ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Walter E. Williams wrote this column appearing October 20, 2010 on Townhall.com.

One of the greatest sources of confusion and deception is the difference between leftists, progressives, socialists, communists and fascists. I thought about this as I caught a glimpse of the Oct. 2 “One Nation” march on Washington. The participants proudly marched with banners, signs and placards reading “Socialists,” “Ohio U Democratic Socialists,” “International Socialists Organization,” “Socialist Party USA,” “Build A Socialist Alternative” and other signs expressing support for socialism and communism. They had stands where they sold booklets under the titles of […]

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing October 16, 2010, on The American Thinker website.

President Obama famously responded to a question about “American exceptionalism.” Asked by a reporter if he believed in it, Mr. Obama replied, “I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.” It was as if he’d just gotten back from Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average.

So if America’s exceptional and so are the Greeks and the Brits — and presumably, too, are the Bangladeshis and the […]

ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote this column appearing October 15, 2010 on The Washington Times website and in the print edition on October 18, 2010.

As election day approaches and many incumbents contemplate the death of their political careers, it’s a good time to remind them of their unfinished work in fending off a massive tax increase, and in particular, the death tax. In fact, they should be hounded about this at every campaign stop.

The death tax was reduced to zero in 2010, but will lurch from its grave on Jan. 1, 2011 and haunt small businesses worth $1 […]

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing October 15, 2010, on The Patriot Post website.

Liberals sit down with the New York Times the way Catholics enter the confessional: To make a clean breast of their sins and to ask for absolution. Except that the Gray Lady offers no promise of confidentiality.

President Obama has given an interview to the Times Magazine that will appear in full only next Sunday. Already, however, his quoted remarks are causing a political earthquake. He confesses that he did not realize there was “no such thing as a shovel-ready project” when he asked […]

ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote this column appearing October 13, 2010 on The American Spectator website.

The most important fact to take from the September unemployment report released last week is that almost three years after the recession began the economy was still losing jobs! Almost 100,000 (95,000) additional jobs were lost last month from the economy overall. That makes 400,000 jobs lost since May. Moreover, in a regular annual benchmark revision to calibrate unemployment rates for updated data, the BLS reported a further 366,000 jobs lost for March. The total number of Americans unemployed stands at almost 15 million (14.8).

In addition, the […]

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing October 7, 2010, on the The Patriot Post website.

“Mr. Emanuel praised Mr. Obama as “the toughest leader any country could ask for in the toughest times any president has faced.” He fought back tears as he thanked his wife and three children, seated in the front row of the East Room for the farewell ceremony.”

That’s how the New York Times described Rahm Emanuel’s leave-taking as President Obama’s Chief of Staff. We all say nice things on such occasions. I have no idea whether Rahm Emanuel’s departure was his own […]

Professor of Economics Walter E. Williams wrote this column appearing October 6, 2010 on Townhall.com.

One of President Obama’s campaign promises was not to raise taxes on middle-class Americans. So here’s my question: If there’s a corporate tax increase either in the form of “cap and trade” or income tax, does it turn out to be a middle-class tax increase? Most people would say no but let’s look at it.

There’s a whole subject area in economics known as tax incidence — namely, who bears the burden of a tax? The first thing that should be recognized is that the burden […]

ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote this column appearing October 1, 2010 on The Washington Times website.

When I was in college, a professor from the Middle East was giving me advice in his office.

He said, “My son (he fancied himself a mentor), truth comes in three colors: blonde, brunette and redhead.” At the time, I was unmarried, and it seemed to make sense, although I was leery because of his reputation as a skirt-chaser. I wanted to get married, not start a harem.

Today, truth on campus may be coming in only one color: red.

The Obama […]