POLITICS

It’s official. Finance Minister Paul Martin told the four big banks he won’t permit them to merge. Why not? The proposed mergers would allegedly give the resulting two banks “unacceptable” powers that would not serve “public...

The political-left properly condemns the political-right for lobbying government to force its religious values on others. However, the political left, despite that many of its proponents don’t explicitly preach or practice religion (some are atheists), is itself...

Capitalism — to the extent that it has existed — has demonstrated to be phenomenal at raising people’s standard of living in terms of food production, housing, transportation, communication, medicine, exciting careers opportunities, leisure time,...

In today’s industrial civilization, people recognize the difference between the secular and the religious. Even those who believe in the Bible, for example, would generally not proclaim Scripture to be science — any more than those who faithfully read...

Many people say that a disaster of unprecedented proportions faces mankind on January 1st, 2000. Some say this is God’s plan to destroy civilization and prepare for the second coming of Christ. Others say that we must give up our political freedom in order to...

To answer “Is capitalism under threat?” one must first know what capitalism is.

Accounting is no fun to me. In business school, it struck me as the dullest and most tedious part of the curriculum. Throughout the Chartered Financial Analyst program, accounting studies kept me up past an acceptable bedtime. So while I’m proud to say that...

“Many will think that they can with reason blame me, alleging — that my proofs are contrary to the authority of certain men held in great reverence by their inexperienced judgments, not considering that my works are the issue of simple and plain experience...

In Canada, two big banks — the Royal Bank and Bank of Montreal — want to merge. They mutually concluded that it would serve their long-term interests, such as make them more competitive internationally. Ditto for two other big banks — the Toronto...

Part 2of 6 in a Series of articles on Capitalism, Free-competition, Antitrust, and Microsoft   Just as Marxists do, the proponents of antitrust laws–a century ago and today–actively seek to obscure the crucial distinction between economic power and...

Mark McGwire of the Saint Louis Cardinals was right. America did need the spectacle of his pursuit of major-league baseball’s single-season home run record. And much about what they needed culminated in St. Louis’ Busch Stadium on September 8th, when he...

There had been rumors all winter that the engineers were going to strike. Certainly we of the operating department had warning enough. Yet in the railroad life there is always friction in some quarter; the railroad man sleeps like the soldier, with an ear alert...

In a largely partisan vote on Wednesday, the U.S. Senate rejected the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) against nuclear weapons testing, signed by President Clinton in 1996. The rejection has created a storm of criticism, warning of “international...

I’m not expecting a Year 2000 cataclysm. I’ve read a fair amount of literature on the subject, and it largely breaks down into two categories. In the first, you find sober discussions of the details with a conclusion that the problem is largely manageable....

After being pushed to the wall with damning evidence, U.S. President Bill Clinton finally, albeit grudgingly, confessed to the American people that he did have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. It wasn’t the first time he cheated on his wife and then, when...

A year has passed since that fatal car crash in a Paris tunnel, and the fundamental question still burns: Who is morally responsible for the tragic and senseless death of princess Diana? Although the investigation report from the French magistrate has yet to be...