POLITICS

The IMF in Asia: Please Hold Your Applause

Last week I noticed two important articles in the press regarding the Asian recovery. "Fortune" magazine, representing the new "establishment" view, ran an article celebrating the Asian economic recovery, giving the IMF credit for the improvements. In sharp contrast,...

The “Third Way” Moves Two Ways In Europe

In recent years, the leftist parties of England and Germany returned to power by promising voters that they had turned their back on command and control, tax and spend, economic policies. Instead they promised to "transcend" the old right and left by pursuing an...

The Perils of Gun Ownership?

The Perils of Gun Ownership?

1. Ted Kennedy, Rosie O'Donnell, Charles Schumer, and Barbara Boxer strongly denounce private gun ownership. However, their bodyguards carry:A. Toy guns with trigger locks B. A tape recorded message that says "Boo!" C. CandyD. Slingshots E. Very heavy purses2. You and...

The Fundamental Cause of Today’s Social Ills

So philosopher Mark Kingwell [Re: Burgled in the World's Best Country, National Post, July 12, 2000] believes that the cause of social ills like "crime and riots and beggars on the street" is the envy created by people experiencing poverty? Leaving aside all the...

Why I Won’t Celebrate Canada Day This July

This year I will not celebrate Canada Day -- as a matter of principle. I fully recognize Canada as being one of the best places to live in the world -- but that relative assessment doesn't justify the injustices perpetrated by our federal and provincial governments....

Summer of Hypocrites

Summer of Hypocrites

Summer is here, and again we awaken to the smell of magnolias, honeysuckle and hypocrisy. Anti-gunner Rosie O'Donnell certainly deserves whatever personal protection she deems necessary. She fears for her child's safety and thus hired a bodyguard to accompany him. But...

Pirates of the Internet

Pirates of the Internet

For years, lawyers representing Silicon Valley were rightly emphasizing the importance of intellectual property rights.Such rights were the major issue in the final Uraguay round of GATT meetings. At that time, trade negotiators warned that American companies and...

Who Is The World Health Organization Trying To Fool?

On June 21st, the World Health Organization published The World Health Report 2000. The most remarkable fact about the report does not concern its results, but rather the underlying premises that guide the organization and that led to such results. The results of the...

Hong Kong’s Contradictory Property Policies

Once again, the Hong Kong government has swung from manic to depressive over its property market. A few years ago, in an attempt to gain popularity with the poor, the government reacted to high property prices by promising more government housing programs and more...

Shays’ Rebellion and the Spirit of Freedom

In 1786 New England farmers, oppressed by taxation, launched a series of rebellions against state authorities. Beginning with popular protests at town meetings, the demonstrations spread to local courthouses and legislatures. The statehouse in Hew Hampshire was...

Let’s Kill the Death Tax

On June 9th, by a majority of two thirds, Congress representatives voted to repeal the federal estate tax. The most impressive thing, however, was to hear arguments for the repeal being advanced on moral grounds. It seems that at least some politicians grasped the...

Krugman’s Green Cheese is All Rotten

I read a most outrageous article in last Sunday's New York Times written by Paul Krugman, the Times' Keynesian economist in residence. (Available with free registration) Entitled "Green Cheese Rules," the article was inspired by a theory proposed by the famous...

The Good Times of Johnnie L. Cochran

The Good Times of Johnnie L. Cochran

Look in the dictionary, under the word "gall." You might find a picture of defense attorney Johnnie L. Cochran. If it doesn't appear, it should. June 12, 2000, marks the sixth anniversary of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. On "Larry King Live,"...

An Open Letter to Bill Gates

The Justice Department committed a grave injustice against you, Bill Gates. Your crime was to be too ambitious and too successful in a society riddled with envy. You were condemned for your ability, which made you stand out from the crowd.The wealth you own is the...

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