California Still a Mess Under Brown
The economic free-fall of the beleaguered state of California is continuing apace. In January, when Governor Jerry Brown took office, the state's deficit was a mind-numbing $26.9 billion. Its...
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Social Security: Way Beyond Tweaking
Just one year ago this week the Senate Special Committee on Aging, headed up by wealthy and aging Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), announced that massive shortfalls in funding for...
Forbes: Return to Gold Standard Within Five Years
This was not a good week for the Federal Reserve. As if Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-Texas) congressional subcommittee hearing on the relationship of the Fed to the national debt...
Poll Shows Majority of Republicans in Favor of Third Party
Yesterday, Gallup poll released the results of its poll conducted from April 30-23 that reveals an unprecedented and dramatic change in the nation?s political climate. According to the poll,...
The Effects of Low-dose Radiation
The Japanese are not alone in being exposed to low-dose radiation; everyone is exposed to radiation daily, emanating from our food, buildings, etc. And that’s good news! ...
My Mother’s Escape From Communism
Mother’s Day seems like a perfect time to tell you about some of my mother’s extraordinary adventures. Bear with me for a bit and I’ll even tell you how...
Harper Victory Half a Loaf
The Conservative Party of Canada won a hefty mandate in Monday’s general election. ...
The Effects of Low-dose Radiation
In 1990, the International Journal of Radiological Biology published a paper by M. Mine and his team of Japanese researchers entitled “Apparently beneficial effect of low to intermediate doses...
Pollsters Claim Californians Want More Taxes
Californians want to be taxed more — at least according to a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll. Governor Jerry Brown (left) has been traveling around the state attempting to...
Book Review: Now Tell Me I Was Wrong
Tom DeWeese is among the unsung heroes of the real conservative activist movement, the one that focuses on individual (as opposed to collective) liberty, free enterprise (sans the uber-regulations...
How to Concede in Politics Without Really Trying
Most adults recall the iconic musical comedy, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. It is still a mainstay of annual high-school plays, drama schools, and replays on...
Do Religious People Live Longer?
Elissaios Papyrakis as the University of East Anglia has come out with a report that suggests that fewer and fewer young people are attending church, while the longer people...
Libyan Defector Suspected of Having Vital Information About Lockerbie Bombing
Last Wednesday, Moussa Koussa (left) defected to the United Kingdom. Koussa was the foreign minister in the government of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 1988 when Pan Am Flight...
Indiana Moves Closer to Passing Marriage Protection Amendment
On March 29 the Indiana State Senate overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment protecting traditional marriage. The 40-to-10 vote came on the heels of passage of the amendment in the...
Conservatives Now Surpass Liberals in the U.S.
The most recent Gallup poll reveals surprising figures that could potentially impact the 2012 presidential election. It shows that self-described conservatives now outnumber self-desribed liberals nationally, even in traditionally...