It's the Lead Poisoning, Stupid!

This news proves that the media never misses an opportunity to attack Mayor Giuliani or downplay his achievements: "Rudy Giuliani never misses an opportunity to remind people about his track record in fighting crime as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. 'I began with the city that was the crime capital of America,' Giuliani, now a candidate for president, recently told Fox's Chris Wallace. 'When I left, it was the safest large city in America. I reduced homicides by 67 percent. I reduced overall crime by 57 percent.' Although crime did fall dramatically in New York during Giuliani's tenure, a broad range of scientific research has emerged in recent years to show that the mayor deserves only a fraction of the credit that he claims. The most compelling information has come from an economist in Fairfax who has argued in a series of little-noticed papers that the "New York miracle" was caused by local and federal efforts decades earlier to reduce lead poisoning." Funny how this is only coming to light now that the Mayor is in the running for President. Plus, from all the brutal stories I've seen lately, it looks like crime is getting worse, not less.