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The Fallacy of “Fairness”

February 12, 2010 By Thomas Sowell 24 Comments

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Like it or not, success will never be equally distributed.

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A Massachusetts Miracle?

January 19, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 25 Comments

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Can Republican Scott Brown pull an upset in the Bay State?

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Affirmative Action A La Française

January 15, 2010 By Theodore Dalrymple 20 Comments

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A politically correct assault threatens France’s elite academic institution.

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Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones – WSJ.com

December 18, 2009 By Jacob Laksin 2 Comments

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WASHINGTON — Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations. Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications link in some [...]

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Duck-and-Run Obama – by Floyd and Mary Beth Brown

December 15, 2009 By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown 8 Comments

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The Obama White House has become like a bad reality TV show.

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