War as Social Work?

When President Bill Clinton deployed American troops in places like Bosnia and Haiti, he was criticized for turning foreign policy into “social work” (as Michael Mandelbaum pungently put it). By what authority, many asked in the 1990s, did the president...

Spring Cleaning Your Investment Portfolio

The war is over, the hummingbirds are back, the dogwood’s blooming white and pink. It’s spring, and, after a long, hard winter, it’s a refreshing and comforting change. So it’s time to give your investment portfolio a thorough spring cleaning....

The Failed Education “Reforms”

Sometimes a single incident can reveal the widespread rot that has affected the nation’s school systems as they strive to indoctrinate the children entrusted to their care while neglecting to teach them the Three R’s. In Inverness, Florida, a 12-year-old...

Business Magazines Go Left-Wing

“Have They No Shame?” screamed the headline of the cover story of one of the magazines, adorned with a picture of five ravenous pigs eating cake amid piles of money. The subhead: “Their performance stank last year, yet most CEOs got paid more than...

Business Magazines Go Left-Wing

“Have They No Shame?” screamed the headline of the cover story of one of the magazines, adorned with a picture of five ravenous pigs eating cake amid piles of money. The subhead: “Their performance stank last year, yet most CEOs got paid more than...

Trying to Please Everyone

Q: How can I overcome the problem of wanting everybody to like me? A: Imagine for a moment that you were liked by everyone. This would most certainly mean that you’re doing something wrong. Why? Because it would be impossible to please everyone. People, first of...

Portrait of the Greenspan Era

With today’s meeting of the FOMC not likely to generate a lot of surprises, let’s take a moment to look at a chart that offers a remarkable perspective on monetary history. One wants to be careful about taking this kind of analysis too literally, but it is...

Let’s Be Honest About Cuba

Around this time in 2001, Secretary of State Colin Powell took it on the chin for opining, “Castro has done some good things for his people.” Last month Powell spoke about the Castro regime much more honestly, stating that the recent crackdown, sham trials...