OPECs Swan Song?
Indonesia's Energy Minister, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, is unhappy with the modest production cut, from June 1, of 2 million barrels per day, adopted by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries last week. He intends to demand further reductions at the June 11 get-together in Qatar.The deal struck is so convoluted and... Read More
China Finds Humans to Test Bird Flu Vaccine On, in Qinghai
China is serious about breaking into the bio-tech field and has a vaccine to stop H5N1 Bird Flu strain. Recently they admitted over 160 people died and today they now admit it was actually 460 people. 13,000 birds have been incinerated and this is only in the Western Province of... Read More
The Criminality of Transition
Lecture given at the Netherlands Economic Institute (NEI) on 18/4/2001Human vice is the most certain thing after death and taxes, to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin. The only variety of economic activity, which will surely survive even a nuclear holocaust, is bound to be crime. Prostitution, gambling, drugs and, in general, expressly... Read More
Freedom on the Internet
Throughout all recorded history on our lovely little planet, Earth's human beings have been concerned with a few main ideals. One of these is the idea of freedom. Freedom, what is it? What does it mean to you? To look at it simply and in context of communication, I'd say... Read More
Lets Call A Spade A Spade
Much of our personal and cultural perspective on the world is colored by the language in which our concepts and ideas are couched. Changing that language can therefore alter our attitudes about what we hear and see."Responsibility," for example, is a word with positive reverberations. It reeks of reliability, accountability,... Read More
Netanyahu: Too Late For A Fight-back?
The resignation from cabinet yesterday, Sunday, by the Israeli minister of Finance is a good signal by the extreme right-wing, within the ruling Likud Party to the world that a group exists that would not go to sleep, much less on the same bed with terrorism.I am of the contrary... Read More
A Cheap Holiday in Other Peoples Misery (catching up with Mordechai Vanunu in Israel)
One of my favourite pieces of music is the Sex Pistols' classic 'Holidays in the Sun' - a song that begins with the line, 'a cheap holiday in other people's misery'. This would have made a fitting epitaph for my holiday in Israel, except that the $3000 air ticket meant... Read More
Cops Want To Increase Marijuana Punishments?
Leave it to the Columbia City Police Officers Association in Missouri to try to turn back and increase punishments for marijuana, against the will of the voters. Six months ago the voters in Columbia City elected to decrease punishments for marijuana. Now, the police officers are trying to repeal it.Students... Read More
Workmens Compensation Lawyers, Lets Raise Minimum Wage; No Lets Not, Say We Did, We Have
The debate to raise minimum wage in California is totally negated. The debate holds no weight because workmen's compensation rates are completely out of control there. Arnold the Governator was able to get a little reform but with all the lawsuits flying it is no use, the system is broken.... Read More
When Political Correctness in NOT a Virtue
The other day I was sucker punched, hoodwinked, bamboozled, had the wool pulled over my eyes, and generally sidelined by an expert in Political Correctness. In fact, so sidelined did I get that I have been depressed for a week-and I mean really depressed.My second book recently came out and,... Read More
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US Trade Deficit with Bordering Neighbors
The trade deficit with Canada is now 50 Billion per... Read More
Democracy, War and the Media - Uneasy Bedfellows All Round
Recent international wars and the often spectacular ways in which... Read More
Fuel Prices and Trucking; A Reality Check On What Drives America
It appears we are having a terrible situation with the... Read More
Newspaper Reporters Tread Lightly on Compulsive Gambling Addiction
Websites designed to help people overcome their gambling addictions have... Read More
Immigration: Ten Points to Ponder
1. Why is it that no one seems to notice,... Read More
Question Authority
Policemen in many US cities are taking their new authority... Read More
Tax Dollars and Transparency of Government Agencies
As we watch fewer Americans voting it is no wonder... Read More
World Moving from Socialism to Capitalism
The recent Jakarta summit of Asia and Africa brought remembrance... Read More
Thoughts Born of Tragedy ...
..."history may judge us to be the real bully if,... Read More
Lost and Found in Gaza
The evacuation of Gaza is now completed, and the world... Read More
Mass Transportation Efficiencies and Price Per Rider Theories
Having redundancies and today's technologies in transportation we have protected... Read More
Revitalizing The Power of the Baby Boomers
As baby boomers, we have been spoiled all of our... Read More
Israel Termed A ?Nuclear Power? By US Officials
In the last two weeks, two non-senior US officials indirectly... Read More
Are Illegal Mexicans Really Bad for America?
I've been thinking again. I know some of my readers... Read More
Anti Government, Pro Democracy
Many Americans feel betrayed by their government, our government. I... Read More
George Bush--A New World Order
When this president's father was in the Oval Office, he... Read More
Hawala, or The Bank That Never Was
I. OVERVIEWIn the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks... Read More
Federal Trade Commission and Dismal Performance on Mergers
Most citizens agree that we need the Federal Trade Commission... Read More
Smelter Closures In America Hurt Our Industrial Output
The United States is losing its industrial capacity quite rapidly.... Read More
Illegal Aliens and Homeland Security; Rants from Lance 2003
Is it just me or are you concerned that illegal... Read More
Government Franchise Model; taking it virtual
Our government is set up like a modern day franchise.... Read More
Protection of the Intellectual Property in Russia
A Governmental commission, headed personally by the Prime Minister has... Read More
Dealing with Massive Prisoners of War
In the last Gulf War we saw thousands of enemy... Read More
How To Date Ann Coulter (If You Must)
I've decided to go public with my intentions: I will... Read More
The Fabric of Economic Trust
Economy is called the dismal science because it pretends to... Read More
The Federal Trade Commission, reality check
Federal Trade Commission Owes Industry and Entrepreneurs an Apology. The... Read More
PTO - Patent and Trademark Office needs complete overhaul
Recently in Maine, I talked with a gentleman and we... Read More
Free Markets, Wal-Mart, Over Regulation; What an interesting concept?
Unions are angry at the high salary of the executives... Read More
Political Lobbying & Biblical Aspects of the Mid-East Crisis
1) IS HAVING A DEMOCRACY MORE EFFECTIVE IN ADDRESSING POLITICAL... Read More
Cloning; The Possibilities and Advantages of Thought Swapping
We can all see the issues involved in the cloning... Read More
Will They Sterilize Vagabonds and Drunkards in Belarus?
In Belarus parliament is going to struggle with degeneration of... Read More
Fuel Prices on the Rise
With gasoline prices at the pump climbing strongly into the... Read More
Eurovision Song Contest - Kiss My Butt Neighbours
Tonight I resigned myself to the fact that this is... Read More
How Futuristic Is Anarchy As A Way To Organize The State (I)
When organising a country or a group of people in... Read More
PA Congressional Pay Hike Raises Eyebrows
While many Pennsylvanians are struggling to figure out how they... Read More
Tax Attorney in Oregon or Washington; Does Your Small Business Have One?
Tax Evasion has been used to criminalize many, Nixon did... Read More
How Can We Elect Good Leaders?
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Men desire power. Give power to... Read More
Problems in the Media
I am noticing an increasing and alarming rate to which... Read More
The Absurdity of the Public School Monopoly
The notion that local governments should have almost total monopoly... Read More
The Worlds Eldest Democracy Was A Truly Romantic Affair
Visible remnants of the world's eldest democracy can be seen... Read More
Fair Trade and Pearls in the U.S.
Guides for RetailersThe regulations about marketing pearls are listed in... Read More
Is it just hubris, or ...?
In what the Americans love to describe as the war... Read More
So How Far Have We Come? Here are some of the 2001 Anti Terrorist Projects
An article in Information Week in January 14, 2002 discussed... Read More
Truckers Take Some Hits and Keep On Trucking
After 9-11 insurance rates on Independent Truck Drivers and smaller... Read More
When Will the World Wake Up?
How can any human being today, anywhere in this world,... Read More
Interview With A Former ACLU Office
I had the benefit of getting an interview with Mr.... Read More
Cracking Down on Cigar Counterfeiters
In the most rewarding new industries, there is often a... Read More
The Internet Right ? Are They Doing It Right
It looks overall like the liberals are advocating for no... Read More
The G-8 and Other Figureheads
The Presidents Before Washington:From the moment that the first Declaration... Read More
The European Bank for the Retardation of Development
In typical bureaucratese, the pensive EBRD analyst ventures with the... Read More
Tax Dollars and Transparency of Government Agencies
As we watch fewer Americans voting it is no wonder... Read More
Electronic Commerce Taxaton: Emerging Legal Issues - Part II
UNAUTHORIZED HACKINGThe term "computer hacking" traditionally describes the penetration into... Read More
Workers
We have read about the unemployment rate being high. Really... Read More
Colts? Stadium Short on Horse Sense
The predominant discussion in the Indianapolis media over the proposed... Read More
We Do Not Have An Upside Down Trade Deficit Because We Cannot Compete
Our trade deficit is directly proportional to our attacks on... Read More
Lost and Found in Gaza
The evacuation of Gaza is now completed, and the world... Read More
Environmental Economics, Stream of Thought
Entrepreneurs can clean up the environment if we would let... Read More
California Power and Commodity Markets
Excess capacity occurs in many industries, such as power, electricity,... Read More
Going All Out to Win a War
Conventional warfare is getting to its limits. Soon wars will... Read More
The Economic Giant-- A Closer Look at China
IT'S NO LONGER NEWS THAT CHINA IS BECOMING A MAJOR... Read More
Employment Legislation: Proposed Employment Law Changes - To Take Effect 1 October 2005
Proposed changes to the Sex Discrimination Act ("SDA") 1975 and... Read More
The Gay Male Agenda for Political Dominance
I would like to pose a question. I am unsure... Read More
How Dogpoo is Changing The World
Perhaps a silent revolution is taking place, this time more... Read More
The Power of Media: Russian Perspective
Journalism, as it is often said, is the 'fourth branch... Read More
California Car Wash Fundraisers and Environmental Law
Many non-profit groups are feeling upset that they are allowed... Read More
Iranian Elections - Roadmap To Continued Apathy
The recent first round of the Iranian elections somewhat resembled... Read More
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