The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Tunisia: ‘I have lost my son, but I am proud of what he did’ The mother of the street vendor who set himself on fire, and triggered protests across North Africa, talks to Kim Sengupta The street vendor who set himself alight, sparking an uprising which swept away 23 years of dictatorship in Tunisia and …
Disagree, but engage: That’s civility On issues ranging from abortion to guns, it is possible for adversaries to find common ground February 10, 2011|By Robert Fersh and Andrew L. Yarrow EXTRACT: These processes are most successful when participants have strong, informed opinions and can make a difference if they reach agreement. This was the case …
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When American Conservative Magazine and a senior Fellow of the Ludvig von Mises Institute collaborate to produce a dynamite article that builds on and reinforces the great work of my friend, the late Professor Seymour Melman of Columbia University, a card-carrying liberal, you know it is time to sit up and read it carefully. Below …
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Tip of the Hat to Contributing Editor Marcus Aurelius. Comments below the line
Below are three separate contributions: Spinney on Sprey; Sprey on Boeing; and Seattle Times on Boeing. CHUCK SPINNEY SOUNDS OFF President Obama says that restoring America’s competitiveness is one of his top priorities. Yet under his watch, deindustrialization, financialization, and globalization continue without interruption. Many advocates of defense spending argue that spinoffs from the Pentagon’s …
Farm insurance fraud is cheating taxpayers out of millions Perpetrators falsely claim weather or insects destroyed their crops and cash in on a government-backed insurance program. Some don’t bother planting at all. Others sell their harvests in secret. The vast majority of U.S. farmers follow the rules, insurers and federal officials said. Bert Little, director …
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Phi Beta Iota: Below the line is a most intriguing speculative analytic comment on what role Saudi Arabia may have played, and the intersection between religion, despots, military, and the public.
