At the Securities and Exchange Commission, the coalition of Democrats-plus-SEC chairman William Donaldson is pushing measures that threaten the nation's economic health.

The Securities and Exchange Commission--once known for the professionalism of its analysis--has begun to propose and adopt rules and regulations without support in empirical data.

Speech by Paul Atkins at May 7, 2003 event.

Will the Securities and Exchange Commission be able to return to a time when it could gain the acceptance of its rules simply by asserting that they are necessary to protect investors?

Chairman Cox continued some of his predecessor's troubled initiatives, pursued some good ones of his own,but missed several opportunities.