do facts matter?
10/16/01: Barry and the Babe
10/11/01: Loose lips
10/08/01: The autism dilemma
10/04/01: Islam and the West
09/28/01: Capital gains and “trickle down”
09/26/01: Love those killers!
09/24/01: Pacifism and war
09/21/01: Random thoughts on the passing scene
09/14/01: Just the beginning?
09/13/01: Our foreign policy speaks loudly and carries a little stick
09/11/01: Getting this behind you
09/06/01: The magic word
08/30/01: The Einstein Syndrome
08/27/01: Choosing the correct college
08/23/01: Drugging children
08/20/01: Barry Bonds’ great season
08/16/01: The “autism” dragnet
08/13/01: “Racism” in word and deed
08/10/01: Property rites
08/08/01: Victimizing blacks
08/06/01: Chandra Levy clues
08/02/01: Spin versus sense
08/01/01: Minimum journalism
07/30/01: Social Security vs. privatization
07/26/01: Is the family becoming extinct?
07/20/01: Are we still Americans?
07/17/01: A cynical charade
07/12/01: India Unbound
07/09/01: A political masterpiece
07/05/01: The mail monopoly
07/03/01: July 4th: Love it or lose it
06/28/01: Lying statistics
06/21/01: Global hot air
06/15/01: McVeigh and the death penalty
06/12/01: Random thoughts
06/07/01: Intended consequences
06/06/01: State stealing
06/04/01: Shocked by the obvious
05/31/01: Politics vs. economics
05/29/01: The high costs of politics
05/24/01: Green bigots versus human beings
05/22/01: We are all “drop outs”
05/16/01: The high cost of demons
05/14/01: Blacks, Hispanics and education
05/10/01: Social Security and the stock market
05/03/01: Easy economics and complicated politics
04/26/01: “The duty to die”
04/18/01: Poisonous politics
04/12/01: “Campaign finance reform” follies
04/05/01: “Feel good” laws
04/02/01: I’m a victim of ‘racial profiling’
03/26/01: Education or incitement?
03/26/01: “Conserving”
03/23/01: An old problem returns
03/22/01: Storm troopers vs. free speech
03/19/01: Ugliness in Yosemite
03/15/01: California dreaming
03/13/01: Getting rich quick
03/12/01: School disasters
03/08/01: The wrong question
03/07/01: The role of the rich
03/05/01: The dangers of “equality”
03/01/01: Merit and money
02/26/01: Back door quotas
02/22/01: Taxing the living and the dead
02/20/01: Magic transformations
02/15/01: Cheap shot justice
02/08/01: Wise versus smart II
02/07/01: Wise versus smart
01/31/01: No sense of proportion
01/29/01: Rolling blackouts
01/25/01: Basic Economics
01/22/01: Clintonian residue
01/19/01: What kind of man is John Ashcroft?
01/12/01: Electricity shocks California
01/05/01: Lessons not learned
01/04/01: What is the point of winning, if you are going to act as if you lost?
01/02/01: Greatness of a free-market economy? It does not depend upon the ‘wisdom’ of those momentarily at top
12/28/00: Justice and injustice
12/27/00: Random thoughts on the passing scene
12/21/00: Alice in Florida
12/19/00: My holiday gift-books picks
12/18/00: A gem of a book
12/15/00: Election facts versus myths
12/14/00: Ending a dangerous farce
12/12/00: No stinkin’ badges?
12/11/00: Facts shatter visions
12/07/00: The ignored elephant
12/04/00: Poverty and the Left
11/30/00: Shameless lies
11/27/00: Every guess must count?
11/23/00: PLOYS R US
11/22/00: “Fair and just”
11/21/00: Phony issues in Florida
11/17/00: More desperate, more ugly
11/16/00: Desperate and ugly in Florida
11/06/00: What does it tell you?
11/03/00: Hillary and Al — relics of the past
11/02/00: The stakes
10/27/00: Desperate and ugly
10/23/00: Gory “details” abroad
10/20/00: Gory “details”
10/17/00: Pro choice or pro monopoly?
10/13/00: Teachers’ union lies
10/10/00: Facts, anyone?
10/05/00: The great (?) debate
10/02/00: Dems, GOPers, and blacks II
09/28/00: Dems, GOPers and blacks
09/25/00: Another double standard
09/21/00: Terminal triviality?
09/18/00: Drugged politics
09/15/00: Social security– a “risky scheme”
09/11/00: Campus orientation
09/08/00: Looking back at a life’s journey
09/01/00: Useful idiots
08/29/00: The politics of education
08/26/00: Casual cruelty
08/23/00: Politicians who “care”
08/21/00: Sanity in ‘Frisco
08/18/00: Wake up, parents!
08/14/00: Blacks and bootstraps
08/11/00: Facts are “out”
08/08/00: Costs versus prices
08/04/00: A painful history
08/01/00: The “gravitas” game
07/31/00: Costs and decisions
07/28/00: The “costs” of government
07/26/00: Underlying assumptions
07/24/00: Government advertising
07/20/00: Lies about gas price “gouging”
07/19/00: Teachers’ union gall
07/17/00: Reparations for slavery?
07/13/00: The media and the issues
07/11/00: America’s dirty academic secret: College sweatshops
07/07/00: The high cost of demons
07/05/00: Families and dictators
06/30/00: In love with America
06/27/00: Lies about Yosemite
06/23/00: Envy versus resentment
06/20/00: A Reply to teachers
06/15/00: The war against boys
06/12/00: Republicans and Rocky
06/06/00: “Most Favored Nation”
06/01/00: Gun control hypocrisy
05/26/00: School to school?
05/24/00: Random thoughts
05/19/00: Ignorance of freedom
05/17/00: The Million Lies March
05/16/00: Green bigotry in the Hamptons
05/12/00: Too much “education”?
05/09/00: The old neighborhood
05/05/00: “Unfair” advantages
05/02/00: A vice president for Bush?
04/28/00: Insuring problems
04/25/00: Elian’s future — and ours
04/24/00: An obscene charade
04/14/00: Wasting minds: II
04/07/00: Who’s smart?
04/03/00: Stealing Yosemite
03/31/00: Campaign finance hypocrisy
03/24/00: ‘Notion of gay marriage’ is product of sloppy thinking
03/21/00: A friend like Iago
03/16/00: Amazing politics
03/14/00: Lessons not learned
03/09/00: Affordable housing
03/09/00: Affordable housing
03/07/00: Super Tuesday
03/06/00: Coalition politics
03/03/00: Law or mob rule?
02/29/00: Playing blacks for suckers
02/25/00: Amadou Diallo and me
02/24/00: Hypocrisy unravelling?
02/22/00: Is there a republic party?
02/17/00: Law on trial
02/15/00: The unasked question
02/11/00: Pandering to the anointed
02/09/00: Third kidneys and the Third World
02/07/00: Perennial economic fallacies
02/03/00: McCain: Image versus reality
02/01/00: Becoming the subject of a smear campaign
01/28/00: Are GOPers suicidal?
01/25/00: Senator McCain: A man of what principle?
01/20/00: Desperate for grievances
01/14/00: Success ignored
01/10/00: The Cuban boy
01/07/00: Retail socialism
01/05/00: The real revolutionaries
01/03/00: Robin Hood laws
12/31/99: The worst of the century
12/29/99: The best of the Century
12/27/99:The illusion of education reform
12/23/99: Wasting money on ivy?
12/20/99: The tests made me do it!
12/17/99: Why we have crooked landlords
12/15/99: Random thoughts on the passing scene
12/13/99: Testing integrity
12/09/99: My holiday book picks
12/07/99: The party line on late talkers
12/03/99: Mob rule in Seattle
11/30/99: Microsoft and campaign finance reform
11/24/99: Race and the new century
11/22/99: Sweeping success under the rug
11/18/99: Sorting by race
11/16/99: Failure and fraud
11/12/99: Microsoft and anti-trust “law”
11/05/99: Mice, giraffes and autism
10/29/99: Success concealing failure
10/25/99: Creating “poverty”
10/21/99: Anti-sports sportscasts
10/15/99: Let’s hear it for unfairness!
10/08/99: Carrying a little stick
10/04/99: Pat’s book being distorted?
10/01/99: Photography and economics
09/28/99: Elective indignation strikes again 09/23/99: The Pat Buchanan dilemma
09/20/99: What’s wrong with big government
09/14/99: School choice wars
09/10/99: Goodbye to Sara and Benjamin?
09/07/99: Compassionate conservatism is old stuff
08/31/99: Power to the assassins?
08/27/99: Blood in the water
08/24/99: Random thoughts
08/17/99: Moral anarchy and its consequences
08/13/99: Shooting the helpless
08/09/99: Forced to volunteer
08/05/99: Gunning for guns
08/03/99: Boomers and boomerangs
07/28/99: Is privacy an endangered species?
07/23/99: Emotional orgies
07/20/99: What’s politics all about?
07/16/99: Politically incorrect heroism
07/12/99: Cutting edge California retreats to old, failed ideas
07/07/99: A quagmire and a vision
07/02/99: The Fourth of July
06/29/99: “Urban sprawl” and liberal gall
06/18/99: A famous victory
06/14/99: A victory in Chicago
06/10/99: Mass shootings and mass hysteria
06/08/99: The other side of affirmative action
06/03/99: Childish labor laws
06/01/99: Demonizing for dollars
05/27/99: The real public service
05/24/99: Income, taxes and demagoguery
05/18/99: Random thoughts
05/14/99: Aborted knowledge
05/10/99: The new “fairness”
05/04/99: Holding parents responsible
05/03/99: Exit strategies
04/28/99: Tragedy and farce
04/26/99: Guilt and cop-outs
04/21/99: Choosing a college
04/16/99: When success fails
04/13/99: A photo-op foreign policy
04/09/99: Russia and the Serbs
04/06/99: Random thoughts
03/31/99: Irresponsible “experts”
03/29/99: Another Doleful prospect?
03/23/99: Random thoughts
03/22/99: Loving enemies
03/19/99: Naming names
03/15/99: Undermining the military
03/10/99: Joe DiMaggio — icon of an era
03/02/99: Facts versus dogma on guns
03/01/99: Losing the cultural wars
02/22/99: “Saving” social security
02/18/99: Too many Ph.Ds?
02/8/99: A national disaster
02/8/99: Economic fallacies in the media: Part II
02/5/99: Why economists visit dentists so often
02/2/99: Warning: Good news
01/29/99: What is at stake?
01/26/99:Moral bankruptcy in the schools
01/22/99: Who is going to convict Santa Claus?
01/19/99: Seeing through the spin
01/13/99: A trial is a trial is a trial
01/11/99:Trials and tribulations
01/08/99: Rays of hope
01/04/99: Random thoughts
12/31/98: The President versus the presidency
12/29/98: The time is now!
12/23/98: World-class hypocrisy
12/21/98: The spreading corruption
12/17/98: Politically “contrite”
12/16/98: Polls and partisanship
12/14/98: The “non-profit” halo
12/11/98: Corruption and confusion
12/03/98: The health care “crisis”
11/30/98: Knowing what you are talking about
11/23/98: The impeachment legacy
11/23/98: Random thoughts
11/19/98: Tales out of bureaucracies
11/16/98: Scholarships based on scholarship
11/12/98: Forward march
11/09/98: Moral outrage
11/05/98: Will the Republicans ever learn?
11/02/98: A voter’s duty
10/30/98: The poverty pimp’s poem
10/29/98: Random thoughts on the election
10/27/98: “Partisan” and “unfair”
10/23/98: Ed-u-kai-tchun
10/21/98: McGwire, Maris and the Babe
10/20/98: MURDER IS MURDER!
10/16/98: Lightweight Boxer
10/14/98: A strange word
10/09/98: Impeachment standards
10/08/98: Alternatives to seriousness
10/07/98: Heredity, environment and talk
10/02/98: A much-needed guide
10/01/98: Starr’s real crime
9/24/98: Costs and power
9/18/98: Are we sheep?
9/16/98: Judicial review
9/15/98: Hillary Rodham Crook?
9/14/98: Taking stock
9/11/98: Moment of truth
9/04/98: Random thoughts
8/31/98: The twilight of special prosecutors?
8/26/98: “Doing a good job”
8/24/98: America on trial?
8/19/98: Played for fools
8/17/98: A childish letter
8/11/98: Hiding behind a woman
8/07/98: A flying walrus in Washington?
8/03/98: “Affordability” strikes again
7/31/98: Random thoughts
7/27/98: Faith and mountains
7/24/98: Clinton in Wonderland
7/20/98: Where is black ‘leadership’ leading?
7/16/98: Do ‘minorities’ really have it that bad?
7/14/98: Race dialogue: same old stuff
7/10/98: Honest history
7/09/98: Dumb is dangerous
7/02/98: Gun-safety starts with
parental responsibility
6/30/98: When more is less
6/29/98: Are educators above the law?
6/26/98: Random Thoughts
6/24/98: An angry letter
6/22/98: Sixties sentimentalism
6/19/98:Dumbing down anti-trust
6/15/98: A changing of the guard?
6/11/98: Presidential privileges
6/8/98: Fast computers and slow antitrust
6/3/98: Can stalling backfire?
5/29/98: The insulation of the Left
5/25/98: Missing the point in the media
5/22/98: The lessons of Indonesia
5/20/98: Smart but silent
5/18/98: Israel, Clinton and character
5/14/98: Monica Lewinsky’s choices
5/11/98: Random thoughts
5/7/98: Media obstruction of justice
5/4/98: Dangerous “safety”
5/1/98: Abolish Adolescence!
4/30/98: The naked truth
4/22/98: Playing fair and square
4/19/98: Bad teachers”
4/15/98: “Clinton in Africa”
4/13/98: “Bundling and unbundling ”
4/9/98: “Rising or falling Starr ”
4/6/98: “Was Clinton ‘vindicated’? ”
3/26/98: “Diasters — natural and political”
3/24/98: “A pattern of behavior”
3/22/98: Innocent explanations
3/19/98: Kathleen Willey and Anita Hill
3/17/98: Search and destroy
3/12/98: Media Circus versus Justice
3/6/98: Vindication
3/3/98: Cheap Shot Time
2/26/98: The Wrong Filter
2/24/98: Trial by Media
2/20/98: Dancing Around the Realities
2/19/98: A “Do Something” War?
2/12/98: Julian Simon, combatant in a 200-year war
2/6/98: A rush to rhetoric