The Constitution and the Debt Limit
It’s a sad commentary on the state of affairs in Washington that the only occasions on which the United States Constitution is invoked with any reverence by the political...
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Default Lies Not in Our Stars but in Ourselves
With the European economy in shambles from a seemingly intractable sovereign debt crisis and the United States technically out of money to fund its own bloated government, talk of...
“Primetime Propaganda” Interview Clips Confirm Hollywood’s Liberal Bias
Ben Shapiro’s bombshell, Primetime Propaganda, an exposé of left-wing propaganda at the movies and on television, is making Hollywood squirm. In a series of interview snippets available on Youtube,...
Perfect Financial Storm Shaping Up for Europe, U.S.
The walls are closing in on the eurozone, as options for resolving the European debt crisis are about to narrow dramatically. After many months of drama and handwringing, the...
Robert Welch: An Americanist Entrepreneur
Before John Birch Society founder Robert Welch began his political activism, he was an industrious candy maker, prospering through perseverance and ingenuity. ...
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Nothing to Shrug About
Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged, originally published in 1957, is once again — and justly — becoming required reading for lovers of freedom, but it’s not without its flaws....
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Atlas Shrugged: The Book
Some of us remember our first reading of Atlas Shrugged like our first time behind the wheel of a car: intoxicating but inexplicably discomforting in spots. The 1,000-plus pages...
Egypt’s Present Path
Though much of the world waits with bated breath to see what type of government Egypt will end up with, the shape of Egypt’s government is almost a foregone...
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WTO Rules Against Boeing, U.S. Government
With the turmoil in the Middle East and the catastrophe in Japan, it is easy to be distracted from the power plays of the global elite. But this week’s...
Financial Sector Lures Math Talent from Industry
Credit Time magazine for identifying, however imprecisely, a very important but little understood consequence of the modern Federal Reserve-based financial system: a “brain drain” that is luring many of...
Egypt’s Present Path
With turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa continuing to spread in the wake of the departure of Egypt’s longtime dictator and U.S. stooge Hosni Mubarak, it is...
Civilization and Tsunamis
It is a signal irony that, within days of the apocalyptic earthquake and tsunami that have brought Japan to her knees, archaeologists announced the possible discovery, after millenia of...
Battling “Business As Usual”
Freshman Senator Rand Paul wasted little time in following through on campaign pledges to straighten out the country’s fiscal mess, causing Big Government cronies to caterwaul. ...
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The Budget: Battling Business As Usual
When newly elected Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) proposed cutting aid to Israel, the howls of protest from all across the bipartisan political spectrum were painfully revealing. Matthew Brooks, executive...
European Dis-Union
An economic crash is impending in Europe as more than a dozen countries face financial ruin, and an economic crash will likely be accompanied by the fall of the...
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