The Climate Snow Job
#Global WarmingAn East Coast blizzard howling, global temperatures peaking, the desert Southwest flooding, drought-stricken California drying up—surely there’s a common thread tying together this “extreme” weather. There is.…
Byron Wien 2016
#Finance #Byron WienNew York, NY, January 4, 2016. Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman of Multi-Asset Investing at Blackstone, today issued his list of Ten Surprises for 2016. This is the 31st year Byron has given his views on a number of economic, financial market and political surprises for the coming year.…
Muslims Don’t Demonstrate Against Acts of Terrorism
#IslamFormer New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (“Call Islamic Terrorism By Its Name,” op-ed, Dec. 11) accuses the Obama administration of political correctness with dangerous consequences, but he is guilty of the same when repeating the politically correct mantra that the “overwhelming majority of Muslims…
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…