By: James Daniels The involvement of the United States’ military in the Middle East is well known. In recent years, the mainstream media has covered the events in Afghanistan and Iraq on a daily basis. However, these are not the only places with US forces, not by a long…
By: Jim Hoover I am an amateur student of cosmology, and I see parallels between the universe and the everyday world in which we live. Let the associated graph be your guide. The material world, at least what we can see, is composed of four percent of the universe; yet…
By: James Daniels Next time you spend a dollar, take a few seconds to read it. At the top, in the middle, you will notice that it says “Federal Reserve Note.” What does this mean? The following is a brief history and explanation of the Federal Reserve that you…
By: Michael Tuosto In their Wall Street Journal article entitled Charges Stir Church’s Abuse Scandal, Dinah Brin and Peter Loftus report that 21 priests accused of sexually abusing minors were placed on leave by the Philadelphia Catholic Archdiocese. The article also reminds readers that the issue of clergy taking…
By: Michael Tuosto Often the American 2nd Amendment gun debate revolves around tragedies like the one in Tuscon, Ariz. This is understandable since it was a tragedy “close to home." In fact, at our home, America. For me, the renewed efforts to further restrict gun rights, due to this…
by Jim Hoover With the ruthless and relentless monolithic corporate assault on anything getting in the way of stellar profits, it is easy to imagine any number of dirty tricks to achieve this end. The cause of greed has many allies in government and business. For example, Governor Scott…
By: Geoffrey Yonil The syndicated German television program Panorama recently came out with the story of how a group of civilians, some of which were reporters, were shot down by an American Apache helicopter in Baghdad in 2007 for being suspected of carrying weapons—which couldn't be seen entirely because…
By: Ashley Wrigley For those of you who somehow missed the DADT debate, DADT is the seventeen-year-old “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prevents gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military. The repeal was passed in 2010 voted 65-31 but will not take effect until President Obama,…
By: Raelea C. Phillips Many liberals are pro gay marriage and believe a woman should have the right to choose; but they are against legalizing polygamy and prostitution. At least most conservatives are consistently against the freedom of choice in all four realms. Has either side thought about a…
By: Jim Hoover Republicans are united in pettiness and vindictiveness. If that isn’t enough, they lie with impunity; for a media that checks veracity has long fled the American scene. The neo-conservative paradigm they must follow requires certain generic qualities; that is, if they don’t want to be drummed out of the…