Iranians are rejecting the same suffocating controls Americans are accepting.
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Someone you might want to ask about Waterboarding
Posted on May 23, 2009 by Mike O
…is the family of the individual circled below. Never forget the work of the so-called ‘torturees’:
So another individual (one of scores) films himself being waterboarded… and yet he can sit up an talk about it immediately with no physical effects. Unquestionably unpleasant, as the hundreds of American service personnel who voluntarily go through it as [...]
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Lessons from a 13-year-old
Posted on February 28, 2009 by Mike O
He pegs the basic crux well, but as they say; ‘The Devil is in the details’:
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Has our foreign policy over the past 100 years been wrong?
Posted on February 13, 2009 by Lance
Ron Paul thinks it is possible and after a lot of reading the past 5+ years I agree with him.
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John Stuart Mill on nationality and representative government
Posted on January 2, 2009 by Lance
This is a chapter from John Stuart Mill’s Considerations on Representative Government, taken from the University of Adelaide Library Electronic Texts Collection. An interesting read and particularly applicable to today’s America.
Chapter 16
Of Nationality, as connected with Representative Government.
A PORTION of mankind may be said to constitute a Nationality if they are united among themselves by [...]
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Picking Apart The United States
Posted on January 2, 2009 by Lance
Igor Pararin has been in the news a lot the past two months for his remarks on the breakup of the United States. The recent report in the Wall Street Journal expands on Igor’s previous comments and sets his prediction for 2010 when the USA will finally collapse.
In September 1998, he attended a conference in [...]
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Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School
Posted on December 31, 2008 by Lance
I’m assigning some assigned reading on a way of thinking that was put forward by the Frankfurt School called Critical Theory. The Wikipedia articles give some insight into the main goals of the neo-Marxist ideas, but what people need to understand is how these have contributed to reshaping the culture of the West since the [...]
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The Round Table
Posted on December 30, 2008 by Lance
“When the Round Table is broken every man must follow Galahad or Mordred; middle things are gone.”
-C.S. Lewis
A writer at the journal First Things gives an explanation in this article:
“His point was that the time may come when the societal bonds are so ruptured that forceful confrontation will become necessary with those who, until then, [...]
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The Philosophy and Practice of Charity
Posted on December 23, 2008 by Mike O
For the majority of Americans, more thoughts of charity occur this time of year than at any other. After all, the Christian world is celebrating the ultimate charity of God (don’t worry; this will not be a religious piece). For those of us actively involved in charity the year round, it is a time to [...]
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The Stock Market Rally, The Inevitable Crash, And Why We’re Here
Posted on November 24, 2008 by Lance
Today’s stock market rally was predicted by blogger Vox Day last week. I have read his blog occasionally for the past few years but only recently did I start seeing posts about Austrian economics and notice that he really does understand how the market works. The truth is the market has a long way to [...]
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The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving: The Triumph of Capitalism over Collectivism
Posted on November 24, 2008 by Lance
A great article on the real meaning of Thanksgiving:
The less industrious members of the colony came late to their work in the fields, and were slow and easy in their labors. Knowing that they and their families were to receive an equal share of whatever the group produced, they saw little reason to be more [...]
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The Philosophy of Personal Responsibility
Posted on November 22, 2008 by Mike O
I came across Bill Whittle’s site in a link to his piece on harrassment training; for him, it’s a short piece, but like most of his work, speaks eloquently on personal responsibility and family responsibility for moral character of its members. Abrogating that responsibility to government gets easier every day and modern government is always [...]
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Is deflation really bad?
Posted on November 21, 2008 by Lance
Deflation is not the evil people and economists make it out to be. The same economists who say “inflate, zero percent interest rates now!!” are the ones who said everything was perfect in the economy during the 2003-2005 period.
The market is demanding inflation because the money supply has been too large. The supply of money [...]
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Huffington Post against Todd Palin’s connection to secession movement
Posted on October 15, 2008 by Lance
I wholeheartedly agree with the objective of the Alaskan Independence Party (to free itself from the US government), but apparently the writers at the Huffington Post believe that secession is anti-American.
Secession is the most American opinion that one can have–the foundation of our country was based on the belief that the mother government of England [...]
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A Time To Choose
Posted on September 22, 2008 by Lance
I pointed out earlier today that we have to choose between the free market and government nationalization of the economy. Today Michael Rozeff wrote an article saying that exact same thing. I was looking through it a moment ago and I think he describes our situation insightfully:
This is a time [...]
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Remember who gets jilted–the middle class
Posted on September 17, 2008 by Lance
Folks, it is necessary to remember that there are two opposing groups in government (often times just one) and they try to use government for their own means. They cannot do this without the support of the middle class (the vast majority of people). Thus both of the opposing groups must obtain support from the [...]
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The Return of Rightwing Paranoia
Anthony Gregory points out that conservatives now oppose the state despite Obama enacting Bush-like policies. Most importantly, conservatives must learn to oppose aggressive foreign policy during this era that they are out of power, less they make the same mistakes as last time.
The conservatives [...]
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