EIR Volume 27, Number 45, November 17, 2000

Politics as Art

By Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. "Real politics, as Plato and the recently elevated, great, and martyred English statesman Thomas More rightly understood, is properly practiced as a form of Classical art, practiced according to the same principles which the greatest tragedians, Shakespeare and his successor Schiller, most notably, subsequently expressed as Classical modes of composition and performance of poetry and tragedy."

Economics

U.S. Natural Gas, Heating Oil Crises Are a Policy Crisis

Natural gas prices were up 5.2% for October, food prices underwent the highest rise in six months, and other prices were rising. Despite notorious fakery in official figures, the impact, along with other aspects of financial and economic breakdown, is hitting hard throughout the economy.

The Physical Economy of the Natural Gas Industry

The Major Natural Gas Transmission Companies

Will Your Aunt Freeze in Her Rocking Chair This Winter?

Documentation: "Emergency Resolution To Reduce Oil Prices," introduced into the Boston City Council.

Why Tony Blair's Britain Is `All Wet'

British Rail Disaster Has Come to Germany

Argentine Debt Crisis Unnerves Wall Street

Business Briefs

International

Time for Asia To Ditch IMF or Go Down with the Dollar

The dollar is about to crash, the U.S. Presidential elections have been reduced to a powerless farce, and the European press is speculating that the United States could soon collapse like the Soviet Union. Asia must act if it is to survive.

LaRouche Warns Leaders at `ASEAN-Plus-3' Summit

Government Crises Across Asia Threaten New Economic Approach

Russia, China Relations in `Best Period Ever'

Iran, Japan Prepare for Post-Crash World

`FARC International' Deploys Across Ibero-America to Pick Up the Pieces

Ivory Coast Riots Stem from IMF Policies

International Intelligence

National

The Election Crisis Is Not a Constitutional Crisis

The Framers of the Constitution provided the means to deal with an impasse between leading candidates, or the popular selection of unqualified candidates for the Presidency. So, there is no need for a rush to judgment, to determine a "winner" of the Presidential election.

D.C. Nurses Settle, But Slave Labor in Health Care Expands

Fighting the Takeover of Detroit's Schools

The Privatizers Have Looted the Schools

An interview with Sharon McPhail.

Rights Are Being Repeatedly Violated

An interview with Ed Vaughn.

Congressional Closeup

Interviews

Sharon McPhail

Sharon McPhail, a Detroit attorney and former president of the National Bar Association, is representing plaintiffs in a Federal civil rights suit against last year's takeover of the Detroit public school system by the State of Michigan.

Ed Vaughn

Rep. Ed Vaughn (D-Detroit) serves as Minority Vice-Chair of the Constitutional Law and Ethics Committee, and is a member of the Committees on Economic Development, and Regulatory Reform in the Michigan Legislature.

Books

New Insights Into a 20th-Century Monster

Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness, 1921-1970, Vol. II, by Ray Monk.

The Military Genius of Jeanne d'Arc, and the Concept of Victory

Joan of Arc, A Military Leader, by Kelly DeVries.

The Historical Jeanne d'Arc

By Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Departments

Australia Dossier

"The Right to Intervene."

Editorial

On the U.S. Elections.


			\| Contents of Other Recent Issues \| Volume 27, Number 45, November 17, 2000 Politics as Art By Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. "Real politics, as Plato and the recently elevated, great, and martyred English statesman Thomas More rightly understood, is properly practiced as a form of Classical art, practiced according to the same principles which the greatest tragedians, Shakespeare and his successor Schiller, most notably, subsequently expressed as Classical modes of composition and performance of poetry and tragedy." Economics U.S. Natural Gas, Heating Oil Crises Are a Policy Crisis Natural gas prices were up 5.2% for October, food prices underwent the highest rise in six months, and other prices were rising. Despite notorious fakery in official figures, the impact, along with other aspects of financial and economic breakdown, is hitting hard throughout the economy. The Physical Economy of the Natural Gas Industry The Major Natural Gas Transmission Companies Will Your Aunt Freeze in Her Rocking Chair This Winter? Documentation: "Emergency Resolution To Reduce Oil Prices," introduced into the Boston City Council. Why Tony Blair's Britain Is `All Wet' British Rail Disaster Has Come to Germany Argentine Debt Crisis Unnerves Wall Street Business Briefs International Time for Asia To Ditch IMF or Go Down with the Dollar The dollar is about to crash, the U.S. Presidential elections have been reduced to a powerless farce, and the European press is speculating that the United States could soon collapse like the Soviet Union. Asia must act if it is to survive. LaRouche Warns Leaders at `ASEAN-Plus-3' Summit Government Crises Across Asia Threaten New Economic Approach Russia, China Relations in `Best Period Ever' Iran, Japan Prepare for Post-Crash World `FARC International' Deploys Across Ibero-America to Pick Up the Pieces Ivory Coast Riots Stem from IMF Policies International Intelligence National The Election Crisis Is Not a Constitutional Crisis The Framers of the Constitution provided the means to deal with an impasse between leading candidates, or the popular selection of unqualified candidates for the Presidency. So, there is no need for a rush to judgment, to determine a "winner" of the Presidential election. D.C. Nurses Settle, But Slave Labor in Health Care Expands Fighting the Takeover of Detroit's Schools The Privatizers Have Looted the Schools An interview with Sharon McPhail. Rights Are Being Repeatedly Violated An interview with Ed Vaughn. Congressional Closeup Interviews Sharon McPhail Sharon McPhail, a Detroit attorney and former president of the National Bar Association, is representing plaintiffs in a Federal civil rights suit against last year's takeover of the Detroit public school system by the State of Michigan. Ed Vaughn Rep. Ed Vaughn (D-Detroit) serves as Minority Vice-Chair of the Constitutional Law and Ethics Committee, and is a member of the Committees on Economic Development, and Regulatory Reform in the Michigan Legislature. Books New Insights Into a 20th-Century Monster Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness, 1921-1970, Vol. II, by Ray Monk. The Military Genius of Jeanne d'Arc, and the Concept of Victory Joan of Arc, A Military Leader, by Kelly DeVries. The Historical Jeanne d'Arc By Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Departments Australia Dossier "The Right to Intervene." Editorial On the U.S. Elections.