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CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “U.S. War Crimes”

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2000

"The U.N. war-crimes prosecutor is examining evidence of possible war crimes by NATO pilots during the bombing of Yugoslavia last spring. Civilians were killed when U.S. pilots attacked a bridge as a passenger train was crossing, a refugee convoy, and a television station. U.S. officials are outraged over such ...

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “The Monopoly of the USPS”

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2000

"The United States Postal Service has decided that the Internet is a viable means of communication and commerce. Postmaster General William Henderson is contemplating a campaign to plug the USPS into the fast-paced, ever-evolving electronic community. His ideas include giving everyone an Internet address that would match up with their ...

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Immigration Policy Hypocrisy”

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2000

"The pure, pristine hypocrisy of Republicans is reflected in the case of Elian Gonzalez. Republican presidential candidates are vehemently protesting the INS's plans to return the boy to Cuba, suggesting that communism is so horrific that the boy should be permitted to remain in the U.S. rather than be returned to ...

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Immigration Hypocrisy”

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2000

"A new twist has surfaced in the Elian Gonzalez case. In a fascinating op-ed in the Wall Street Journal entitled "Elian's Journey" (Jan. 24), James Taranto tells the story of the two other people who survived the Elian tragedy at sea - Nivaldo Fernandez and Arianne Horta, both of whom are ...

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Free Market for Space Exploration”

by Andy Falkof January 1, 2000

"Yesterday NASA confirmed the loss of the $165 million Mars Polar Lander. NASA's next expenditure will be a mission to find and photograph the lost craft. NASA has existed for over 30 years and has continually pumped taxpayer's hard-earned money into projects that have rendered mixed results at best and abject ...

Monetary Central Planning and the State, Part 37: Free Banking and the Market Demand for Money

by Richard M. Ebeling January 1, 2000

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The Benign Gap

by Sheldon Richman January 1, 2000

Like clockwork, the latest study has been issued complaining about the widening gap between rich and poor. Naturally, the authors think the government must do something about it. This is a bad diagnosis and a bad prescription. The study from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is ...

Competition Is Not Freedom

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2000

Word has leaked out that the Justice Department might demand that Microsoft break up into three companies as part of any settlement agreement in the government's antitrust suit against Microsoft. The idea is that consumers would be better off with three companies competing against each other than with one ...

CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Chilean Coverup?”

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2000

"Ricardo Lagos, an admitted socialist, has been elected president of Chile. Twenty-five years ago, another socialist, Salvadore Allende, was elected president of Chili, and with the apparent help of the U.S. government, was ousted from power in a bloody coup. There is also evidence indicating that U.S. government officials ...

Why Does Buchanan Scare Them?

by Sheldon Richman January 1, 2000

The hysterical reaction to Pat Buchanan's presidential bid is highly revealing. It says little about Buchanan but much about his critics. There is much in Buchanan's platform to object to, but it plays a small role in understanding the criticism. Buchanan is, to be sure, a protectionist. He falls for all the hoary protectionist fallacies that have long been exploded. ...

Let’s Retire the Drug War

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2000

RETIRED ARMY GENERAL Barry McAfree has announced that he is now retiring from his position as America’s drug czar. If only he would take the war on drugs with him. Of all the domestic wars that the U.S. government has waged in the last several decades, the war on drugs has got to be the most immoral and destructive of ...

Crack Down in the War on Drugs… or End It?

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2000

In a proposal termed SABRE (Substance Abuse Resistance Effort), Virginia Republican governor James Gilmore III is asking the Virginia legislature to get tough in the state's war on drugs. The governor's proposals include harsher penalties for drug users and drug sellers. No one, including Governor Gilmore, would argue that the decades-long war on drugs has ...