Slovakia Adopts the Euro
On January 1, 2009, Slovakia became the first former Soviet-bloc country to adopt the Euro as its national currency. Once the "-slovakia" in...
GM Bailout a Sop to Cerberus?
The recent decision by the federal government to bail out GMAC, the financing arm of General Motors, encouraged the illusion that the federal...
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Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme Victimizes ACLU, Others
In a December 23 communication sent to the American Civil Liberties Union's benefactors, administration and finance director Alma Montclair reported that the organization...
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Birch Society’s Robert Welch Was Correct on Castro
Both before and after Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba on January 1, 1959, the major media in America portrayed him as...
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Czech Pres. Vaclav Klaus Enrages Eurocrats
Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, can drive communists, leftists, Greens, and one-world globalists to near apoplectic fury. However, the popular Czech...
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Mother Nature Puts Freeze on “Green” Solar-powered Toilet
With great fanfare, the City of Portland, Oregon, inaugurated its first solar-powered "loo" in Old Town, on December 8. "At the unveiling, mayor-elect...
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Mexico in the Grip of Drug Cartels
In a feature article, the December 22 issue of Forbes magazine reported that drug cartels are increasingly having their way in Mexico. Assassinations...
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Gaza Crisis Should be Avoided by U.S.
The ongoing Israeli attacks on the Palestinian-occupied and controlled Gaza Strip have provoked indignation worldwide, as flare-ups in that corner of the globe...
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Paul Weyrich Passes Away
A leader of what became known as the "New Right," veteran conservative activist Paul Weyrich passed away on December 18 after a long...
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Ron Paul: A Man of Ideas and Ideals
Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas, the first book-length biography of the noted congressman, tells the back story of the man behind the...
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That Thing Called Feminism
Sometimes the apple does fall far from the tree, and sometimes that's a good thing. You may not know the name Rebecca Walker,...
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Socialism’s Broken Promises
Even in the United States, the Utopian economic and political system known as socialism remains attractive to those who are not familiar with...
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Press Freedom Threatened in Germany
New legislation that passed last month in the lower House of Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, is being criticized by opponents who say it...
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Jesus of Nazareth
His birthday is celebrated throughout the world this month. Though he lived on earth only 33 years, today's date is measured from when...
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Asthma Sufferers Victimized by UN Ozone Madness
Beginning January 1, 2009, millions of asthma sufferers will no longer legally be able to obtain the low-cost albuterol inhalers that enable them...
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