Salt: Taut and Accidentally Timely Spy Thriller
A good spy thriller should accomplish two things — it should thrill and it should intrigue. With taut action sequences and a well-written...
Opinion
Paul Craig Roberts: America Has Become an Oligarchy of Private Interests
Earlier this year, it looked as if columnist Paul Craig Roberts had hung up his word processor in disgust, having just published his...
Read more
Bernanke: Fed Could ‘Step Into New Areas’
Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke told Congress this week that despite not having any imminent plans to further “support” the economy, the central...
Read more
Will God Endorse Newt Gingrich?
Perhaps you missed this one. God apparently has been moved ahead of the Iowa caucuses in the process of choosing the next American...
Read more
Let’s Throw This Rascal Out
If there were any liberal Democrats in the crowd that filled Bally’s Convention Center in Las Vegas two weeks ago, they kept a...
Read moreMaking Americans Sick
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius promised, "The U.S. government plans to increase funding to battle obesity and views healthcare reform as...
Read more
The Most Effective Weapon of Every Arbitrary Government
Government Security News reports that "the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now interested in acquiring portable versions of [advanced imaging technology (AIT)...
Read more
Financial Overhaul Law Boon to Financial Overlords
A triumphant and triumphalist President Obama signed the financial overhaul bill into law July 21, promising as he did that “the American people...
Read more
Obama and the Race Card Fraud
Credit card fraud is a serious problem. But race card fraud is an even bigger problem. ...
Read more
Great Depression: Here We Go Again?
The unremitting flow of negative news about the economy has finally caught the attention of the mainstream media, causing an increasing number of...
Read more
“I Won’t Die for a $9 Pie!”
“As I tell my kids, dessert is not a right,” declared Michelle Obama recently, promoting her anti-obesity agenda while addressing the annual NAACP...
Read more
Unemployment and Illegal Immigration
The biggest issue weighing on the minds of Americans is the economy. Recent decreases in factory orders and consumer confidence, coupled with unemployment/underemployment...
Read more
Goodwin Named to Byrd’s Senate Seat
A youth movement in the U.S. Senate? What might that be, John McCain with wings again? Olympia Snowe in go-go boots? Vice President...
Read more
Inception: Sci-fi Thought Thriller
Leonardo DiCaprio does it again with this summer’s new blockbuster hit, Inception. Not everyone will agree with that, however. I contend that there...
Read more