Al Gore’s Coup D’Etat

Karl Marx said it best: “Audacity is 90 percent of the battle.” Lenin showed that he had learned this Marxist lesson well when he declared his tiny band “the majority” and seized power in Russia in the name of a non-existent proletariat. It is...

The Two Americas

The vote last Tuesday wasn’t even close. I know what you’re thinking. If you look at the national totals, the electoral college count, and the chaos in Florida, this election is probably the closest in history. But look at it again, state by state,...

International Markets Handle American Political Risk

There is an old saying that when the U.S. market sneezes, international markets catch a cold. This week, the election seems to have contributed to a big sneeze in the U.S. markets, but foreign markets handled it with little more than a sniffle. A number of foreign...

True Love Demands No Sacrifices

Never ask your spouse or partner to make a sacrifice for you. If you really love someone, then you don’t wish to control them. It’s not that you merely won’t ask them to do something they don’t want to do. We’re not just talking about...

“Blood In The Streets” in Asia — Again.

While the eyes of the world have been focused on the spectacular rise and fall of the NASDAQ over the past 12 months, Asian stocks have had an even more spectacular ride, declining to levels not seen since the depths of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. The Asian...

Why Children — and Adults — Love Harry Potter

A Review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1) by J. K. Rowling Just what is it about Harry Potter? He and his lovely author have incited a reading revolution at a time when reading has been considered on a perpetual decline. Why do children love him...

Putting the Cart Before The Horse, Russian Style

Back in the late 1980s, nations of the west were delighted and pleased when Gorbachev introduced the political policies of Glasnost and Perastroika. Mild political reforms in a moribund communist behemoth were the antecedents to the eventual collapse of the Soviet...