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...Nikkei could slip below the Dow Jones industrial average for the first time in 44 years--a historic crossroads that drives home just how brutal Japan's 12-year bear market has been and how thoroughly economies can change. At the Nikkei peak the Dow was at just 2,753, trailing its Pacific rival by an astounding 36,163 points. Now, as the Nikkei sheds fur like a sheepdog in spring, the unthinkable is coming to pass: parity. The two trade near...
...economy first opens itself up to international competition through trade, those in protected industries and traditional occupations may indeed see declines in their income. Second, there's a time factor involved; globalization may reduce poverty in the long run, but the long run might be too long to bear. Children working in sweatshops today gain little by being told that in 20 years' time their daughters will not have to stitch garments in a stinking hovel. In a recent paper Jagdish Bhagwati of Columbia University (whose zeal for free trade makes mine look Episcopal) puts it this way: "There...
...laughable that you call these mass murderers “prisoners of war.” In no way do they bear any relationship to soldiers. One needs to be a designated combatant fighting for a recognized government to be considered for POW status. As far as their internment goes, they should be given shelter that is at least as comfortable as what they have become accustomed to—a cave...
...right until America is more sorely tested: Do we provide every lost soldier an honor guard through every living room only because there are so few of them? Or are there so few because our leaders know we will get to know each one by name and can only bear so much? Pollsters chart a growing acceptance of risk. But mercifully we have not reached the threshold, tested how much we can feel sorrow without feeling despair, and we accept that lives may be lost--so long as they aren't wasted...
...Sept. 11, as I was trying to make sense of the terrorist attacks and wondering where I would find my courage, I heard Mayor Giuliani utter his now famous words "the number of casualties will be more than any of us can bear." I knew then that I had heard the voice of a man I could trust, and I believed that if he could act with so much courage and honesty in the middle of the storm, so could I. Rudy has been my choice as Person of the Year since Sept. 12. BARBARA POTTER North Barrington...