July 28, 2002
The Fall of Enron

That's the title of The Washington Post's excellent five-part series. Part one appeared in today's paper. You can find part two here. These articles are a pretty damning indictment of former Enron CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling and one of his top aides Andrew Fastow. They should be on their way to jail for the fraud […]

Read More
July 28, 2002
Congrats!

Congratulations to American cyclist Lance Armstrong on his fourth consecutive Tour de France victory.

Read More
Advertisements
July 28, 2002
More unrest in Iran

Hardliners are cracking down again according to this article in today's New York Times Hopefully Michael Ledeen will be able to provide some context for this action over at National Review Online soon.

Read More
July 26, 2002
Chinese government = evil

Thanks to National Review's Jay Nordlinger for pointing out this piece in the Taipei Times. It seems that Chinese women married to Taiwanese men who returned to the mainland to visit their families were: "ordered by Beijing to have abortions or to undergo surgery to have their fallopian tubes tied. They were also fined and […]

Read More
Advertisements
July 26, 2002
Visas revisited

I neglected to address the issue of refugees when I talked about my inclination to bar people from Arab nations from coming to the United States on student or tourist visas. I think that we should be increasing the number of people we allow into the United States as refugees from those countries. People genuinely […]

Read More
July 26, 2002
How is Krugman like an ostrich?

Let me count the ways. He's ornery. He'll likely to kick you in the kneecaps if he gets riled. He has a tendency to stick his head in the sand when it comes to the fact that Social Security isn't viable in perpetuity the way it is currently structured. In his latest New York Times […]

Read More
July 24, 2002
Fact-checking Krugman

Last week Krugman took on Bush and his connections in "privatizing" Utimco -- the University of Texas Investment Management Co. Well, someone with some credibility on the issue has answered Krugman, William H. Cunningham, former chancellor and former chairman of the board of regents of the University of Texas system. You can read the response […]

Read More
Advertisements
July 24, 2002
Know who you're sitting next to

A friend of mine told me last night about an encounter his wife had a couple of weeks ago while flying back to San Diego from Chicago. Wife (reading sports page of newspaper): I can't believe the Padres are 19 games out of first place! Man seated next to her: Easy. Just settle down. Wife: […]

Read More
July 24, 2002
Cure what ails you

The Dow Jones Industrial Index is up more than 450 points as I write. Less than one hour before the market close. Why? Well, probably because the Feds arrested the founder of Adelphia Communications Corp. and his two sons this morning. Want to improve confidence in the market -- put lying, cheating CEOs in the […]

Read More
July 24, 2002
Saved by the courts

Last month I mentioned that California Gov. Gray Davis had made a little mistake when it came to submitting to arbitration with some lawyers who had sued the state over its illegal "Smog Impact Fee" assessed on people who registered vehicles from out of state in California. Well, the courts have saved him -- and […]

Read More

Calendar

October 2025
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  

Archives

Categories

2nd Amendment Information

pencil linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram