Whither Democracy? The Democratic Party’s Dilemma in 2008

Whither Democracy? The ...

The 2008 presidential election campaign has highlighted a number of questionable and problematic practices of the Democratic Party. Indeed, the nomination process, it seems, has become as important as the candidates themselves and many commentators are beginning to question such things as...
Blaming the Victim (and the British)

Blaming the Victim (and...

Book Review: Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell.Encounter Books, 2005 (355 pages). Black Rednecks and White Liberals is the latest rehash of the culture of poverty thesis that presupposes that the black poor are trapped in a never ending cycle of bad behavior that...
Of Free Trade and High-Tech Magellans

Of Free Trade and High-...

Book Review: •The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. 496 pages.) There is good news and bad news about millionaire New York Times columnist Tom Friedman’s latest work The World is Flat. The good news: this is a great intro to the current and...