by Gil Friend | May 11, 2003 | Politics
Into the Sunset. The “sunset” clauses of the current tax cut, whereby cuts expire after a few years, represent the same bait-and-switch tactics we fell for in 2001. By Paul Krugman. [New York Times: Opinion] “What do you mean ‘We,’...
by Gil Friend | May 7, 2003 | Politics
[The Guardian]: Marijuana, pornography and illegal labour have created a hidden market in the United States which now accounts for as much as 10% of the American economy, according to a study. As a cash crop, marijuana is believed to have outstripped maize, and...
by Gil Friend | May 6, 2003 | Politics
A Zealous Quest for Chemicals to Heal Ailing Brains. Throughout Dr. Floyd E. Bloom’s career, he has been looking at chemicals and the ways they affect the nervous system. By Claudia Dreifus. [New York Times: Science] But in this article he speaks as much, and as...
by Gil Friend | Feb 5, 2003 | Politics
What is the feature of government — all government — that transcends ideology, culture, race, gender, national origin and WMD? That lazy good for nothin’ Jon Carroll takes on The Department of Energy, NASA and the FBI — so skilled at...
by Gil Friend | Feb 3, 2003 | Politics
Bush quashing unpleasant employment stats.. From Business Week, February 10, 2003 issue : Now, either by coincidence or by design, two agencies have taken actions that make the Administration’s unremarkable record on jobs a little harder to spot….Labor...
by Gil Friend | Jan 27, 2003 | Politics
Employees as Regulators. Oversight of public companies should be entrusted to a group with a substantial interest in a given company’s long-term survival: its employees. By Moshe Adler. [New York Times: Opinion] Prefered option: keep the foxes away from the...
