David Mamet and Self-Sufficiency

David Mamet, famed playwright, has become a reformed liberal.He is pushing for more individual responsibility from the world.He champions self-sufficiency.At first, I got a little worried.I have not fit the profile of a young person. It has taken me a little longer to...

Rome Not Built in a Day, Facing One-Day Downfall

Italy is facing a $2.6 trillion debt, which revenues cannot begin to pay off.Tax cheats, slow economic growth, underground economies, mafia corruption, all are easting away at the Iberian Peninsula's tottering finances.Rome was not built in a day, so goes the old...

George Will and the Source of Divided Government

In last week's edition of ABC's "This Week", Conservative Pundit George Will remained calm in the wake of the Congressional Supercommittee's imminent (and now established) failure to cut $1.2 trillion dollars from the Congressional budget.The two...

China — Greece Multiplied by a Thousand Li?

Chinese Economist Larry Lang, Professor of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, has argued, quite forcefully and persuasively, that the People's Republic of China is "nearly bankrupt", faces recession, and will become "the poorest nation...

Congresswoman Bass Taking on Big Tobacco

Her constituents in Culver City and South Los Angeles are looking for stable employment.The local economy is hemorrhaging, public education is abysmal, and the states cannot discharge their massive debt, insisting that they can pay large pensions to government...

The Exhumation of Natalie Wood

The sudden death by drowning of Robert Wagner's wife Natalie Wood has rattled speculation once again.Was it foul play that lead to her death? Or was it an accident, perhaps fueled by imbibing too much alcohol?The real issue remains: why are we still discussing...