Volume 30, Number 6, February 14, 2003
On the Latest Shuttle Failure: Blame the Bookkeeper Mentality
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
“No one should draw a premature conclusion respecting the immediate causes for Saturday’s awful news of the breakup of the Columbia. Nevertheless, we can be, and must be aware of a certain degree of preventable risk under which the NASA program has been compelled to operate, since radical changes in accountants-dictated policy which have continued to prevail, since the reckless arrangements installed during the period preceding the fatal, Jan. 28, 1986 launch of the Challenger.”
Shuttle ‘Fix’ Means a Change in Economic Policy Axioms
by Marsha Freeman
Economics
How Inflation in the U.S. Economy Is Hidden
by Richard Freeman
The U.S. inflation rate, the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is a fraud. The BLS does not seek to measure and report inflation; it seeks to make it disappear under a blizzard of counterfeit data. It is time to put an end to this confidence game that has gone on for more than a quarter of a century.
Bush Sends Irrelevant Budget to Capitol Hill
by Carl Osgood
A Cut To Dismantle Amtrak
Britain Seeks Roman Glory While She Burns
by Alan Clayton
Feature
LaRouches in India Strengthen the ‘Strategic Triangle’
by Mary Burdman
Lyndon and Helga LaRouche visited India during Jan. 10-22, where they intervened to promote development of the “Strategic Triangle” of cooperation among India, China, and Russia. As LaRouche told his audiences, this group of Eurasian nations, “coming together with other nations of Asia, for joint security and economic development,” is the “main engine for economic growth in the world today.”
The Indispensable Role of the State in Reorganizing Bankrupt System
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Speech at the Institute of Economic Growth.
Globalization of the World Economy Is a Prescription for Disaster
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
Speech at the University of Jaipur.
Uncertain Leadership, an Unfocussed India
by Ramtanu Maitra
Poverty-AIDS Spiral Is Threat to Indian Nation
by Mary Burdman
International
Israeli Economy Crashing, While Sharon Drives for War
by Dean Andromidas
As Prime Minister Ariel Sharon struggles to put together a new government, the fight for a policy alternative is unfolding. The economy is in a tailspin, and Sharon and his generals are stepping up their war crimes against the Palestinian Authority.
Commonwealth Revolt Grows vs. Warmongers
by Mark Burdman
Scandal in Britain Over ‘Dossier’ Cited by Powell
France and Germany: ‘Let Us Turn Our Countries Into a Fountain for the Good’
by Christine Bierre
From a Schiller Institute conference in Paris.
Afghan Karzai Looks To Iran as U.S. Sun Sets
by Ramtanu Maitra
Venezuela: The Choices Are Not ‘Che’ or ‘Pinochet’
by Gretchen Small
Armenian MP Survives Knife Attack, as Presidential Campaign Turns Violent
by Rachel Douglas
An interview with Aram Karapetian.
Annemarie Schimmel: Bringing the Reality of Islam to the West
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
National
LaRouche Mobilizes Youth To Save a Morally Bankrupt Nation
by Jeffrey Steinberg
The rapidly swelling ranks of the LaRouche Youth Movement are engaged in a round-the-clock intervention to change the direction of American policy—away from war, and toward LaRouche’s agenda of national and global economic reconstruction.
Lewis Libby Bestrides Underworld of Empire
by Anton Chaitkin
Libby, chief of staff and national security aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, is a leader of the Administration faction promoting war with Iraq and a global explosion of other conflicts.
Powell UN Debacle Shows LaRouche’s Crucial Role
by Michele Steinberg
Interviews
Aram Karapetian
Political scientist Karapetian is a candidate for President in Armenia. Latest polls show him moving into third place in the election campaign.
Departments
Report From Germany
by Rainer Apel
It’s the Economy, Herr Schröder!
Editorial
One Doesn’t Mention Rope ...
