By • Apr 06,2003

Let's be honest about Cuba

Around this time in 2001, Secretary of State Colin Powell took it on the chin for opining, “Castro has done some good things for his people.” Last week Powell spoke...

By • Apr 05,2003

Making Unions Accountable

Recently, word came from the Department of Labor that the rumored changes to annual reports required of labor unions were coming down the pipe. The changes will give workers a...

By • Apr 03,2003

Santorum and Sex

Just when you thought it was safe for a Republican to go off the cuff again–after the whole Trent Lott debacle had subsided into distant memory–along comes Sen. Rick Santorum...

By • Mar 15,2003

X is being defined

The grandiose argument that history was at an end appears to be at an end itself. The terror attacks of September 11th and the coming war with the Iraq settled...

By • Mar 14,2003

¿Quien es mas Latino?

Imagine my surprise upon learning that I might not be Hispanic. What if, all this time, I’d been eating a steady diet of fried-pork-based dishes for no good reason? Worse...

By • Mar 13,2003

Unions play, children pay

If the charges are true–and one accused conspirator already has pleaded guilty and promised to testify against the others–the leadership of the Washington Teachers Union hasn’t been looking out for...