News
White teachers flee black schools
07:30 21.01.2003 |
Columnists
Some see exodus in South as a new form of segregation.
Certain neighborhoods in the South are weathering a new version of an old phenomenon: white flight.
The Other Piece of the Economic Puzzle
09:36 17.01.2003 |
Columnists
The secret to explosive economic growth is laughably simple: low taxes, stable money. Of all of Vladimir Putin's reforms, by far the most important has been the radical reduction of tax rates. Once the VAT and social taxes are lowered, preferably to single-digit levels, that great project will be nearly complete. Now the Russian leadership must...
Ten European Years
08:35 15.01.2003 |
Columnists
Great expectations that Europe, ten years after the signature of the historic Maastricht treaty, will become a flawless union, are boundless illusions. It is not yet clear to the European political class whether the new European order will have the label of federal units or the hallmark of sovereign states. In view of the unavoidable globalisation...
A South Pole trek in search of global warming
08:50 08.01.2003 |
Columnists
Ice samples on polar trip yield clues on climate change.
Just over 90 years after the first humans set foot at the South Pole, a team of US scientists has completed a rare cross-country trek to Antarctica's southernmost point as part of an international effort to uncover the history of climate change on Earth's most inhospitable continent.
Targeting Tourists, Not Terrorists: Why Airport Security Is A Charade
08:11 08.01.2003 |
Columnists
Terrorism forces airports to take more security measures
The airports of the developed world have been turned into mini prototype police states, with little or no backlash from those forced to pass through them. But of course we’ll suffer any assault on our God-given rights to ‘save us from the terrorists,’ won’t we? This argument is based on the...
Arming for Armageddon
09:24 28.12.2002 |
Columnists
US Military-Industrial Complex Reigns Supreme
In 2001, the US weapons industry controlled approximately 50 percent of the world arms market. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) reports that for fiscal year 2001, the US government exported $12.2 billion in weapons and was awarded $13.1 billion in new foreign contracts through its Foreign...
Bush taps an economic salesman
06:51 10.12.2002 |
Columnists
Bush names John Snow as new Treasury chief with task of selling tax cuts and buoying confidence.
President Bush's sudden move to appoint a new economic team - the first major shakeup of his administration - is more about chemistry and teamwork than it is about taking the US economy in a bold new direction.
