An Honest Look at Mitt Romney
From the time the GOP presidential primary contest got under way, Mitt Romney has been heralded in the media as the frontrunner. Since...
Opinion
Why Ivan Can Read But Johnny Can’t
Back in 1962, Arthur Trace wrote a book entitled What Ivan Knows That Johnny Doesn’t. In that book Trace informed us that Ivan...
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National Debt Runs Past $15 Trillion
It’s official. The U.S. federal debt has crossed another unbelievable line: $15 trillion. The Treasury Department reported the news on Wednesday, and various...
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What If Obama Wins?
One should always be prepared for the worst. Considering that we have a dumbed-down public who votes emotionally rather than rationally, it is...
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An Honest Look at Newt Gingrich
Imagine a world in which Americans weren’t remotely as susceptible to media manipulation as they currently are. Let’s call it “America 2.” In...
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Disarming That “Important Layer of Aviation Security”
We probably all agree on the worthlessness of the New York Times. For starters, it publishes propaganda it barely bothers to disguise as...
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Missouri Professors Scoff at Twilight’s Traditionalist Message
This weekend, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, will premiere at a theater near you. The quirky fictional romance about an ordinary...
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Reminiscences of a Libertarian: Lessons for Today
I suppose you could call me a “right-wing extremist,” although I don’t consider myself an extremist by any stretch of the imagination. But...
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Will Republicans Blow It?
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a good catch phrase could stop thinking for 50 years. One of the often-repeated catch phrases of...
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Poverty in America?
According to CBS News, "the number of people in the U.S. living in poverty in 2010 rose for the fourth year in a...
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Surveillance Skeptics/Debunkers Get Rude Awakening
Not long ago, factions on both sides of the political aisle — from Republican Senator Charles Grassley in 1994, to liberal Supreme Court...
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The Real Scandal: Legalized Extortion
The real scandal in the accusations against Herman Cain is the corruption of the law, the media and politics. ...
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Public Employee Unions Win in Ohio, Taxpayers Lose
One of the biggest mistakes taxpayers made in this country is permitting government employees to unionize. They created a real Frankenstein: unions that...
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The Collectivized Train Wreck in Europe
“Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder,” said British historian Arnold Toynbee. We’re seeing exactly that today in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Ireland....
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An Antiquarian Weekend in Boston
During this last weekend of November 11 to 13, the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair took place at the Hynes Convention Center. As...
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