Missing in Rio: Let freedom rip

At the recent Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush and the U.S. government were said to be "isolated," "out of sync," with the world community, "out of step" and "going against the tide of history."

In fact, the opposite is true. It was the Earth Summit and the United Nations Summiteers who were out of sync. The reasons are many.

Central governments are losing legitimacy. The UN is an organization of central governments, not people. Yet, central governments are unable to solve the most vexing problems of mankind