Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post has built up an "inside the Washington beltway" readership based on poking fun at what he feels is wrongdoing in government and business. But Washington is a "company town," and Kurtz is nothing more than a socialist windbag and apologist for a big, bloated and ever-growing federal government. Once again, that came through load and clear in a recent column ("Crime in the Suites," June 14, 2002), in which he places the blame for the stock market collapse on greedy and evil capitalists. Kurtz began his indictment of capitalists: It's slime city out there. … Continue reading Kurtz Blames Capitalists for Stock Market Collapse, Not the Feds