James K. Glassman: June 2001 Archives
McLeod Demands 'Damages or Discounts' from Bells
McLeod Demands 'Damages or Discounts' from Bells Clark McLeod could be one happy man standing at the helm of the country's largest independent Competitive Local Exchange Carrier. But he's not -- at least not about the developments of recent...
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Bush is Right on Global Warming, not that reporters would understand
Climate, Richard Lindzen of MIT fondly reminds us, always changes. It must. Over centuries, responding to stresses internal and external, the earth is either warming or cooling, just as the temperature from day to day heats or chills. It could...
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Look to Politics to Find Broadband`s Market Cap Shortfall
"All this year, victims of the 'tech wreck' have been looking furiously for someone to blame," wrote Ethan H. Hugo of David L. Babson & Co. in a recent letter to clients. Who's the scapegoat? Alan Greenspan? Greedy underwriters? Day...
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Tech Commodity Buys Available for Mining
As I write this column, the NASDAQ composite is bouncing around just below 2000. Market gurus warn of a long summer for technology investors. And many analysts continue to note that even though the technology sector has fallen by 20...
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Climate Science Rx: A Manhattan Project of Research
Remarks by James K. Glassman Seminar on Climate Change American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. Adam Smith wrote that "science is the antidote for enthusiasm and superstition." Unfortunately, in the hands of enthusiasts and superstitionists - or, in our own
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Wall Street Analysts Already at Risk for Exile on Main Street
Mr. Chairman, members of the committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify today on this important subject. My name is James K. Glassman. I am a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, concentrating in matters of economics,...
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Sen. Hagel Calls on Sound Science to Dictate the Climate Change Debate
Science and technology need to take the lead in resolving issues of climate change, Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., tells TechCentralStation host James Glassman. "Only with sound science as the base -- not emotionalism; not political, arbitrary decisions and baselines..
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Tauzin-Dingell Would Speed the Demise of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers
A bill introduced by the powerful chairman and ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee purports to enhance consumer choice in telecommunications and boost deployment of high-speed data services and Internet connections. This paper demonstrates tha
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Reliant Energy's Perkins Sees Supply and Demand as Best Laws for Weathering Californias Energy Crisis
Posted June 20, 2001 Reliant Energy's Perkins Sees Supply and Demand as Best Laws for Weathering California's Energy Crisis Life on the edge of darkness in California has led the state's highest officials to lash out at the very companies...
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The Blackout Portfolio
There are some encouraging signs that energy prices are headed down during the next several months, and readers of this column know that Im an incorrigible optimist about the long-term health of the U.S. economy. Thats one reason why I...
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The Conservation Myth Stars as Latest (Sub)Urban Legend
When President Bush gave the commencement address at Yale a few weeks ago, a group of protesters carried posters blaring, "Conservation, Not Consumption." That view appears to represent the sum and substance of the opposition to the administration's recently...
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Kondracke Confronts the Pain and Politics of Parkinsons Disease
For many years the public has known journalist Morton M. Kondracke as a voice of moderation amid often- animated discussions on TV's public affairs programs. Thirteen years ago, though, Kondracke and his wife Milly learned she had Parkinson's disease....
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Glassman Testifies That Tauzin-Dingell Will Hasten Return of Re-monopolization, Re-regulation
Statement of James K. Glassman Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Host, www.TechCentralStation.com "A Dangerous Fantasy" Legislative Hearing on HR 1542 The Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act Committee on the Judiciary United States House of
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Traditional Values Could Overlook Tech Bargains
Can you find value stocks in the tech industry? It may seem difficult. Even though the NASDAQ stands at less than half its value of March 2000, many tech stocks still trade at very high levels, according to traditional valuation...
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Will America Go High Tech On The High Seas?
Does the government have something to learn from drug smugglers about balancing risks and benefits? The thought struck me after reading two contrasting reports on the U.S. Coast Guard on the day after Mother's Day. In the first, the...
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