Americans are not naive enough to believe the sensational headline and opening paragraphs of news accounts about Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's recent testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was reported to have said that … [Read more...] about Voters Won’t Fall For Bait-and-Switch
Dealing with Katrina
Katrina has displaced hundreds of thousands of Americans who now need food, housing, and cash. Relief for those necessities will have to be temporary and it will be many months before they can return to New Orleans, if ever, so what they need most of … [Read more...] about Dealing with Katrina
What’s Behind a Phone Call From Newt Gingrich?
I was sitting at my computer starting to write this week's column when I received a phone call asking me to listen to an important recorded message from our old friend Newt Gingrich. Expecting to get more information about his new alliance with … [Read more...] about What’s Behind a Phone Call From Newt Gingrich?
Don’t Take My Property!
The American Dream is to start a small business and develop it through years of hard work and investment. Millions of small businesses form the backbone of our economy, annually creating 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs. Location is the key to most … [Read more...] about Don’t Take My Property!
Was Firing Employees The Issue In Homeland Security?
The Daschle Democrats (bowing to pressure from their union constituency) resisted passing the Homeland Security bill prior to the election because President George W. Bush demanded wide authority to fire or transfer employees in the new 22-agency … [Read more...] about Was Firing Employees The Issue In Homeland Security?
Will Corporations Own Our Identities?
No one should be able to own facts about other people. Our names and numbers, and also the laws we must obey, should not be property that can be owned by corporations and policed by federal courts. But special interests, such as the Software and … [Read more...] about Will Corporations Own Our Identities?
Government Discrimination Against U.S. Citizens
Do American jobhunters have to get their up-to-date employment news from The Economic Times of India? That faraway newspaper carries sensational items that somehow don't make news in the United States. The Economic Times published a report that … [Read more...] about Government Discrimination Against U.S. Citizens
The Global Economy “It’s Wonderful!”
The Boston Globe revealed the reason why tens of thousands of information technology (IT) jobs have been outsourced overseas in the last couple of years, and why major American banks, brokerage houses, and insurance companies plan to shift 500,000 … [Read more...] about The Global Economy “It’s Wonderful!”
Where Are The Jobs Going?
The big argument for the tax cut Congress just passed is that it will create much-needed jobs. But one big question remains: will those jobs be created for Americans, or will corporations simply hire more job-seekers from India and China? It's … [Read more...] about Where Are The Jobs Going?
H-1B Visas Cost American Jobs
Republicans in Congress will soon have the opportunity to prove whether they do the bidding of their corporate contributors or side with their hardworking voters. The corporations are lobbying to extend the Clinton Administration law that raised the … [Read more...] about H-1B Visas Cost American Jobs
