by Ken Adelman | May 10, 2001 | POLITICS
President Bush’s speech on ballistic missile defense (BMD) is a reaction to “the Kyoto complex,” where he made a big (and the right) decision (getting out of the protocol) without consultation. Now on BMD, he’s all consultation and no big... by James Pinkerton | May 10, 2001 | POLITICS
Here in the US, opposition to national missile defense (NMD) falls into four categories. Critics complain about its potential cost, its alleged unworkability, its putative damage to international relations, and its supposed irrelevance to the real threats to the US.... by Don Luskin | May 10, 2001 | POLITICS
Once again we’re faced with a market that doesn’t want to go up, but doesn’t want to go down either. Since last Wednesday’s high on the NASDAQ — which I said was the closing bookend on the NASDAQ’s spring rally — the markets... by Don Luskin | May 9, 2001 | POLITICS
Just like old times. Cisco beat by a penny. It was easy, too. All they had to do was lower expectations far below anything you would have dared to imagine in your worst nightmares a year ago. And according to CEO John Chambers, it’ll be a snap to grow revenues... by Alan Luber | May 9, 2001 | POLITICS
Author’s Note: This is the second in a series of personal finance columns on the subject of being the executor of an estate. These columns are based on my own personal experiences in this regard. Individuals should consult a professional advisor and take their... by Jeff Jacoby | May 9, 2001 | POLITICS
Normal human beings would blanch at the thought of staging an athletic event at the site of an infamous massacre. But China’s Communist rulers, who are bidding hard to host the Summer Olympics in 2008, are not normal human beings. So it comes as no surprise that... by Daniel J Mitchell | May 8, 2001 | POLITICS
When the Berlin Wall collapsed, one would have expected the poisonous Marxist ideology of class warfare to disappear along with it. But this year’s tax debate has shown the politics-of-envy is alive and well. Demagogues are vilifying President Bush’s plan... by Don Luskin | May 7, 2001 | POLITICS
Just a quick note this morning, to try to illuminate the nature of the cusp at which the markets find themselves. On Thursday the markets made it clear they didn’t want to go higher. And on Friday they made it just as clear they didn’t want to go lower.... by Robert W Tracinski | May 7, 2001 | Environment
“Danger lies not in what we don’t know, but in what we think we know that just ain’t so.” So reads the e-mail signature of Greg Holloway, a scientist with the Institute of Ocean Sciences in British Columbia. The quote, from Mark Twain, is...