The One That Got Away

By Tim Dunkin STATESMAN SENTINEL December 8, 2011 If nothing else, Carlos Rafael of New Bedford, Massachusetts will always have a whopper of a fish story to tell his grandkids, as he regales them with tales of the 881 lb. tuna that got away from him.  Or rather, was taken away from him, as the [...]

Recovering the Spirit of Reagan

By Tim Dunkin STATESMAN SENTINEL December 8, 2011 As many astute, and perhaps many not so astute, observers have witnessed over the past few years, the Right – as a broad coalition of compatible movements and ideological subsets – has been floundering in its efforts to make any sort of substantial impact on our political [...]

The Rationality of Cronyism

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL December 3, 2011 It has become more and more apparent to seemingly everyone of late, that the American economic system is not based on capitalism, but a twisted hierarchical system of special interests and government favors commonly known as “crony capitalism.” The distinction is very important, because crony capitalism in [...]

Federal Government To Seize Control Of All Airwaves This Week

Scott Lazarowitz reports at LewRockwell.com: “On Wednesday, November 9th at 2 PM Eastern, the Obama Administration will seize control over all radio and TV broadcast communications, to conduct a “test” of the Emergency Broadcast System. For the first time, however, there will be nothing any individual station can do to prevent it, and, unlike past [...]

Rep Walsh Calls for Attorney General Holder to Resign

Gun Owners of America Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) sent a scathing rebuke to Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday and called on him to resign his post at the Justice Department. Noting that Holder needed to “take responsibility” for implicating the United States as an accessory to violent crimes committed by the Mexican drug cartels, Walsh [...]

Ron Paul Names His Choice for Fed Chairman

Economic Policy Journal During the online portion of the “Center Seat” segment of Fox News’ “Special Report with Brett Baier,” Ron Paul said that he would “probably” pick economist Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, for the position, reports The Daily Caller. The question was posed by Stephen F. Hayes of The Weekly [...]

The Covert Agenda Behind the Occupy Wall Street Protests

By Robert F. Beaudine STATESMAN SENTINEL October 26, 2011 The “occupying” protests here in America have been characterized as spontaneous and leaderless. Protesters, politicians, and the mass media have compared it to the so-called spontaneous uprisings of the Arab Spring. In reality, neither has been spontaneous nor leaderless. The Arab Spring was planned years ago [...]

Ron Paul’s Budget Plan and Federal Employment

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL October 20, 2011 Congressman Ron Paul proposed a new budget plan that would cut $1 trillion from the federal government his first year in office, if he becomes president.  It would include immediately cutting funding to five agencies: the Departments of Education, Commerce, Energy, Interior, and Housing and Urban Development. [...]

Elizabeth Warren and Progressive Fairness

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL September 30, 2011 Elizabeth Warren is running in the 2012 US Senate race in Massachusetts.  Her campaign announcement video that came out last week emphasizes the importance of defending middle class American families who are being exploited by big corporations and their Washington lobbyists.  It sounds like enticing rhetoric. For [...]

The Right to Keep and Bear Cameras

By Tim Dunkin STATESMAN SENTINEL September 22, 2011 One of the fundamental premises upon which any truly free society must be based is the notion that the government is open, transparent, and accountable to the citizens.  To the extent that this is not the case, a society cannot be called “free,” and it is a [...]

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