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

Economics

How Inflation in the U.S. Economy Is Hidden

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

A Cut To Dismantle Amtrak

Britain Seeks Roman Glory
While She Burns

Feature

LaRouches in India Strengthen
the `Strategic Triangle'

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 a Bankrupt System

Lyndon LaRouche's speech at the Institute of Economic Growth.

Globalization of the World Economy
Is a Prescription for Disaster

LaRouche's speech at the University of Jaipur.

Uncertain Leadership,
an Unfocussed India

Poverty-AIDS Spiral Is
Threat to Indian Nation

International

Israeli Economy Crashing,
While Sharon Drives for War

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

Scandal in Britain Over `Dossier'
Cited by Powell

France and Germany:
`Let Us Turn Our Countries Into a
Fountain for the Good'

From a Schiller Institute conference in Paris.

Afghan Karzai Looks
To Iran as U.S. Sun Sets

Venezuela: The Choices Are Not
`Che' or `Pinochet'

Armenian MP Survives Knife Attack,
as Presidential Campaign Turns Violent

An interview with Aram Karapetian.

Annemarie Schimmel:
Bringing the Reality of Islam to the West

National

LaRouche Mobilizes Youth
To Save a Morally Bankrupt Nation

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

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

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

It's the Economy, Herr Schröder!

Editorial

One Doesn't Mention Rope. . .