"I have a dream" Speech: Revised for Contemporary Situation

In 1963, Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. That was 12 years before my birth, and much has changed since then. The issues that are at work now are issues that are very different from the issues that were at work back then. This is my take on the...

Achieve growth and fiscal sanity. Restore Clintonomics.

All around the country, Republican candidates are running on the platform of cutting taxes. One often repeated claim is that cutting taxes has always created prosperity. That is the biggest lie. The last time the taxes were cut was under Bush. The Bush tax cuts for highest...

Rational Interests and Ron Paul

As Ron Paul and others are waging a war on the government in the name of liberty, it is time to tell what they would rather not have you hear. And that is as follows: Without what they are attacking, they would have very little of what they have. I have nothing against...

Why Progressive Policies are Supremely American

There are many people in America who refer to some political stances as "un-American." The question becomes, by what standard? America is not a nation that was ever designed to live in a time warp. It is a nation that was intended to grow and develop continuously. And it has...

Scapegoating of Jews and Wall Street

In even the more respectable circles, there has been much clamor about Jews on Wall Street. The Jewish bankers have been blamed for the Wall Street scandals and collapse. There is only one thing that needs to be said to people who have such beliefs, and it is as follows: If...

Bustling Arua Faces Uncertain Future

Town on border between Uganda and Sudan enjoying something of a boom, but there could be trouble ahead. By Simon Jennings - International Justice - ICC ...

The boon of clean energy

What many people do not understand about clean energy is that it is a major economic boon to any country that would embrace it. The clean energy technologies are all brain-intensive, technology-intensive industries. Which means that they will directly create millions of jobs...

The Battle for India’s Coffee Drinkers in Buzzing Economy

A showdown in India over coffee is creating new opportunities. It is also demonstrating how the country is changing, with rising incomes in some places and great disparities in others. Finding the right place to...

Public Sector and Private Sector

Both public sector and private sector are there to serve the demand of the public. The first, at the poll booth; the second, at the marketplace. Both are there because people want them there, and any attempt to extinguish either is violation of people's will. The private...

Lord Monckton labels Jewish activist 'Hitler Youth'

Catholic Lord insults Jewish protesters that behaved rudely by trying to shout down a speaker with a differing view. Did they deserve the remark of Hitlers Youth, yep for sure heckling is not really a form of...

Uplifting the Russian Humpty Dumpty

After the opening of the former Soviet Union to the West, the economy of Russia and its satellite countries came under control of criminal groups. The reason is fairly simple. The only people who knew anything about business were people who had participated in what was know...

Australians world's most prosperous?

"Good health, freedom of choice, political liberty, civil rights - these, along with high income, make Australians the most prosperous people in the world, found a study by the Dubai-based Legatum Institute ranking countries according to their prosperity. The...

World Dictatorship! WAKE UP!

" There is just too much to cover to give my 2 cents because I have 2 tons of gold to give. We’ve lived for several years in a delusion of democracy, freedom, and prosperity. Now, they’re taking it all away....

Rethink the value of college

Education is importantbut for some young peopleit could be economically [better to go to work first. q url="http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0129/p09s02-coop.html"]Today's economic downturn has blindsided a...

First footers shoulder a huge responsibility during Tet

I could not forget the excitement and anxiety when being asked to be the first footer to my friend's house on the occasion of traditional New Year festival last year. "During the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, the first visitor to visit one’s home and offer Tet greetings is...

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