Feb 3, 2010
Many window-making companies struggle because of the recession's effect on home building. But one little window company, Serious Materials, is booming, says Fortune. On a roll, according to Inc. magazine, which put Serious' CEO on its cover, with a story titled: How to...
Jan 27, 2010
From the commentary in the mainstream media, I thought there had been a coup d'etat in Washington.
The New York Times said what happened strikes at the heart of democracy.
The Washington Post quoted an authority who warned it threatens to undermine the integrity of...
Jan 13, 2010
When Judge Richard Posner, the prolific conservative intellectual, released his book A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent Into Depression last year, you might have thought the final verdict was in: Capitalism caused the economic downturn and high...
Dec 30, 2009
The filibuster is sure taking its lumps these days. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says the Senate and, therefore, the U.S. government as a whole has become ominously dysfunctional.
The Democrats won the White House and Congress last year and should have had...
Dec 9, 2009
People keep forwarding me e-mails and blog posts saying ABC fired me. Internet forums claim I was fired because I aired a story about the downside of government-controlled healthcare. This is silly. It's not even logical. No one can broadcast anything on 20/20 without...
Nov 18, 2009
Bill O'Reilly is mad at me because I'm not mad enough about taxes. Last week on "The O'Reilly Factor" (http://tinyurl.com/yja5qno), we talked about California's and New York's enormous budget deficits and planned tax increases. Those states would have big surpluses had...
Jul 2, 2009
President Barack Obama has (http://tinyurl.com/mdemnc) announced his "sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system." We can debate endlessly whether the Constitution authorizes any president to "overhaul" the financial system. But I want to focus on a different...