Daily Estimatehttp://www.dailyestimate.comInternational analysis and opinion.http://www.dailyestimate.comhttp://www.dailyestimate.com/site/images/rss_image.gif7/5/2008 10:30:05 PMDaily Estimate14223Solemnity of SS. Peter and Paulhttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=172&idArticle=15648St. Paul accomplished his missionary journeys by communing with God and through constant conversion.Patriarch visits Ukraine celebrating Christianityhttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=158&idArticle=15638The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople will visit Kiev to celebrate 1,020 years of Christianity in Kiev and foster dialogue between communities.China's Olympics of silence and suspicionhttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=158&idArticle=15636A month before the opening of the Games, Beijing is surrounded by a military cordon to ward off "hostile foreign forces." Number of visitors will fall.Colombia and Mexico: Important US trade allieshttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=35&idSub=169&idArticle=15635NAFTA has produced tremendous wealth and job creation for both the U.S. and MexicoUnions and Democrats: Everyone is disabledhttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=35&idSub=187&idArticle=15634Expanding the concept of dis­ability to include those who do not suffer limita­tions stemming from genuine disability will divert resources from those who truly need and deserve themJune jobs stall while Congress raises taxeshttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=35&idSub=169&idArticle=15633Most economists agree that the government should not raise taxes during times of economic weakness -- yet that is what many in Congress are proposingNuclear power gaining momentum in the UShttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=35&idSub=175&idArticle=15632Nuclear energy is attractive to many countries because of its impeccable environmental recordTrue Liberty and Justice for All Ageshttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=158&idArticle=15623On July 4th, we are stirred to contemplate our rights. Neither McCain or Obama has planks with the fundamental rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.End of the Petroleum Age?http://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=35&idSub=175&idArticle=15622The premise that the current oil crisis can be resolved through the right mix of actions, thus restoring an environment of cheap and abundant oil – is a premise that is fundamentally flawed.Flex fuels: a weapon in the oil crisishttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=35&idSub=159&idArticle=15618OPEC, Saudi Arabia, and Iran are squeezing the US and the West with oil prices. Reliance on the free market is not enough to resolve crisis. Flex fuel is a solution.Catholic bishop gives way to abortionhttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=127&idArticle=15614A Catholic bishop would not stand in the way of an abortion for a minor girl. Does it pass the sniff test?GM and the Nazis: Part Fourhttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=35&idSub=159&idArticle=15613General Motors, now celebrating its centennial, was involved in mechanizing the Nazi blitzkrieg as well as demobilizing mass transit in the US. Final installment.Drilling for oil in Americahttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=174&idArticle=15611Drill in the US to pay less, save the environment, and enhance securityGood jobs are not so hard to findhttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=35&idSub=169&idArticle=15610Office jobs are replacing jobs on the assembly line, causing workers' incomes to riseJobs security is greater today than in 70shttp://www.dailyestimate.com/article.asp?idcategory=35&idSub=169&idArticle=15609The typical American also works in a better job than his or her parents did, and his or her children will probably work in a better job still