Nullification Rally Sets Stage for Opposition To Obamacare
“Push back! Push back! Push back!” the crowd of more than 350 shouted at the first Nullify Now! rally held in Ft. Worth, Texas on Saturday, Sept. 4. They...
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Mozambique Backs Down on Price Hike Plans
The government of Mozambique has reversed its policy on price increases for bread and water despite promising to maintain the higher prices in the face of deadly protests that...
A Non-Prediction
When people learn that you are an economist, they often want you to predict which way the economy is going. There seem to be more than the usual number...
Food Prices Spark Riots in Mozambique
Rising food prices have led to violence as protestors clash with police in the impoverished nation of Mozambique. ...
The Mosque Controversy
The proposed mosque near where the World Trade Center was attacked and destroyed, along with thousands of American lives, would be a 15-story middle finger to America. It takes...
Gunman Takes Hostage at Discovery Channel Headquarters
UPDATE: Three hostages have been rescued from the headquarters of the Discovery Channel and the man who was holding them has been shot by police. ...
Calif. Man Tased by Police in Own Home After Calling for Paramedics
In Marin County, California, a man has filed a lawsuit against the county Sheriff's department in response to an incident in which officers tasered him in his own home....
Thomas Jefferson’s Quran
On Friday, August 13th, President Obama welcomed members of the Muslim community to the White House to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Ramadan with an Iftar banquet — the...
Progress and Problems: The Passing of E-6
Most people have no idea what "E-6" is. To avid baseball fans, E-6 is the way to record an error by a shortstop on your scorecard. But there is...
USA Today Restructures to Emphasize Web and Mobile Markets
In a major restructuring of its operations, USA Today, published by Gannet Co., Inc., has announced that it will lay off 130 employees in an effort to reorient itself...
Americans are “Simple-Minded” Says Japanese Politician Ichiro Ozawa
An influential Japanese politician is taking a few pokes at the American and British people. Ichiro Ozawa, who some think may be well-positioned to become Prime Minister in the...
Medical Care Facts and Fables
There is so much political spin, and so many numbers games being played, when it comes to medical care, that we have to go back to square one and...
Drone Attack Kills 20 in Attack on Insurgents in Pakistan
A strike from an unmanned aerial vehicle killed 20 people in Pakistan on August 23. According to Reuters news service, "missiles fired from a U.S. pilotless drone aircraft killed...
Dismantling America, Part 4
How did we get to the point where many people feel that the America they have known is being replaced by a very different kind of country, with not...
Dismantling America, Part 3
One of the few campaign promises that Barack Obama has kept was this: "We are going to change the United States of America!" As in many other cases, those...
Black Hole Eruption Compared to Volcano in Iceland
A giant black hole is putting on a spectacular show and scientists at NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory have captured the action. The black hole, located in galaxy M87, is...
Dismantling America, Part 2
"We the people" are the central concern of the Constitution, as well as its opening words, since it is a Constitution for a self-governing nation. But "we the people"...
Dismantling America
"We the people" are the familiar opening words of the Constitution of the United States — the framework for a self-governing people, free from the arbitrary edicts of rulers. It...
Never Try
It’s one of the most penetrating statements ever uttered in the modern age, so insightful that in 2007 it was added to the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations. What...
To Fix the Economy, Let’s Try the Constitution
After two years of economic turmoil it seems that the message that governments are spending too much money is finally getting out. In fact, the crisis today is solely...