World Issues

Today I saw The Producers. This is the hottest ticket in New York City starring Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane; it costs $480 to get a ticket from the theater if you don’t go through scalpers or get on a

First a few thoughts about life in New York City since the bombings: I left town again for a week on 4 October following a couple of interesting episodes. Walked into Macy’s in Manhattan; it was a ghost town at

I hope they don’t think that I did it. On 6 September, I executed a Last Will & Testament, liquidated my entire stock portfolio and left the country for a vacation. These were moves planned in advance and not based

Sorry but bad news just keeps rolling in necessitating an updated estimate corrected downward. Corporate profits are down, consumer spending is down, construction is down, corporate investment is way down, and tax cuts at a time when revenue is down

The Israelis are positioning themselves for military action, an offensive against the PA. It could be a bluff, but Netanyahu and Barak bluffed, got called, and quickly lost all credibility and power. Sharon has too many reasons not to do

Middle East I find myself skimming the daily news more so than reading it. Nothing has happened to change my opinions that I have stated for the past half year. (I have left my 15 May article up on the

Middle East I know that people are expecting some globalthoughts on all this Middle East stuff but I really don’t have much to add based on my recent trip. It’s a pretty hopeless situation. Leaders of countries are popular and

This short article is designed to answer questions I am receiving as to why the US stock market is acting the way it is and what must happen in order for things to get better. The reason the several cuts

The defeat was first and foremost personal to barak and a punishment for his betrayal of those that voted him into office. it was also meant to be a punishment of sorts by centrists and Labor supporters to the palestinians