Why is Philip Morris Backing Antismoking Bills?
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation giving the FDA authority to regulate the tobacco industry. Just 10 years ago, when Senator John McCain introduced a similar bill, ...READ»
Arrogance will never die of course, but hopefully the last few months have set it back a pinch.
The Wall Street Journal had a remarkable piece this past weekend on the banking boom and bust of Iceland. An entire economy - currency ...READ»
America has collectively awakened to a crisis. Fear and a bunker mentality have choked consumer spending. It seems bad news makes people act even more conservatively, which makes things worse, which makes for more bad news. Most of ...READ»
Emerson’s essay extols the virtues of self-reliance. Indeed, the virtues proposed in this essay on self-reliance made this country what it is today. But, self-reliance is more complex them simply fending for your ...READ»
To intervene or not to intervene. That is the raging debate on our satellites. That is the raging debate around our water coolers. ‘Let them fail!’ or “They are too big to fail.’ But it is far deeper and more subtle than ...READ»
There is a new drugstore test called the E.G.T. (Early Government Test). You pee on a stick. If the lines appear, you are no longer living in a free market.
Of course, it may be a temporary condition. A few months of ...READ»