Human Events

With Bernie Sanders all but announcing he will run for the seat of retiring Sen. James Jeffords (L-Vt.) next year (see HUMAN EVENTS, May 2, Page 4), speculation is growing over who will succeed him as the Green Mountain State's lone U.S. representative....

* BOLTON'S BRIGADE: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Reagan UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick (see coverbox story) were not the only significant figures last week to come to the defense of John Bolton, whose nomination as UN ambassador...

Some of the lingo used in the Nation's Capital during the recent debate over a federal budget resolution reveals the perverse perspective professional politicians have developed when it comes to spending taxpayers' money."Discretionary" spending, they...

War of the Rosen. The federal investigation of 2000 Hillary fund-raiser David Rosen continues. The latest news is that Sen. Ted Kennedy's brother-in-law, Raymond Reggie, secretly taped at least one telephone conversation with Rosen as part of a separate...

Your Inside Report From Capitol HillTuesday, May 3, was another hectic day in President Bush's unrelenting effort to overhaul the unstable Social security program. "I believe," he told 2,000 factory workers in Mississippi, "I have a duty to talk about...

By sharply limiting the contributions Americans may make to traditional political parties, the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law of 2002 gave disproportionate power over election-year debates to billionaires such as George Soros, who remain free to...

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Jeane Kirkpatrick, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Reagan Administration, both last week expressed their strong support for the confirmation of John R. Bolton as U.S....

Proposal Will Not Do Enough to Roll Back Gas PricesThe House recently passed a bill purportedly for the purpose of improving our ability to produce energy. President Bush has called it "a good energy bill" and has urged the Senate to act so that Congress...

Saigon Fell 30 Years AgoThe spectacular fall of Saigon 30 years ago, on April 30, 1975, had Americans glued to their televisions. Millions watched as long lines snaked up stairs at buildings at the American Embassy compound waiting to be helicoptered...