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Concerning the foreknowledge of hijackings by bin Laden a month before September 11, the reaction is more interesting than the story itself. Democrats responded with feigned outrage masking restrained glee. Prior to this revelation, Bush had more of a lock on 2004 than George Washington in 1792. If you think their real concern was stopping

Paul Krugman has put out a clever analysis of the demographics of the “blue” and “red” states ( New York Times , May 7, 2002). His analytic knife, however, doesn’t cut deeply enough to get to the truth of the matter. Krugman alleges that “the heartland” states--the red, pro-Bush states--have more crime, divorce, single moms and net-tax eaters than

President Bush had to get tough on 78-year-old John Rigas--John Rigas of no prior criminal record but one prior triple-bypass surgery. Rigas, former CEO of Adelphia Communications, is charged, along with his two sons, with using corporate funds for personal reasons and misleading investors and lenders by misstating the financial condition of his

Those who lost their laptops buying overpriced stocks are looking for scapegoats. The self-made delusionaires are hunting for self-made millionaires. They are no better at picking the villains of the stock market bubble burst than they were at picking stocks. Accordingly, one of our most productive citizens is being targeted for destruction by our

I am seeing all these annoying signs, “Buckle Up,” around town. Also, television and radio carry an unrelenting flurry of “public service” announcements telling us how to care for ourselves. I guess the government really cares about our health. It’s not about raising revenue by issuing traffic tickets, or controlling people’s lives in intrusive

Aside from Noam Chomsky’s work as a linguist, he is a great critic of US foreign policy, the corporate state, and the media establishment. There is much to criticize in these spheres and Chomsky does so prolifically. He is so prolific a critic that we are inevitably drawn to the question, “What is Noam Chomsky for ?”  It is difficult to discern

Polls suggest that only 45 percent of the public backs the tax bill signed by President Bush, which means that a majority are against it, indifferent, or confused. Now, we can dismiss the idea that people don’t want tax cuts. After all, if people wanted to pay taxes, we could just make them voluntary and be done with it. They are called taxes

Martha Stewart goes on trial in January for allegedly lying about committing the imaginary crime of outsider trading . All that stands between her and oblivion is a jury of twelve citizens drawn from the liberal-Democratic Southern District of New York. This is an opportune time to review the role of juries in protecting us from tyranny. For

I write this dutifully and joylessly in the manner of someone taking out the garbage or performing some other unpleasant task that’s been done before but which must be done once more. The Republicans have done it again. With their new Medicare bill , they’ve made government even bigger . This is not new to us here. We’ve been saying that for

The United States Constitution guarantees the right to trial by jury in both civil and criminal cases. This article will discuss the history of trial by jury as an aid to revealing what the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution meant when they guaranteed that right. In the process, it will also address the following questions: 1. Did the