Days after the space shuttle disintegrated over Texas, anti-aircraft batteries were deployed around Washington D.C. An orange terror alert pushed the Dow below 8,000 and further crippled a sagging dollar. We find ourselves between Iraq and a hard … [Continue reading]
High Infidelity
A milestone of my advancing years is the realization that the music which shaped my adolescence, once labeled anti-establishment, is now considered old-school. Growing old, therefore, means growing less cool. Eminem laments that his music has lost … [Continue reading]
Where’s Dershowitz
The din of anti-war protesters grows, although in San Francisco it proved no match against panhandlers. Public opinion hasn’t been this blindly polarized since the O.J. Simpson trial. Parallels run deeper than the compunction to watch four gruesome … [Continue reading]
Capital Punishment
The recent flurry of bad economic news is fast becoming a blizzard. A week after learning that payrolls unexpectedly fell 110,000, we are buffeted by faltering consumer sentiment, shrinking industrial production and a record trade deficit. Things are … [Continue reading]
Cali Caliente
A $35 billion gash in California’s budget has Governor Davis scrambling to raise taxes and slash services though Ken Lay has yet to leave the links for the grey-bar hotel. Sales tax will jump one percent while a pack of cigarettes will cost $1.10 … [Continue reading]
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