Lou Dobbs testified before Congress last month about the supposed perils of free trade: Since the beginning of this new century, the United States has lost more than three million manufacturing jobs. Three million more jobs have been lost to cheap overseas labor markets… That's 6 million jobs. Donald Luskin points out that there are only 6.7 million unemployed people in the … [Read more...] about Lies, Damn Lies, and Lou Dobbs
Archives for April 2007
More Charges for Abbate
Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate is in more trouble: Chicago Police Officer Anthony Abbate, accused of beating a female bartender in an attack caught on videotape, was charged in an indictment Friday with 14 new felonies... My first thought when I about the 14 new charges was that this was just the department piling on to prove they're tough on bad cops. How do you get … [Read more...] about More Charges for Abbate
Stormin’ Norman
Connecticut criminal defense attorney Norm Pattis is ready to fight for YOU! … [Read more...] about Stormin’ Norman
Meet Joey
Here is the latest addition to our family, Joey. He is a min-pin (miniature pinscher) that we adopted from petfinder.com. Here he is with our other dog, Vegas. They seem to be getting along, but she's still not quite sure what to make of him. … [Read more...] about Meet Joey
Will the VT Massacre Spawn Another War on Privacy?
A few days ago Kip Esquire posted a terrific article about the likely responses to the Virginia Tech massacre from our politicians, and the dangers we face from that. Damned if you do, damned if you don't? Sounds like job for — politicians! Seriously, think back to September 11. The first knee-jerk reactions were "Never again!" and "We must do everything possible to prevent … [Read more...] about Will the VT Massacre Spawn Another War on Privacy?