Intelligence and Subversion of Intelligence

Camille Paglia, in addressing socialist tendencies of some American university students, said that the toilets in which they graffitied their slogans came from capitalism. There is a problem with that argument. There were toilets in the Soviet Union as well; and there are...

Capitalism and Democratic Socialism: Positive Middle Path

I've lived during the boom of 1990s, and I've lived during the economic gloom of the last decade. What I've seen is as follows: When capitalism works, it works wonders; but when it doesn't, things get really ugly, really quickly. In a purely capitalist setting, where everyone...

Occupy Movement - it's not the issues; it's democracy Stupid

You, me…WE ARE THE 99%; like it or not you are more like us and will never be one of them (or as likely to be struck by lightning).  This is not a revolution to change things; it is a revolution to change the process. I have just returned from the Occupy Howe Street...

The Hubris of East Europe's Peasants

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited""It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows." Epictetus The denizens of the former Soviet and socialist countries are marked by their resistance to learning from others. Now that...

Why defense spending should be cut

Fareed ZakariaThe scary aspect of the debt deal meant to force all of Washington to its senses is the threatened cut to defense spending. If the congressional “super-committee” cannot agree on cutbacks of $1.5 trillion, the guillotine will fall and half of those cuts...

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...

Obama expresses concern over a slowing economy

Experienced U.S. economists worry about America's lagging financial position, in response to Obama's administration and their inability to boost the economy at a pace fast enough to satisfy angry American...

Rational understanding of human nature

There are people who believe human nature to be any number of things, ranging from economic self-interest to collective action for benefit of humanity to supporting life on earth. To have a rightful understanding...

Fox News' Bill Sammon Admits Lying About Obama & Socialism AUDIO

"During the 2008 presidential campaign one Fox News executive repeatedly tried to smear Barack Obama with charges of “socialism.” Watchdog group Media Matters has uncovered audio that indicates Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon was just engaging in what...

Mencken, Socialism, and Right-Wing Totalitarians

H.L. Mencken said that saving the world is a front for wanting to rule it. In fact, most of the people who have wielded power in recent memory are not, nor have they ever been, interested in saving the world. From Rupert Murdoch and Ed Koch to Texas Oil, these people are not...

Does Obama meet the test of socialist?

First of all, only the President can declare whether he is or isn’t a socialist, and I am confident he will say that he is not. However, people will judge this characterization based on his decisions and...

Confidential Wikileak on Honduras. Coup or Counter Revolution?

Wikileaks has weighed in on the removal of President Manuel Zelaya in releasing a confidential communication from Ambassador Hugo Llorens to the White House.This document makes the determination that the Congress...

Confronting lies about Obama

"Our maddening times demand that the truth be forthrightly stated at the outset, and not just that the president has nothing in common with the führer beyond the possession of a dog. The outlandish stories about...

Is it not socialism St. Paul's theory?

Karl Marx’s book ‘Capital’ can be considered as mere copy from St. Paul’s book of the Bible without acknowledgement. What is central in Marx’s book ‘Capital’ is the concept which describes as ‘one according to his capability and to one according to his/her...

Arizona, the Skin Thing and Immigration

At times we as a society are a contradiction; we proudly profess to the world that we are the melting pot and the epicenter of social justice, a country born of immigrants and emblematic of what every nation...

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