Romney and Politics of Deception

In this election we hear a lot about the government standing in the way of private-sector growth and about the government taking people's money through taxes. The people making such claims fail to tell you two things. One is that private-sector growth was strongest under...

Texas Intellectuals and Texas Conmen

Yet another Texas politician, Rob Smith, is railing against "intellectuals."I have a stupid question to ask. How many intellectuals are there in Texas?I am reminded of Poland. There are maybe 800 Jewish people living in Poland; yet the whole country likes to howl about the...

Aggressive Ignorance, Paranoia and Conmen

There are two kinds of ignorance: Ordinary ignorance and aggressive ignorance. Ordinary ignorance recognizes that it is ignorance and is willing to learn. Aggressive ignorance is quite different. It aggressively resists any attempt to correct it. And instead of pursuing...

"Traditional values" and creeping totalitarianism

Ron Paul states in one of his position papers:"A poor, dependent and divided population is much easier to rule than a nation of self-confident individuals who can make a living on their own and who share the traditions and values that this country was founded...

Women and Conmen

There appears to be a trend of men, who are mostly labeled as sociopaths, charming independent women and then bankrupting, severely injuring, or abusing these women. My question to the conventional analysis of such situations is, What has caused this sociopath population...

Conventional Wisdom, Science, and Conmen

There are many people who swear by "common sense" or "conventional wisdom" aggressively to the exclusion of scientific knowledge and real intelligence. It is time that the folly of this path be shown.There is much in what is known as "conventional wisdom" that is not wise at...

"Conventional wisdom", science, and conmen

My writing on a number of issues, such as challenging the conventional explanation of the fall of the Roman Empire, has been described as presumptious. The response is that, when conventional explanations are false, challenging them and replacing them is a service done to...

Nigerian football conmen exposed

For young African footballers there are lot of problems to deal with, first family pressure and then pray that you don't fall in the hands of conmen because you will never forget that encounter, they don't con small they con really really big.   " In e-mails and...