Producers constantly strive to create that new style they hope will spark a demand all its own, a fashion worthy of the consumers’ vote, thus being victorious in the next market election. Abercrombie and Fitch has been that triumphant candidate in recent years, setting fads that have stormed the market. The latest news surrounding the clothing
Police departments around the nation have begun utilizing high-tech video surveillance in their fight against crime, as the private sector has for many years. Officials in New Orleans recently announced that by October the city plans to have installed 100 of these surveillance cameras within its limits. The plan, which will eventually see the
Photographers characterized by dynamic and often times aggressive tactics used in efforts to get that “million-dollar-shot” or “cover-photo” of celebrities, have established, for themselves, their own division of the media profession. Labeled as “paparazzi,” in honor of Signor Paparazzo, a character in a film by Federico Fellini, these freelancers
Space travel has been one center of interest of governments around the world for the last five decades. As a result of an unending interest in nationalized technological advancement, research and development, incomparable military capabilities, and scientific endeavors into the unknown, bureaucracies have conned entire governments, if not much of
The self-identified champions of civil rights have prided themselves, for almost half of a century, on the violent eradication of ‘employment discrimination’ and pledge allegiance to affirmative action initiatives and other government imposed programs of the like. A recent headline about opposition to a new Louisiana state job application presents
It should come as little surprise to anyone living near a port of trade that transportation throughout the network of the nation’s waterways, at one time the arteries of domestic commerce, has become nothing less than a state-woven web of interventionist circuitry and waste. Over the last decade, the citizens and legislators of Louisiana have
When has there been a single piece of art, theater, or literature that has had such a profound impact on politics as Michael Moore’s latest film, “Fahrenheit 9/11”?Released at a pivotal time in both international affairs, in the wake of a much-debated military action in the ever-uneasy Middle East, and domestic politics, on the eve of the United
George W. Bush received endorsement from a meager 28% of the nation’s voting-aged population, while his challenger, John F. Kerry, was backed by some 27% of eligible voters. The guy with the higher number runs the country and more. What was the cost connected with this result? The Campaign Finance Institute estimated total outlays to the two major
The Free Market 24, no. 2 (February 2004) In November of last year, a percentage of Louisiana residents made history by electing the first female governor. She is a statist with big plans for using government to shape everyone up, whether the citizens want to be shaped up or not. While some may view this development as a major, progressive
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