"Although it will take time, I believe the truth will certainly come out," ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye said in her first public comments since the court's ruling.
There are many types of mixed drinks, dirty martinis being one of them. I love dirty martinis, but I don't want them to be the only drink out there! Without trying all the other cocktails, how could I possibly know if dirty martinis are the best?
In the year 1517, one of the most important innovations in financial history was invented in Amsterdam: the government bond.
It was a pretty revolutionary concept.
Governments had been borrowing money for thousands of years… quite often at the po
The speculation over whether Trump would or would not fire the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, who earlier reportedly said he would not resign on his own, came to a close a 2:29pm ET when Preet Bharara, tweeting from
Most Christian churches hold to a set of beliefs that incorporate what they call a "philosophy of government." Some denominations go so far as to include human government in their confession of faith.
Pelosi Warns of an American Holocaust
A Bureau of Labor Statistics report indicating that more than 900,000 have left the ranks of the leisure class and joined the workforce since Trump's inauguration was cast as "the start of an American holoca
The FBI: The Silent Terror Of The Fourth Reich … Lately, there's been a lot of rhetoric comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. The concern is that a Nazi-type regime may be rising in America … That process, however, began a long time ago. …
In 1912 the pioneering French sociologist Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) published The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, which presented his findings (not without controversy) on primitive clan-based religious culture.
Bill Moves on to Senate, Expected to Easily Pass There
The House of Representatives today voted 371-48, with massive majorities in both parties, in favor of another $578 billion military spending bill to cover the remainder of fiscal year 2017. Th
If the media tell us that "the opening of XYZ mill has created 1,000 new jobs," we give a cheer. When the ABC company closes and 500 jobs are lost, we're sad. The politician who can provide a subsidy to save ABC is almost assured of widespread
Recently, the CIA lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal including malware, viruses, trojans, weaponized "zero day" exploits, malware remote control systems and associated documentation. This extraordinary collection, which amounts to
When President Donald Trump nominated Rick Perry to be Secretary of Energy, there was some concern that Perry, who had proposed eliminating the Department of Energy, did not fully understand what the department does.
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Over the past year, a historic level of activism and protest has spilled out into our nation's parks, streets, and sidewalks -- places where our First Amendment rights are at their height.
"Rights aren't rights if someone can take them away. They're privileges. That's all we've ever had in this country, is a bill of temporary privileges. And if you read the news even badly, you know that every year the list gets shorter and s
On Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of congress with a speech that was widely praised, even by his most fervent critics.
Obama to Receive "Profiles in Courage" Award
The Kennedy Presidential Library's annual "Profiles in Courage" Award for 2017 will go to former President Barack Obama. The Award, named after the 1957 Pulitzer Prize winning book ghost written
If you ask an economist to suggest areas where the state should be involved, one answer you're likely to hear is that states should provide "public goods." A public good is a good that is both non-excludable and non-rival. By non-excludable, ec
The Trump administration announced Monday its support for an additional 54 billion dollars in spending for military and national security programs in fiscal year 2018 and a 30 billion dollar bump for such spending in fiscal year 2017. Meanwhile, 54 b
Otto von Bismarck famously described politics as "the art of the possible, the attainable." People who like politics love this sentiment. It suggests workable pragmatism rather than impractical principles, compromise over conviction, action rathe
It comes as no surprise that, as electric cars begin to catch on at a more steady clip, states are imposing fees to "green-friendly" drivers. The argument is that those drivers aren't purchasing gas, thus not paying the gas tax, and EVs are the
Montana Governor Blocks Right to Bear Arms
Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D) vetoed legislation that would have made the state a "Constitutional carry" state. That is, individuals would be permitted to exercise their right to bear arms as def