News Every president is a war president
05-07-2012
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http://www.chicagotribune.com, Steve Chapman
Ninety-six years ago, when President Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election, two notable things happened: 1) His campaign used the slogan "He kept us out of war," and 2) he won.
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News CIA Claims Release of its History of the Bay of Pigs Debacle Would “Confuse the Public.”
04-19-2012
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www.nsaarchive.wordpress.com
On the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, the National Security Archive filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for the release of a five-volume CIA history of the Bay of Pigs affair.
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News America is in Decline With Conrad Black
04-18-2012
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arclein
The unipolar era has not been a success for America. The great irony of these 20-something post-Cold War years has been that while the United States was the indispensable country in the triumph of capitalist democracy — its preservation from 1917 to
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News Space Shuttle Discovery Lands in Washington D.C. for Smithsonian Display
04-17-2012
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http://www.space.com, by Robert Z. Pearlman
The space shuttle Discovery, NASA's fleet leader and the world's most-flown spacecraft, arrived in Washington, D.C. Tuesday (April 17), where it will go on permanent display at the Smithsonian later this week.
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News 'Did Jesus Exist?' A Historian Makes His Case
04-02-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by NPR Staff
So, did Jesus really exist? With his new book, Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth
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Opinion Food For Thought
Remembering The Alamo
03-02-2012 Chuck Baldwin
March 6 marks the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo back in 1836. For more than 13 days, 186 brave and determined patriots withstood Santa Anna's seasoned army of over 4,000 troops. To a man, the defenders of that mission fort knew they would neve
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News Thoughts: Presidents Day and libertarian statists
02-17-2012
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Christine Smith
When I was a minarchist, I’d often get the question posed of who did I think was the most libertarian president(s)?
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News CIA Claims Release of its History of the Bay of Pigs Debacle Would “Confuse the Public.”
02-07-2012
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www.nsaarchive.wordpress.com
Late last year, the Central Intelligence Agency explained to Judge Kessler of the US District Court in Washington DC that releasing the final volume of its three-decade-old history of the 1961 Bay of Pigs debacle would “confuse the public,” and shoul
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News Director Oliver Stone On History. And America, Jim Morrison & Ron Paul.
01-24-2012
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www.rockcellarmagazine.com
Stone also chats about his related TV documentary series, rock ’n’ roll, his preference in the current presidential race (Ron Paul?), and oh…the fall of the American empire…
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News A Gentle Voice of Reason for America
01-12-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Eric Margolis
America has come back, at least politically, to where it was in the far-off 1950’s when Communist-scares and the American fascism of Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy kept the republic in a state of anxiety and deep fear.
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News The Next Step
12-30-2011
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www.lewrockwell.com/Eric Peters
An awakening is taking place. Millions of people are wising up to the fraud that is contained in the sentence, “consent of the governed.” Are learning to reflexively cringe for their soon-to-shorn freedoms whenever a politician utters the word.
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News Incredible Saga Of A 130-Year-Old Album Of Mississippi River Photos That's Worth Millions Of Dol
12-28-2011
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www.businessinsider.com
So there must be something special about a photo book of images of the Mississippi River during the 1880s, captured by photographer Henry Peter Bosse, which Sotheby's just valued at $4.5 million, according to the Star Tribune (via Newser).
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News Generalissimo Washington: How He Crushed the Spirit of Liberty
12-26-2011
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lewrockwell.com/Murray N. Rothbard
His only campaign in 1775 was internal rather than external; it was directed against the American army as he found it, and was designed to extirpate the spirit of liberty pervading this unusually individualistic and democratic army of militiamen.
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Opinion
Let’s put the bad news in context
12-22-2011 Menckens Ghost
You need a break from today’s bad news. Please join me for a quick look at how things were a century ago in the nation and how they are today relative to other countries.
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Headlines: Let’s put the bad news in context -- Generalissimo Washington: How He Crushed the Spirit of Liberty -- Incredible Saga Of A 130-Year-Old Album Of Mississippi River Photos That's Worth Millions Of Dol -- The Next Step -- A Gentle Voice of Reason for America -- Director Oliver Stone On History. And America, Jim Morrison & Ron Paul. -- CIA Claims Release of its History of the Bay of Pigs Debacle Would “Confuse the Public.” -- Thoughts: Presidents Day and libertarian statists -- Remembering The Alamo -- 'Did Jesus Exist?' A Historian Makes His Case -- Dispossession and Empire: We’re All Indians Now -- Space Shuttle Discovery Lands in Washington D.C. for Smithsonian Display -- America is in Decline With Conrad Black -- CIA Claims Release of its History of the Bay of Pigs Debacle Would “Confuse the Public.” -- Every president is a war president --