When nosey-snoopy characters volunteer a diagnosis of the ills of our financial system and fault them all on the role of the Federal Reserve, misleading exaggeration rears its ugly head.
The Federal Reserve is not a bogeyman to fear … only the fearful fear their own shadow. Our national debt – large it may be – created what America is today. To say we became fish on dry land because of it is a lie.
Bestselling author Nassim Nicholas Taleb continues his exploration of randomness in his fascinating new book, The Black Swan, in which he examines the influence of highly improbable and unpredictable events that have massive impact. (ECONOMY)
With the exception of President Elect Barack Hussein Obama, no one had more pressure to deliver the goods, so to speak, at the big event in the Nations Capitol than Rick Warren, who had the unique privilege of delivering the inaugural prayer. . . Fri
Apparently concealed in the language of "change we can believe in" were the promises to stop war, make the old young again, return the dead to the living and lower the price of bread.
After tens of thousands of phone calls and emails, after the combined
efforts of columnists such as myself and radio and television talk show
hosts such as Lou Dobbs...
Why do we continue the $70 billion annual War on Drugs that failed us in the past 38 years? Why do we allow a failed program to continue? Police Officer Howard Wooldridge tells you why we must end the War on Drugs.
You have supported in principle the idea that people should be free to own guns, but have yourself not felt the need to do so,...until now. And you have questions. This series will seek to answer them. Part 1
Hyper-population growth in America portends sobering realities as to water shortages, energy crisis, overshoot of resources and an unsustainable future. Yet, we blissfully stagger forward by immigrating 2.4 million third world poor annually to make o
President-elect Barack Obama claims his economic stimulus plan will create over 3 million jobs. How did he arrive at that number? Well, his economic team fell into a hole and figured a way out.
CIA Director Michael Hayden is going around town telling folks he has warned Obama “personally and forcefully” that if Obama authorizes an investigation into controversial activities like water boarding, “no one in Langley will ever take a risk again
Jim Cabaniss, President of American Veterans in Domestic Defense (AVIDD), sent me one of the most startling e-mails a few months back, with three of the most thought-provoking questions that I have ever had anyone ask . . .
As I noted in this column a few weeks ago, proponents of assembling a new Constitutional Convention are a scant two states away from achieving that monstrous reality.
I would like to take the opportunity this column affords for my annual
review of some books that I have found to be extremely helpful and that, I
believe, would greatly benefit any American who truly loves freedom and
constitutional government.
We inject ourselves into growing parallel societies. With the Palestinian-Israeli confrontations in the USA this past weekend and growing Mexican-American confrontations--we suffer parallel cultures, languages and breakdown.
Leon Panetta to take charge of the CIA - First and foremost, the appointment gives hope that torture and “rendition” (a euphemism for kidnapping people for delivery to foreign torture chambers) is over — or will be in less than two weeks.
I have been reading Terry's excellent articles on the abusive behavior of many of federal officials as they man the roadblocks associated with border control.
Ever notice the 'politically correct' media make sure you don't hear the total story, or, as Paul Harvey says, "The rest of the story!" Academic failure accelerates across this country with millions of students from third world
It's time to clear the air about the true nature and intent of the enemy Israel is combatting and how the people who follow militant forms of Islam are a threat to our freedoms and way of life.
Immigration provides the greatest consequences for the USA in 2009, but remains the most ignored. Take heart! Immigration is SO bad, Obama cannot win an amnesty.
President-elect Obama proposes over $300 million in tax cuts but also proposes massive spending increases. Schemes such as this don't reduce the tax burden; they just shift it from direct taxation to the indirect tax of inflation.
Do you know the most ignored issue in 2008? If you lived in Phoenix, LA, Denver, Chicago, New York or any big city--you felt it! It engulfed you! It irritated you. It cost you a lot of money. What might that issue be? Find out!
As a civilization, we face ominous challenges in 2009: energy, water shortages, hyper-population growth, balkanization, immigration and many other dilemmas.
If the problem of national security does not preempt economic recovery, then we will have a buoyant market bouncing back with vengeance in the wake of a financial turbulence that brought havoc to the local and international landscapes.