This week in Enter Stage Right

Enter Stage Right ^ | October 14, 2002 | Steve Martinovich

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Would-be intellectual vandals get their day in the Supreme Court: Those who are spearheading the current legal challenge to the copyright law favor intellectual cannibalism masquerading as creativity and free speech, argues Amy Peikoff

Profiting from the work of others: Why weakening prescription drug patent protection is bad public policy: Weakening intellectual property rights is a bad idea when it comes to drug patent protection. Eric Peters says a bill by Chuck Schumer and John McCain will hurt everyone

Bush can lead on the economy: W. James Antle III believes that U.S. President George W. Bush can show the same leadership on the economy as he has on the war on terrorism

The Nobel Peace Prize should go to those who really support peace: Andrew Bernstein believes that Jimmy Carter has a couple of achievements to his credit, the Nobel Peace Prize should have gone somewhere else

Nothing to fear, but fear itself: Have faith in your country, Alan Caruba tells Americans, because you'll need a united country to confront the dangers ahead

Reversing Cochran's complaint: Bruce Walker finds a lot of problems with Johnnie Cochran's complaint that there are too few black NFL coaches

Human rights wrongs: In Canada, writes Jeremy Lott, "human rights" laws governing speech have proven only to silent unpopular or controversial speech

Individuals together: Many people have confused the concept of individualism with that of isolation. Eric Miller says that being an individual means being with other people as part of a society

How to stop covering up the ethics violations in Congress: Ever wonder why politicians in Congress facing ethics charges skate through them without suffering very much? Paul M. Weyrich says there is a reason for that

Ayn Rand Institute versus censorship: Gennady Stolyarov II is still steamed over the Canada holding pro-Israeli material at the border on the grounds that it may have been hate speech

State legislation protects abortion rights: Wendy McElroy says the next battle over abortion will likely pit the state of California against the federal government. The reason? Four laws passed by the state legislature that seemed designed to flout federal regulations

The Communist Party and the American media elite: America's mainstream media reminds Daniel G. Jennings of the former Soviet Union's top party leadership. The thought processes behind both organizations aren't all that different

When men's health doesn't count: When it comes to health care issues, men rate above monkeys but below women. Dianna Thompson and Glenn Sacks explain what that means

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