National Columnists
John Stossel: Buying the cheaper product works
"John Stossel sounds like a real defeatist. ... We have our backs to the wall, and he's raising the white flag." "Stossel has lost his mind." My column last week mocking "energy independence" angered people. I argued that "independence," a favorite...
Olympics showcase immigrant success
Now that the flame has gone out on the Olympics in Beijing, it's worth taking a moment to applaud the U.S. Olympic team. Not only for dominating so many events and winning the most prizes overall -- 110 medals, 36 gold — but also for winning the...
Thomas D. Elias: No excuses for school-reform delay
For each of the past six years, it's been accurate to suggest that students entering high school take a good look around at their classmates, for about one-third of the youngsters they'd see weren't going to be around on graduation day almost four years...
Linda Chavez: Redefining problem not the answer
If ever we needed proof that having an advanced degree doesn't correlate with common sense, we got it this week. A group of college presidents from some of the most prestigious schools in the nation have called on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking...
Thomas Sowell: There’s trouble when amateurs outdo pros
When amateurs outperform professionals, there is something wrong with that profession. If ordinary people, with no medical training, could perform surgery in their kitchens with steak knives, and get results that were better than those of surgeons in...
Cynthia Tucker: Obama lifts the curtain on black middle class
Would a Barack Obama presidency close the racial divide in America? Would a President Obama "transcend" race? Would the election of a black man as president limit claims of racial victimization by black Americans or acts of racism by white Americans? No,...
Walter Williams: Dispelling those economic myths
By taking a couple of courses in economic theory, we could immunize ourselves from nonsense spouted by politicians and pundits, but in the meantime check out Professor John R. Lott's "Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works." His first chapter is "Are...
Robert Scheer: Old soldier never learns
The world according to John McCain is one in which America is triumphant at home and abroad thanks to the Bush legacy, rolling to victory internationally and mastering its domestic economic problems. If daily news, like the 10 French soldiers killed by...
John Stossel: Idiocy of energy independence
It's amazing how ideas with no merit become popular merely because they sound good. Most every politician and pundit says "energy independence" is a great idea. Presidents have promised it for 35 years. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were self-sufficient,...
Presidential choice has new meaning
Hillary Clinton was right about one thing: This election has boiled down to a choice between change versus experience. But not how Hillary expected. She argued that her time as first lady plus as U.S. senator made her "ready to start on Day One," giving...
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