What Does “Distrust of Government” Really Mean?
The New York Times and CBS has come out with a new poll that shows Americans have a strong mistrust of government. Almost...
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Consumers Don’t Drive the Economy, Producers Do
In Commerce Secretary John Bryson’s announcement that the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 2.5% last quarter, he...
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Paranormal Activity 3 Breaks Box Office Records
Despite terrible reviews, Paranormal Activity 3, released last weekend, managed to break U.S. box office records. Initially, the third installment in the series...
Read moreProfits Are for People
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are demanding "people before profits" — as if profit motivation were the source of mankind's troubles — when...
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Homeschoolers: Take Back the Land
Rick Boyer and his wife Marilyn are pioneer homeschoolers. Since 1980, they have educated their 14 children at home, having started when homeschooling...
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The TSA’s Gingerbread Man
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has long turned a deaf ear to criticism and complaints. Whenever its groping of toddlers sets the country...
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Why Abbas Doesn’t Want Jews in Palestine
Why is Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, determined to prevent Jews from living in the new independent Palestinian state? After all, it would...
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The Media and “Bullying”
Back in the 1920s, the intelligentsia on both sides of the Atlantic were loudly protesting the execution of political radicals Sacco and Vanzetti,...
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The Canary in the Coal Mine: Trouble Ahead for America?
I have a theory about the canary in the coal mine. I expect that before it died of asphyxiation, it would panic and...
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Challenging the American Holocaust
It’s 1943 and you find yourself in Germany. A Nazi officer is pointing a gun at you and demanding that you hop on...
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How Hyperinflation Could Start in America
David Galland’s article for the Daily Reckoning painted a picture of imminent collapse of America’s monetary system, which was followed four days later...
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Herman Cain Gets into Trouble on Abortion
In an interview this past Wednesday with CNN’s Piers Morgan, presidential contender Herman Cain was asked about abortion — and his answer got...
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Post Calls GOP Presidential Candidates “Unified” Against Iraq Pullout
A news story, remarkable for its readily apparent inaccuracy, surfaced from theWashington Post on Friday under the headline: "GOP presidential field unified in...
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Some Reasons Behind Income Inequality
In an effort to examine the Occupy Wall Street crowd’s complaint about income inequality, economist Mark Perry has concluded that people with higher...
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What Is the Real Unemployment Rate?
A closer look at the Department of Labor’s employment report earlier this month reveals that the real unemployment number is different from the...
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