Archive for Jorge Amador
Cuba: Misery and Hope
Jorge Amador is editor of The Pragmatist, a current affairs commentary. The names of private individuals in Cuba have been changed for their protection. It arrived in January as the Gulf War opened, and it read like a dispatch from Baghdad or . Kuwait: “The situation here is desperate. There is no food, or water, [...]
1Aug1991 | Jorge Amador | 0 comments | ContinuedRising Prices: The Market’s Way of Conserving Oil
Sound familiar? Crude oil prices skyrocket hot on the heels of turmoil in the petroleum-rich regions of the Middle East. Almost instantly, it seems, retailers raise the prices of gasoline at the pump. Consumers begin to grumble. Enter the politicians, who accuse the oil companies of “gouging” consumers during the crisis. “There is absolutely no [...]
1Nov1990 | Jorge Amador | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: The Holocaust Conspiracy: An International Policy Of Genocide by William R. Perl
Shapolsky Publishers, 136 W. 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011 1989 • 261 pages • $19.95 cloth One morning last December, Hong Kong police entered a camp for Vietnamese exiles and herded 51 of them onto a chartered flight to Hanoi. The nations of the world protested this treatment, but none has offered to take [...]
1Jul1990 | Jorge Amador | 0 comments | ContinuedEdwin Armstrong: Genius of FM Radio
Jorge Amador is a free-lance writer and editor of The Pragmatist, a current-affairs bimonthly. This year marks the centennial of the birth of Edwin Howard Armstrong. Though his name is recognized by few today, his influence is literally all around us. What makes Armstrong’s centennial significant is that, more than any other person, he was [...]
1Apr1990 | Jorge Amador | 2 comments | ContinuedFairness Doctrine, R.I.P.
Jorge Amador is a freelance columnist and editor of The Pragmatist, a current-affairs commentary. On August 4, 1987, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed most aspects of the “Fairness Doctrine,” the regulation requiring broadcasters to cover contrasting views of important issues. With the exception of questions that are to be derided by voter referenda, Fairness [...]
1Jun1989 | Jorge Amador | 1 comment | ContinuedAre Credit Card Interest Rates Too High?
Jorge Amador has written for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, the Orange County Register, and many other periodicals. Interest rates on home mortgages are hovering around 10 per cent and car loans are no longer unusual at 7 per cent, but most of us are still paying annual rates of 18 per cent or [...]
1Jan1988 | Jorge Amador | 0 comments | ContinuedTake Back the Environment
Mr. Amador is a free-lance writer and editor of The Pragmatist, a current affairs commentary. Popular mythology has it that in the struggle against selfish private interests, government stands tall as guardian of the common good. Consider the environment. In the United States, decades of “landmark” legislation, massive bureaucratic growth, and billions in expenditures have [...]
1Aug1987 | Jorge Amador | 0 comments | Continued-
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