By • Mar 03,2002

Slave to the Polls

On December 10, 1998, as the media attacked Republicans preparing for the impeachment vote for daring to “overturn a democratic election,” a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll found that 71% of respondents...

By • Mar 03,2002

The Myth of Tyranny

Inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty are these words of Benjamin Franklin: “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither...

By • Feb 06,2002

Legends of the SuperBowl

Super Bowl Sunday is about more than football. It’s about legends — not just Joe Namath, Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw, but “Bloody Sunday” and “The Great Toilet Flush” as...

By • Feb 05,2002

A Choice Too Far

The current debate over how our government should respond to the threat of terrorism is focused on the tradeoffs between security and liberty. This debate assumes that the government is...

By • Feb 04,2002

To Hell with the Economy, I Want My Money

I was standing in the Capitol hallway, tape recorder in hand, and Manhattan’s liberal Democratic Congressman Jerrold Nadler told me, “If you want to stimulate the economy and get the...

By • Feb 03,2002

A Lot To ANSWER For In Manhattan

A group calling itself ANSWER (Act Now To Stop War & End Racism) met at a Unitarian Universalist church in Midtown Manhattan early this month as part of the broad-based...