The High Cost of the Home Team The High Cost of the Home Team
Big-money athletics cannot help but sabotage what our colleges and universities are for: instruction and research.
Jan 18, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Tax the Rich, End the War Tax the Rich, End the War
Congress should levy a Victory Over Terror tax on the superrich which would expire once our troops are safely home.
Jan 9, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Now You Tell Us, Jerry Now You Tell Us, Jerry
Now that he is safely dead, good guy Jerry Ford has come out against the war.
Jan 2, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Counting Our Casualities in Iraq Counting Our Casualities in Iraq
We are fast, too fast, approaching the 3,000th American combat death in Iraq.
Dec 13, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Sweepstakes of Greed, 2006 Sweepstakes of Greed, 2006
It's getting close to New Year's and time for annual awards. And in the 2006 Sweepstakes of Greed, the winners are...
Dec 7, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Coffee, Tea or Another Airline Merger? Coffee, Tea or Another Airline Merger?
As US Air seeks to create a mega-airline by gobbling up Delta, the evidence mounts that a free market in the sky just doesn't work.
Nov 28, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Death of News The Death of News
In cities across America, reporters are being laid off, TV stations are cutting back coverage and the newspaper industry is crumbling to dust. When it all shakes out, will Wikipedi...
Nov 15, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
College Presidents High on the Hog College Presidents High on the Hog
College presidents are living in baronial splendor, some with salaries, benefits and perks of $1 million or more. And you wonder why the cost of tuition is so high?
Oct 31, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Useful Idiots Useful Idiots
Why did America's so-called liberal media find it so easy to support Bush's Iraq disaster? You won't find answers in the US media: Try The London Review of Books.
Oct 23, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Escape From Iraq Escape From Iraq
Bring back Saddam. Spring him from the slammer and put the old dictator back to work. Otherwise, we're never gonna get out of Iraq.
Oct 14, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman