Global News
Who's Spying Now?
Writer Dashiell Hammett could never have dreamed up private investigator Joseph Seanor. Unlike a fast-talking, streetwise gumshoe who spends his nights pounding the pavement, Seanor does his research pounding on a keyboard. Each week he dons a virtual reality headset and spends 100 hours online. . .
Have Guns, Will Travel
Who Is Richard Brenneke and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About George Bush and the October Surprise?
The Trillion Dollar Hole in America's Stocking Part 2
Over the Past Decade a Republican White House, With the Help of a Democratic Congress, Has Dismantled FDR's Vision of the American Dream. Now We're in for a Dickens of a Christmas.
A Depleted Legacy
The story of the long twilight struggle that ended government subsidized housing in Houston.
The Clipper Threat
Bill Clinton promised voters in 1992 that he would shrink the defense budget, reorder Cold War priorities and rein in America's undercover warriors who had sold guns to the Ayatollah, supported an illegal Nicaraguan war, bankrolled Manuel Noriega and secretly armed Saddam Hussein.
Virtual Networks Tame Cyberspace
CommerceNet, Media Park and DRUMs give businesses secure trading posts on the Net.
Privacy in the Digital Age
Welcome to the digital frontier, where network by network, metaphor by metaphor, a splendid, global, multimedia palace is being built through trial and error.
Houston and the Toad Queen
To the city's social elite, Teresa Rodriguez seemed to talk sense. Did she also talk them out of $30 million?
Mr. Greenspan's Sleight of Hand
Depending on how money is defined, the nation's supply is either flat or running out of control. The confusion may be intentional.
Is Bad News Good for the Net?
The dot-com bubble has burst. The Nasdaq bear refuses to go into hibernation for the winter. “Geek chic” suddenly looks as tired and dated as those Priceline PCLN ads with William Shatner that looked so cool only a few months ago, when Priceline’s stock was soaring.
Godzilla Net Stocks and the Death of Traditional Value Metrics
Financial statement information is of very little use in the valuation of Net stocks. There's no significant positive association between bottom-line net income and market prices. In fact, the association is usually negative.
California's Energy Crisis – Who's to Blame?
California's new $10 billion energy bailout plan is being greeted with skepticism by both industry experts and consumer groups. That’s not surprising because the state of California, which has already proven itself to be “the gang that couldn’t deregulate”, has rushed to implement an emergency plan that looks increasingly like a band-aid on a severe gut-shot wound.