FCC Ponders Taxing Internet Providers
The FCC is considering imposing a tax on Internet providers, according to a story reported in The Hill. The Internet has become a means for Americans to share information in...
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One Hundred Years After the Kuomintang
Today, August 25, the predecessor of another Marxist regime celebrates its 100th anniversary.The Kuomintang, or Chinese Nationalist Party, has uniformly been given a bad reputation in academic communities and...
British Financial Woes Worsen
The July data for the coalition government of the United Kingdom show corporate tax collections below estimates and government spending over estimates, increasing speculation that more government spending reductions...
Study: Religious — Not Rich — Americans Give Most to Charity
The Chronicle of Philanthropy on August 20 issued the findings of a new study of Americans and their patterns of giving, based on the itemized deductions for 2008 tax...
The 200th Anniversary of the Naming of “Old Ironsides”
Two hundred years ago today — during the War of 1812 — perhaps the most storied vessel in the U.S. Navy, the Constitution, earned her nickname Old Ironsides when cannonballs...
Canadian Medical Association Redefines Human Life
The Canadian Medical Association, the largest association of doctors in Canada, has redefined human life. On August 15, the CMA passed a resolution supporting the notion that a child...
Gas Prices Moving to All-Time High
The prices that Americans pay for gas at the pump may reach an all-time high this summer. The average price is $3.70 per gallon, which is an increase of 30 cents since...
August Reports Shows U.S. Has Plenty of Oil, Gas and Coal
Reports coming out this August show that our nation has plenty of oil and gas and that we ought to be a major exporter of coal to foreign markets....
Religous Strife in Nigeria Grows Worse
Jonathan Goodluck was elected president of Nigeria last year in an election by a strong majority of the Nigerian people. This was the first truly free election the nation...
Rising Foreclosures Show Weak Economy
Foreclosures of homes are increasing, July economic reports reveal. Homes are the most important asset that ordinary Americans possess, and the value of that asset was long presumed by...
Financial News in Southern Europe Generally Grim
The latest financial news from Europe may fall into the “good news, bad news” category — although the “good news” simply means that things have not fallen apart as...
Seventy-Five Years After Stalin’s Great “Operation Kulak” Reign of Terror
Seventy-five years ago, on August 5, 1937, one of the most horrific — and most ignored — episodes in human history began. “Operation Kulak” ("kulak" meaning rich peasants) was the Soviet...
Recalling the End of the Fairness Doctrine
Twenty-five years ago this month, the Federal Communications Commission ended the “Fairness Doctrine,” which in the name of "fairness" infringed on the freedom of speech of radio and television...
New York Times Sees “Golden Lining” in Zimbabwe’s Brutal Marxist Rule
Lydia Polgreen of the New York Times recently suggested that the long and bloody rule of Zimbabwe's Marxist boss Robert Mugabe may have a “golden lining” for citizens...
An Argument for Privatizing Public Schools
Lew Rockwell has suggested a major change in how we educate our young: End public education, at least as an experiment in a few communities, and see real education...