The Racial Reality of Policing
#Politics #RacismIt was one of the more effective training exercises that I saw during my years in the New York Police Department.…
Byron Wien 2015
#Finance #Byron Wien_New York, NY, January 5, 2015._ Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman, Blackstone Advisory Partners, today issued his list of Ten Surprises for 2015. This is the 30th year Byron has given his views on a number of economic, financial market and political surprises for the coming year.…
Carl Icahn
#EconomyOn November 14, the Wall Street Journal published a memorable interview with the outspoken Carl Icahn. His comments about CEO's and boards should get drummed into the brain of each shareholder. Most probably his insights are also valid for the CEO's and boards of Swiss companies.…
Race, Politics and the Zimmerman Trial
#Politics #RacismThe left wants to blame black criminality on racial animus and ‚the system,‘ but blacks have long been part of running that system.…
In Defense of Carbon Dioxide
#Global WarmingOf all of the world’s chemical compounds, none has a worse reputation than carbon dioxide. Thanks to the single-minded demonization of this natural and essential atmospheric gas by advocates of government control of energy production, the conventional wisdom about carbon dioxide is that it is a dang…
Byron Wien 2013
#Finance #Byron Wien1. Iran announces it has adequate enriched uranium to produce a nuclear-armed missile and the International Atomic Energy Agency confirms the claim. Sanctions, the devaluation of the currency, weak economic conditions and diplomacy did not stop the weapons program.…
Was war das noch mal: der Liberalismus?
#PoliticsWar das «progressiv»? War er gar ein Linker? Fehlanzeige. Den idealistischen Ruf nach Gerechtigkeit konterte er mit einem kühlen «Gerechtigkeit gibt es nicht». Und vom Rechthaben und Rechtbehalten hielt er erst recht nichts. Was man in einem Rechtsstaat erwarten könne, sei Verfahrensgerechtigkeit.…
Freiheit oder Wohlstand - was wollt ihr?
#PoliticsGutes zu tun, kann man nicht an den Staat delegieren, Gutes kann auch nicht «in die Wege geleitet» werden. Gutes muss man selber tun. Und die einzige Voraussetzung, die es dazu braucht, ist Freiheit.…
No Need to Panic About Global Warming
#Global WarmingA candidate for public office in any contemporary democracy may have to consider what, if anything, to do about „global warming.“ Candidates should understand that the oft-repeated claim that nearly all scientists demand that something dramatic be done to stop global warming is not true.…