Iraq: An End or an Escalation?

By Ron Paul Amid much fanfare last week, the last supposed “combat” troops left Iraq as the administration touted the beginning of the end of the Iraq War and a change in the role of the United States in that country. Considering the continued public frustration with the war effort, and with the growing laundry [...]

Obamacare Flushes the Constitution

By Jon Hall NewsRealBlog “I will — listen now — I will cut taxes — cut taxes — for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.” (Obama’s acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic convention.) Whether it was [...]

The Doom of Global Warming

By Robert F. Beaudine STATESMAN SENTINEL August 29, 2010 In 1908, an amateur archaeologist discovered old bones in a gravel pit in England.  In 1912, the scientific community trumpeted this evidence, called Piltdown man, as the missing link between man and apes, proving that Darwin’s theory of evolution was correct.  This scientific fact lasted over [...]

Steve Forbes Endorses Jim Huffman for U.S. Senate

www.huffmanforsenate.com Steve Forbes travelled to Portland, OR and announced his endorsement of Jim Huffman’s campaign to become Oregon’s next U.S. Senator. The publisher and former presidential candidate’s public showing of support also included speaking at a fundraising event for Huffman. Forbes championed Huffman as “the kind of individual we badly need in Washington.”  He emphasized [...]

Demagoguing the Mosque and Islam

By Ron Paul The Left and the Right Demagogue the Mosque and Islam Is the controversy over building a mosque near ground zero a grand distraction or a grand opportunity? Or is it, once again, grandiose demagoguery? It has been said, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Are we not overly preoccupied with this controversy, now [...]

The Anti-Fed Revolution

By Anthony Gregory End the Fed by Ron Paul (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009), 212 pages. Through his 2008 presidential campaign, Ron Paul managed to make monetary policy a national political issue. For nearly a century it had been a relatively obscure topic, and throughout my lifetime respectable opinion considered it a fringe inclination [...]

The World Won’t Flock to Paper Money

National Inflation Association On July 28th, NIA released an article entitled, “Gold and Silver Capitulation is Near”. In this article NIA said, “The sentiment on gold and silver has abruptly changed to the negative like nothing we have ever seen before and to us this means the big move to the upside is right around [...]

Same Sex Marriage, Thought Control, and the State

By Steve Palmer Pennsylvania Tenth Amendment Center Introduction One theory about the origin of the children’s poem, “Jack and Jill”, is that it was a stealth protest against actions by King Charles I of England during his reign from 1625 until his execution in 1649. Details about what happened are sparse on the web, but [...]

The True Meaning of the Ground Zero Mosque Controversy

George Washington’s Blog August 18, 2010 The Founding Fathers believed in freedom of religion, and tolerance of all religions. As such, anyone who tries to ban Islam as evil is anti-American. As Greg Palast argues, if we ban mosques because some Muslims are murderers, we should also ban churches because Timothy McVeigh was a Christian. [...]

Pictures of the Economy: It’s Not a Pretty Sight

By Jake Towne “Truth persists and illuminates, even if there is no one to utter it.“ Government is not the solution; rather, it is causing the problems. The below slides (view at Scribd, backup PDF) highlight the economic situation, updated from a May presentation. I’ve written about the solutions to the unemployment problem, the deficit, [...]

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