The biggest question we have to ask ourselves is there really a fiscal cliff or is it just the matter of a crisis too good to waste? Is Obama really attempting to fix the economy or push his socialist agenda? Is Boehner …
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American Veteran “Guinea Pigs” Win Right To Class Action Lawsuit
American veterans, suing the military and CIA for allegedly using them as guinea pigs in chemical and biological tests from 1922 to the present, won the right to pursue the case as a class action, a federal judge ruled late…
Virginia Governor’s Race: 2013
The race for the Governor of Virginia is now in full swing. Having burnt out on the long, nasty presidential campaign, I had sort of hoped for a break but it seems that is not going to be the case. In June of…
CHAMP: The Electronic Death Ray
On October 16, 2012, the US Air Force successfully tested a missile that zaps electronics without inflicting damage on people or buildings. The High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) cruise missile was built by Boeing’s Phantom Works at a cost…
The Supreme Court: Eroding Rights of the People
Dr Timothy P. Roth is the A.B. Templeton Professor and Chairman of the Department of Economics & Finance, and recipient of the University of Texas at El Paso’s 2005 Distinguished Achievement Award for Research Excellence. “If it is fair to…
IRS Has Final Say On “Paying Their Fair Share”
Warren Buffett and Mitt Romney have managed to create one of the enduring myths of our tax debate: that the rich pay a lower rate than the rest of America. This may be individually true. Buffett pays a lower rate…
Who Are Those Right Wing Extermists?
New Global Warming Treaty In The Works
The economies of the world are still reeling. Locking billions, indeed trillions of dollars into global warming policies which will have no meaningful effect on the climate is economic suicide. And yet, according to CFACTS, the battle for common sense…
Should Obama Be Giving Our Money To Terrorists?
America is the place that the rest of the world looks to for help. Where do our own citizens look when they are hungry, homeless or affected by a natural disaster? We give billions of dollars to countries all over the…
New U.N. Treaty Means The Death Of Free Internet Access
A world’s governments meeting will be held in a just a few weeks, and it could very well decide the future of the Internet through a binding international treaty. It’s called the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), and it’s…
Just Like Thelma and Louise
According to Michael D. Tanner of the CATO Institute, America isn’t just headed for a fiscal cliff – we flew off it long ago like Thelma and Louise thanks to our out-of-control spending habit. Tanner writes: “federal spending is set…
Virginia Earns a “D” For Disparity in Public vs Private Wages
A report recently released by Citizens Against Government Waste gives Virginia a “D” for its large gap between state and private sector compensation. The study for CAGW by John Dunham & Associates, a New York-based economic research firm, analyzed state…
The 2013 Bipartisan Recession
Gary North wrote an interesting, lengthy article in which he explains how “Boehner Has Obama by the Boondoggles.” On January 1, 2013, federal taxes will go up – there is no way around it. Both Boehner and Obama are sniffing…
Dreaded AMT Will Hit Taxpayers In 2012
Middle income taxpayers – beware – the dreaded Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is about to bite you in the butt. The AMT makes for a fine Exhibit A for anyone trying to make the case that the U.S. tax code…
We Don’t Need Gun Control – We Need Government Control
Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction,…