Many speeches will be delivered this year about the Declaration of Independence as we celebrate its 250th birthday. However, I think the greatest was just delivered by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on April 15 at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas, Austin. The force ...
Norway is, by almost any metric, a profoundly successful nation. It's rich, democratic and relatively corruption-free. It's not a socialist country, but fans of a robust welfare state and high taxes see much to admire in the very progressive Norwegian model. It also benefits from having the ...
As our republic marks its 250th year, Americans are rightly pausing to remember the traditions that built this nation. We honor the founders who pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor; the pioneers who cleared forests and broke prairie sod; and the generations of farmers whose labor ...
Congressional hearings aren't known for generating Must-See TV, so the rare exceptions tend to be notable. Attorney Joseph Welch's takedown of the demagogic Senator from Wisconsin during the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings -- "At long last, sir, have you no sense of decency?" -- became iconic. Oliver North's attorney, Brendan Sullivan, torpedoed the Iran-Contra Committee's attempt to prevent him from coaching his client during the 1987 hearings with the memorable interjection, "Well, sir, I'm not a potted plant. I'm here as the lawyer." Thanks to the Internet, the most viewed Congressional ...
You aren't going to believe the latest lawsuit fad in America: suing companies as monopolistic for (SET ITAL)cutting(END ITAL) prices to consumers. In legal mumbo jumbo, this is called "predatory pricing" -- keeping prices (SET ITAL)lower(END ITAL) than charged by competitors. The idea is to keep prices so low that rival firms can't compete. Quick, throw Walmart, Home Depot and McDonald's in jail. This is no joke. Recent news reports indicate that the so-called Main Street Competition Coalition, helmed by a former small and midsize grocery chain lobbyist, a Biden administration ...
Countless protest signs have informed us over the years that "war is not the answer." We hear this message, with varying levels of sophistication and differing underlying worldviews, from institutions and people ranging from Code Pink to Pope LEO. "War does not solve problems," the ...
