Category: Reflections

As the desperate financial plight of many state and local governments comes increasingly into view, expect many of those august bodies to become ever more …

The space shuttle has now made its last flight, even though a replacement vehicle has not been built. Much like a 24-hour Amtrak layover, the …

In a reflection I wrote about a year ago, I noted that wind power has proven to have an unfavorable effect on the environment — …

Obama has delighted in bash- ing filthy capitalist pig CEOs for taking huge salaries and bonuses. He loves to lambaste “fat cats” on Wall Street, …

Mass unemployment and long-term unemployment are tragedies. From all sides we hear the cry for “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Recovery from a business recession does create …

George Friedman is the leader of a strategic think-tank that forecasts macro-global trends for governments and Fortune 500 companies. He tries to take a long …

Feb. 19, 2010: On Fox News, former Attorney General John Ashcroft responds to the question of whether he thinks we are safer now than we …

On February 12, Judge Catherine Shaffer of King County Superior Court threw out Seattle’s ban on carrying a gun at a city park, golf course, …

When an event renders you speechless, I suppose that writing is the only way to express thoughts about it. Just such an event has happened. …

When asked, during the open- ing moments of “The Ghost Writer,” whether he voted for the prime minister whose memoirs he has been hired to …