More Hypocrisy from the UN

The UN Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa recently adjourned. If you heard or read any of the Press coverage of this event, you know that the organizers and participants regretted that the...

Why Won’t Valuations Come Down? They Will!

A report Tuesday from Steve Galbraith, strategist at Morgan Stanley, slashed his 2001 earnings forecast for the S&P 500 from $51 to $46 — about a 10% cut. But from the 1092 S&P close the day before the September 11 terrorist attack through the 1003 close...

Self Defense is Job One

“Well, I just think that you’re painting a horrible picture of what we’re about,” said Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., in response to the question I asked last week. My question that provoked such an indignant response? “Senator,”...

Mandatory National ID Cards….for our politicians

Crisis is good for statist-leaning governments such as ours because it affords them the opportunity to package new oppressions under the guise of needed security. Lately, we’ve been treated to the idea of a national ID card so our police can tell good guys from...

Superfluous Airport Safety Regulations

Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta, Czar Norman, has ordered new, ill-thought out, oppressive airline regulations in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Among them: a ban on knives — plastic or steel — anywhere in the airport and on airplanes,...