Author Archives: floegel

Prescription for Change

5/23/2002 – 4:20 pm

Here’s a popular myth from the public interest community, a myth summoned forth by every activist sooner or later: We may have lost this battle, but history will show we were right and people will be sorry they didn’t listen to us when they had the chance. Soothing platitudes like those are the haute cuisine […]

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See No Evil

5/16/2002 – 4:18 pm

Last week, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening declared a moratorium on executions in his state. Although Gov. Glendening supports the death penalty, he said he’s lost faith in the fairness of Maryland’s judicial system. More blacks are murdered in Maryland than whites, but 12 of the 13 convicts on death row are there for murdering whites, […]

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Working for a Living

5/9/2002 – 4:16 pm

The economic recovery roars along. This week, the federal government announced unemployment is higher now than it’s been for the past seven years. How is that a recovery? Technically, if the economy is contracting, it is said to be in recession; if it’s expanding, it’s said to be in recovery. Our economy is expanding – […]

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By Other Means

5/2/2002 – 4:15 pm

George Bush’s Venezuelan coup didn’t workout as planned, but that’s the way it goes, win some, lose some. Mr. Bush went two-for-three in ousting leaders he opposed in April and the two wins were so smooth, most Americans never knew they took place. On April 19th, Robert Watson was replaced as chairman of the Intergovernmental […]

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Trust, but Verify

4/25/2002 – 4:13 pm

There is no figure more ungainly in the world of government than the bureaucrat without a mandate. Witness Tom Ridge, director of Homeland Security. In the wake of last year’s terror attacks, the Bush administration had to show it was doing something to protect the country, so Mr. Ridge was drafted away from the Pennsylvania […]

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In and Out

4/18/2002 – 4:11 pm

“All the news that’s fit to print,” says the front page of the New York Times. The editorial page at the Times was turning ecstatic backflips Saturday, celebrating the “resignation” of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and the ascendance of “respected business leader” Pedro Carmona. A color photo of President Carmona and his friends the generals […]

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Friends Like These…

4/11/2002 – 4:09 pm

In the post-Cold War world, one nation bestrides the globe like a colossus. The United States is, in the words of Madeline Albright, “the indispensable nation.” If the US wants free trade, then, by God, free trade is the order of the day. When the US declares war on terrorism and President Bush vows that […]

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