June 2, 2011 -- Oral arguments in the back-dated options case of Greg Reyes (pictured below) were conducted on May 10 and can now be heard on-line— here . To recall the facts of the case: During part of the time when Greg Reyes was CEO of Brocade, the company’s SEC filings failed to follow a commission rule in accounting for options issued to employees. (The rule is known as APB 25, and I have explained elsewhere why it is utterly absurd .) But Reyes was not charged merely with violating the SEC’s technical accounting and bookkeeping regulations. He was prosecuted for committing a criminal fraud. The prosecutors’ argument was that Reyes had purposely violated the APB 25 accounting regulation in order to avoid treating employee stock options as an expense, thereby inflating Brocade’s apparent earnings and deceiving investors about the worth of the company’s stock, which of course he held.

Jun 2, 2011

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14. Oktober 2009 - Ist es nur ein Zufall, dass der neueste Film des prominenten Dokumentaristen Michael Moore, Kapitalismus: A Love Story, in die Kinos kam

1. Juni 2011

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Bradley Doucet

6 Min.

26. März 2009 -- Der Drogenkrieg war diese Woche wieder in den Nachrichten. Außenministerin Hillary Clinton machte sich am Mittwoch auf den Weg nach Mexiko...

1. Juni 2011

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Bradley Doucet

5 Min.

23. September 2009 - Eine Frage, die in der erbitterten Debatte über das Gesundheitswesen nur selten angesprochen wird, ist, warum wir uns so schlecht um unsere Gesundheit kümmern

1. Juni 2011

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Bradley Doucet

5 Min.

February 11, 2009 - The press has made much of the announced closing of the military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But what about the rest of the island, still ruled by the Castro regime that has ground the nation of 11 million beneath its boot heels for 50 years now? Why do the Cuban people suffer so? The short answer is: they suffer because they live under a communist regime that has largely outlawed free enterprise, not to mention the free movement of people and the freedoms of speech, assembly, and the press.

1. Juni 2011

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February 2, 2009 – One of the things economists across the political spectrum agree on is that protectionism is bad. It is clearly bad for foreign companies being excluded from domestic markets, but it is also bad for domestic companies using foreign inputs, and bad too for domestic consumers who must pay more for goods and services. Bad for everyone, in short, except the specific domestic industries targeted for special privileges. Oh, and the politicians who cater to those industries and can expect votes and contributions in return.

1. Juni 2011

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March 6, 2009 - There is little good news for free market enthusiasts in President Obama’s first budget, unveiled last week. One of the exceptions is his proposal to rein in farm subsidies by cutting off one type of payment to farms with sales over $500,000 per year. The President actually deserves some credit for following through on this laudable campaign promise, and I certainly hope he succeeds in facing down the opposition.

1. Juni 2011

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August 28, 2009--A few days before the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), better known as the “Cash for Clunkers” program, was brought to an end on Monday, August 24, President Obama said that it had been “ successful beyond anyone’s imagination .” With rebates of either $3,500 or $4,500 up for grabs, approximately 700,000 gas guzzlers were traded in for more fuel-efficient models. While there has been some noise about the U.S. Department of Transportation being slow to reimburse car dealers, and some protectionists complaining about purchases of foreign vehicles, supporters are nonetheless hailing the program’s results as a boon for the environment and for the economy.

1. Juni 2011

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February 1, 2001 -- One consequence of the U. S. defense of Western Europe during the Cold War was that it made possible an unprecedented level of peaceful cooperation among West European nations. That cooperation has now culminated in the creation of the European Union (EU), a quasi-federal system that is in some ways like America's. Many of the Union's goals have been laudable: the elimination of protective tariffs between member states; the imposition of substantial budgetary-deficit- and national-debt restrictions in anticipation of monetary union; and monetary union itself, with its increased ease of price comparisons throughout Europe and the imposition of "Greenspanesque" monetary discipline on historically inflationary countries. We are even beginning to see movement toward Europe's assuming responsibility for its own military defense, which would reduce the burden borne by American taxpayers.

1. Juni 2011

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December 20, 2002 -- "Drop the candy cane, step away from the punch bowl." Is that the order we’ll hear some day from armed food cops trying to prevent us from committing holiday health crimes against ourselves? Before you emit a "Ho ho ho" of derision, take a sip of your eggnog (360 calories per cup) and consider the ghost of Christmas future that might haunt us if we’re not careful. Here’s how the criminalization of Christmas goodies might come about. The first contributing element is the "war on fat." Some groups and agencies claim that 65 percent of Americans are overweight and 30 percent are obese. While many Americans do have serious weight problems, by the questionable standard used to generate these stats, athletes like Barry Bonds and Michael Jordan should go on diets. It’s also alleged that 300,000 die each year from weight-related problems. Never mind that the New England Journal of Medicine stated, "that figure is by no means well established. Not only is it derived from weak or incomplete data, but it is also called into question by the methodologic difficulties."

1. Juni 2011

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Edward Hudgins

22. November 2004 -- Betrachtet man Thanksgiving als Erntedankfest, so kann man es auch als ein Fest der Erzeuger sehen. Aber die...

31. Mai 2011

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2 Min.

October 1, 2003 -- Communism is dead; long live capitalism. Surely there is some truth to this claim, as even diehard advocates of communism

31. Mai 2011

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Herbert London

4 Min.

10. April 2009 - Vor zwei Jahren beging Eric Mohat im Alter von 17 Jahren Selbstmord. Am 27. März dieses Jahres reichten seine Eltern eine Bundesklage ein.

31. Mai 2011

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Bradley Doucet

6 Min.

Unterbrechen Sie mich, wenn Sie das schon einmal gehört haben: Drei Bürgermeister und fünf Rabbiner gehen in eine Bar - nein, entschuldigen Sie, sie sind hinter Gittern. Eigentlich ist es kein Witz...

31. Mai 2011

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Bradley Doucet

4 Min.

Unzählige Artikel und Bücher haben die Ungerechtigkeit egalitärer Politiken aufgezeigt, von Fördermaßnahmen bis hin zu "vergleichbarer Bezahlung"...

31. Mai 2011

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David Kelley Ph.D

7 Min.

Präsident Barack Obama ist im November letzten Jahres auf einer Welle der Begeisterung für seine Botschaft von Hoffnung und Wandel an die Macht gekommen. Diese Welle ebbt nun wieder ab...

31. Mai 2011

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Bradley Doucet

5 Min.

April 1, 2003 -- The United States stands at a time of unparalleled military opportunity and danger. There is opportunity because the U.S. military substantially outclasses every other military force in its technology and its reach. The United States rivals the rest of the world in defense spending, yet the defense budget continues to consume little more than 3 percent of total U.S. annual income. America has great power without suffering great strains for it.

31. Mai 2011

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May 2, 2009 — The NBA playoffs are underway, and for a Boston Celtics fan like myself, it has been an exciting first-round matchup against the Chicago Bulls. As I write this, the Bulls have pushed the defending champs to a deciding seventh game in a series that has already seen an unprecedented four of the first six games go to overtime. In Game 6, which was only decided in triple overtime, the Celtics’ Ray Allen scored 51 points, including a playoff record-tying nine hree-pointers. Despite his hot hand, the Celtics lost by a single point.

31. Mai 2011

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May 20, 2009—I have been meaning to write about the plight of women around the world since reading Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns a couple of months ago. In that powerful novel, we follow the lives of two Afghan women who struggle to survive through the 1979 Soviet invasion, the subsequent civil war, and finally the rule of the Taliban. The novel makes one feel, viscerally, the injustice that permeates societies in which women are not recognized as full human beings with inalienable rights. Why are women still treated like chattel in so many parts of the world? Even in the most advanced, most civilized nations on the planet, where women actually often get preferential treatment, are there some respects in which the liberation of women remains an unfinished revolution?

31. Mai 2011

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Originally published in The Australian on February 3, 2003. For the second time in 17 years we watched in horror as a space shuttle blew up, killing its heroic crew. Our shock will be followed by mourning and then questioning of the future of the US space program and man's future in space. But as we mourn, it's important to put this tragedy in perspective.

31. Mai 2011

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Edward Hudgins