Guidelines for Investing

If you are having a tough time deciding whether to dump a stock you own, don’t despair. You aren’t alone. In investing, nothing is harder. Nothing. Some people offer a simple formula — such as, always sell a stock if it has dropped 20 percent or if...

PBS: The Impracticality of Theft

According to Fox News: “Critics say that PBS has compromised its mission over the last 30 years, squandering taxpayer dollars with little thought to viewer accountability and becoming slaves to corporate underwriters and political correctness. And while some...

An “Unselfish Love”

Q: If a man tells a woman that he loves her but then is always concerned about other people’s feelings and not about hers, does he really love her? For example: He lives far away from his girlfriend. He has only two days to spend with her, when visiting, but he...

Patriotism and Tax Havens

What defines a patriot these days? Is it one’s dedication to the principles of freedom, or is is it one’s willingness to place their life second to the needs of the state. These days, it looks a lot like the latter is the common view. Take for example, the...

The Anti-Capitalist Offensive

At the same time that John Walker Lindh is allowed to cop a plea, getting who knows how few years in prison, the media and a segment of the public are demanding to get the heads on a platter (the phrase actually used) of a number of CEOs of business firms who have yet...

Put Dow Doubts to Rest

When our book, “Dow 36,000,” was published in September 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 10318. The Dow closed in the middle of last week at 8736. What went wrong? Actually, nothing. Despite its flamboyant title, “Dow 36,000” was...

The Friends of James Ujaama

Just when you think you know somebody, he goes and gets himself detained by the FBI for questioning in connection with alleged ties to the terrorist network of Osama bin Laden. So, whom do you stand by: your country or an individual who you’ve known all your...

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