I haven't been following the case that closely. I thought these thugs had raped the women. I haven't heard before that they forced the men to have sex with the women.
"Everyone, especially Scotty and Patti, claim to be violently upset, but their behavior contrasts tellingly with that of Anne, Crane's first wife. Anne has never uttered a peep about the husband who cheated relentlessly. Everyone else, including Schrader, is feeding off the same corpse."
Congress made a lot of noise, tried to grab some headlines with this issue. But the real burden of cleaning up corporate America is being borne by capitalists. This shows the system is self-correcting.
I don't know the index of leading economic indicators is dropping, and the GOP seems to be MIA on the economy. Who's out there talking about a pro-growth policy of cutting taxes and red tape?
Wesbury says the war won't have a negative impct on the economy, and it might have a positive impact.
But I think it depends on how well the war goes. If it's over as quickly and with as few American casualties as Afghanistan or the first Gulf War, it will be a big boost. But if Saddam unleashes chemical or biological weapons that result in a lot of American casualties, it could be another story
Even in the face of an economic downturn, entrepreneurs keep coming up with ideas, and VCs keep funding them. But how long can this continue if the economy doesn't pick up steam?
The author argues that we are using a hammer where we should be using a scalpel. And we are going after a nation that should be low on our list of priorities simply because it's an easy target.
His first point makes a lot of sense. But I'm not sure we shouldn't take the low-hanging fuit first, then go after the bigger threats, which he identifies as Saudi Arabia and Iran.