About the Thursday's Commentary:
Each Thursday morning a commentary is posted in this category. Questions are found below the article.
How Aid Groups Distort Our View of Africa
September 2, 2010 (by Duncan McNicholl, NYPost.com) - We've all seen it: the photo of a teary-eyed African child, dressed in rags, smothered in flies, with a look of desperation that the caption all too readily points out. Some organization has made a poster that tells you about the realities of poverty, what they are doing about it, and how your donation will change things. Read more...
Sacrilege at Ground Zero
August 26, 2010 (by Charles Krauthammer, NationalReview.com) - ...When we speak of Ground Zero as hallowed ground, what we mean is that it belongs to those who suffered and died there - and that such ownership obliges us, the living, to preserve the dignity and memory of the place, never allowing it to be forgotten, trivialized, or misappropriated. ... Read more...
Everyone Prospers With Free Trade
June 10, 2010 (by John Stossel, HumanEvents.com) - Trade is win-win. Two people trade only because each values what he gets more than what he gives up. That's why in a store both customer and clerk say, "Thank you." Read more...
Lost in the Gulf: Perspective
June 3, 2010 (by Ron Ross, Spectator.org) - An inevitable casualty of an event such as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is perspective. There are at least three prime examples of this -- emphasizing costs of something while ignoring the benefits, focusing on the short-run and ignoring the long-run, and forgetting that everything is relative. ... Read more...
For Love of Country
May 27, 2010 (by William J. Bennett and John Cribb, ChicagoTribune) - Amid the backyard cookouts and ball games, let's not forget the point of Memorial Day: to honor Americans who gave their lives in military service and to remember all those no longer with us who served. Read more...
