Archive for April, 2012

In Michael Hart’s controversial book, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, Abraham Lincoln was one of ten to receive an honorable mention, joining Marie Curie, Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo DaVinci.[i]  Hart referred to Lincoln as “one of the most famous and most admirable political leaders [...]

From a distance it might appear as if the mainstream media is hypersensitive to racial disparities in our society. An uniformed observer would probably see the plethora of shows and movies about racism and racial discrimination on the television every day and assume that the mainstream media is a great [...]

While so many Americans are subsisting on food stamps, losing their homes, and accumulating credit card debt they will never be able to pay off, the US is giving Israel $3 billion in direct foreign aid every year and, according to Congressman James Traficant, another $12-17 billion in indirect aid [...]

James Madison, often referred to as “the father of the Constitution,” wrote in The Federalist Papers, No. 45, pp. 292–93, that: ”The powers delegated to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally [...]

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was founded in 1913 after Leo Frank, a Jewish executive who raped and strangled a 13 year-old girl, was taken from jail and hung by angry citizens appalled at the governor’s decision to commute his sentence. Many American Jews believed the conviction and subsequent lynching was [...]

The Best: Ron Paul (R)- Congressman from Texas who has been called, “the Thomas Jefferson of our time.” One of only a handful of constitutionalist American politicians in the last decade. Over his 20+ years in Congress, Paul has the most ideologically consistent voting record in the history of American politics. [...]

In the modern age of mega-democracies and Bretton Woods/Keynesian print and inflate economic models, countries constantly complain about the currency manipulation of their trading partners. The crux of the issue is that certain countries purposely keep their currencies weak in order to make their exports less expensive and therefore more [...]

One would think the mainstream media would have very little airtime to spend on the George Zimmerman shooting considering that a global economic debt crisis and a potential war with Iran are looming. Even worse yet, the media has decided to focus its attention on George Zimmerman’s race, which is [...]