Statesman Sentinel

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 [...]

Conspiracy Theory or Common Sense? Rejecting the Myth of Public Service

By Tom Finnigan STATESMAN SENTINEL September 17, 2011 Libertarians are often labeled as “conspiracy theorists” for questioning the motives and priorities of government officials. However, it does not take a “conspiracy theory” to reject the picturesque ideal of public servants diligently working for the common good. All it takes is an understanding of human nature [...]

Gold and the Monetary Planners

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL September 15, 2011 For the last month, gold prices have been hovering somewhere above $1,750 per ounce, spending many days over $1,800.  The price of gold in US dollars has skyrocketed since the summer of 2007, when it registered at about $660, yet it’s importance is still dismissed by mainstream [...]

Research and the Stimulus Plan: Are Keynesian Solutions Working?

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL September 7, 2011 President Obama is expected to unveil his next round of stimulus spending in his Thursday address to a joint session of Congress.  This comes at a time when the country is facing the highest jobless rates in twenty-five years, after trillions have been spent on a centrally [...]

The Art of Political Rhetoric

By Robert F. Beaudine STATESMAN SENTINEL August 29, 2011 The ancient Roman rhetoricians developed rules for their oratory. They began with “the exordium,” an emotional or ethical appeal to put the audience in a receptive mood. The “narratio” followed, a narrative of the events leading to the situation to be discussed and an explanation of [...]

The Government Can’t Save The Economy

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL August 24, 2011 This Labor Day, President Obama will reveal his newest plan for stimulating the still faltering economy.  Ben Bernanke will announce this Friday whether he will enact QE3.  Now seems like a good time to recap some of the major economic policies that were put in place since [...]

Maze of Deceit

By Jade Stone STATESMAN SENTINEL August 20, 2011 The whole world’s on fire and it seems people are sick and tired of the lies, the politics, the corruption and the death of integrity.  What is happening on a worldwide scale? Is it the Mayan prophecy, the Book of Revelations, or simply the shadowy elite’s hand [...]

The London Riots: Symptom of a Larger Problem?

By Jason Weiser STATESMAN SENTINEL August 11, 2011 As we have watched horrified over the last week as parts of London and several other major British cities burned, one unspoken thought was; Are we next? In between all the harrumphing by talking heads going on about either turning the water cannons on the little monsters, [...]

Is Military Spending Good for the Economy?

By Christopher Powers STATESMAN SENTINEL August 10, 2011 Toward the end of last week, the new Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, warned against any possible cuts to the defense budget. He and others in the military-political establishment have warned that cuts will not only harm the security of our nation, but also the economic recovery [...]

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