Cracking Down on Cigar Counterfeiters
In the most rewarding new industries, there is often a convergence of factors that make them lucrative and sustainable. Factors like the emergence of new technologies, a ripening of the consumer market, or a political climate that spawns laws and regulations that give a particular business model oomph can revolutionize... Read More
Monitoring Macedonia
Close to 500,000 people - one in four - live under the poverty line in a country where the average monthly salary is less than 150 US dollars. More than one in three members of the workforce are chronically unemployed. With inflation up 5.5% in the last 12 months and... Read More
The Fabric of Economic Trust
Economy is called the dismal science because it pretends to be one, disguising its uncertainties and shifting fashions with mathematical formulae. Economy describes the aggregate behaviour of humans and, in this restricted sense, it is a branch of psychology.People operate within a marketplace and attach values to their goods and... Read More
The Politics Of The American Dream
The American Dream is the promise to have it all and enjoy it all. It's been glorified and sentimentalized as a utopian goal not just by the media and Hollywood stars, but also by businesses and politicians, including the President of the United States. But in reality, the American Dream... Read More
Common Sense vs. Common Senseless - How Thomas Paine Can Be Applied To Modern Day; Part Two
The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Many circumstances have, and will arise, which are not local, but universal, and through which the principles of all Lovers of Mankind are affected, and in the Event of which, their Affections are interested. The laying... Read More
China: Tibet Standoff
The People's Liberation Army of China invaded Tibet in 1949. Since then each Tibetan has a many a tale of oppression, forced occupancy and violation of fundamental rights to narrate. Tibet is now home of several hundred thousands of troops who forcefully manages the daily affairs of a once free... Read More
Technology and International Terrorism
Airlines do not allow cell phones on board, but they do allow AirCell a specialized new technology for in flight calls. AirCell's technology has been approved by the FCC because it uses a single regulated frequency. Normal cell phones are not allowed on flights because with the current technology a... Read More
Snowbirds and American Migration and Mobile Populations
We have seen an increase in Snowbirds from Northern States into Southern States. It is truly phenomenal the difference between now and a few years ago. I attribute this to the mobile nature of our society, me included and the use of modern technology, such as cell phones, GPS devices,... Read More
The Civil War - FOGC
Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to Lafayette in 1823 that went as follows: "I do not believe with the Rochefoucaults and Montaignes, that fourteen of fifteen men are rogue. I believe a great abatement from that proportion may be made in favor of general honesty. But I have always found... Read More
California Attorneys and Politicians
California Attorneys and politicians are to blame for the energy crisis and blackouts and the ones, which will come this summer too. A simple study of finite capacity scheduling would have yielded the necessary tools for the CA state government to figure out what was actually feasible. They obviously did... Read More
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The Liberal Solution: Assault a Conservative?
Ok, here is what happened: On March 31, 2005, Pat... Read More
The Lemon Dance: Why Government Doesn?t Work
Former Senator, Daniel Moynihan, accurately summed up the situation when... Read More
Immortality and Mortality in the Economic Sciences
Roberto Calvo Macias, a young author and thinker from Spain,... Read More
Hitlers Positive Christianity... Unleashing the Patriotic Church
There is nothing-absolutely nothing-insofar as political power when it is... Read More
FTC Franchise Rule Making Sound and Fury in the Sand Box of Free Markets
Today we have a new franchise report from the Federal... Read More
Peace in the Middle East
Peace in the Middle East - whoa that is a... Read More
Anarchy: Law, Order, and Authority
[Author's Note: Another essay that I wrote on notebook paper... Read More
Technology and International Terrorism
Airlines do not allow cell phones on board, but they... Read More
Wartime Prisoners and the Will to Fight; War is Hell, Let?s Win Alright?
We learned some lessons in these last few wars. For... Read More
US Government Sore Losers in Not So Neighborly Dispute
I'm getting a little tired of being lectured by that... Read More
Mexicanizing America
A friend of mine, who lives in the thick of... Read More
The Dawn On The Nile Valley Has Secrets To Tell!
Amnesty International comments on the proposal that has been laid... Read More
Experts?
ACCREDITATION: - Scholastic regimentation from the post WWII period has... Read More
Let us Disband The FTC?s Franchising Division
Previously Senator Dick Armey and his staff in 2000 to... Read More
Federal Trade Commission Franchising Division; Inept?
Why are we over regulating the franchising industry? What are... Read More
Why Can?t We Have a More Responsive Government?
The great people of the United States of America deserve... Read More
What Did You Do In The War Daddy?
This is the first of a series of four articles... Read More
Time for a New Canadian Party
It is time for a change. A change in philosophy,... Read More
The Blessings of the Black Economy
Some call it the "unofficial" or "informal" economy, others call... Read More
Jobs and the Flow of Fuel
We see today a fierce unspoken competition between trucks and... Read More
Doorstops and Paperweights
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, has... Read More
The European Bank for the Retardation of Development
In typical bureaucratese, the pensive EBRD analyst ventures with the... Read More
Workers
We have read about the unemployment rate being high. Really... Read More
The Wage-Productivity Gap
The most damaging factor to our economy today is the... Read More
Uncle Sam Cracks Down Online!
In a move that rocked the online world and left... Read More
Continuing Change in the Offshore World
The offshore financial centres have been forced in recent years... Read More
Defending Middle Eastern Oil Refineries and Assets
An idea to defend oil infrastructure in the Middle East... Read More
What Is The Filibuster All About?
The filibuster has been a tool available to U.S. Senators... Read More
The Dawn On The Nile Valley Has Secrets To Tell! (2)
Submiting the Criminals to The ICC!Everybody concerns about justice in... Read More
Fuel Prices on the Rise
With gasoline prices at the pump climbing strongly into the... Read More
Wealth Distribution and Inheritance, What Will They Buy? Cars
Wealth Distribution is often discussed at length in periodicals such... Read More
Howard Deans Big Fat Mouth
"The only time I open my mouth is when I... Read More
Bush Panders America?s Kids to Saudi Pederasts
President Bush and Secretary Powell should hang their heads in... Read More
Hawala, or The Bank That Never Was
I. OVERVIEWIn the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks... Read More
Faith in Our Government
Many have lost faith in the government and are completely... Read More
Defending Middle Eastern Oil Refineries and Assets
An idea to defend oil infrastructure in the Middle East... Read More
Chinese Rhetoric Over Taiwan, Back At You
It appears we are getting a little bit of Sun... Read More
Government Backed Fraud in Academia
Contrary to the Hobbesian prediction of anarchy (freedom) and brutish... Read More
Another Whistleblower -- is Anyone Listening?
The plight of whistleblowers ? those employees who sound the... Read More
US Trade Deficit with Bordering Neighbors
The trade deficit with Canada is now 50 Billion per... Read More
WiMax Election Strategy
So you are ready to run for public office are... Read More
Positive People Power - Taking Control By Being Proactive NOT Reactive!
WE MUST PUT A STOP TO THE EVER-INCREASING PRICE OF... Read More
Competition Laws
A. THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPETITIONThe aims of competition (anti-trust) laws... Read More
Harmonic Beams to Pre-Detonate Shoulder Launched Surface to Air Missiles
Using Harmonic Beams to Pre-Detonate Shoulder Launched Surface to Air... Read More
Politicians Are Like Car Sales People
Well, another election has come and gone in the US... Read More
Spies in Seminaries - Stalin the CEO
The use of religion is well-documented as a social engineering... Read More
An ROI on National Security
Do you find it interesting that people complain about the... Read More
Are We Really Getting Along?
When you look at the news, immigrants are dying trying... Read More
Conservation of Water in Big Cities
Water Conservation in larger cities is less of an issue... Read More
The Distributive Justice of the Market
(1) Each person is to have an equal right to... Read More
Quality of Life and Freedom, Unilateral Discussion
City Governments is their quest for; "quality of life" often... Read More
Pending Oil Crisis
Heavens, what are we up against? It seems these days... Read More
Monetary Flows, Consumer Debt, Policy, Trade Deficit and Reality
America has some monetary issues, which need to be addressed.... Read More
Water Conservation, Retention and Better Policies
As the populations expand in Colorado outside of Denver, Las... Read More
The Federal Trade Commission, reality check
Federal Trade Commission Owes Industry and Entrepreneurs an Apology. The... Read More
Tax Dollars and Transparency of Government Agencies
As we watch fewer Americans voting it is no wonder... Read More
The Blessings of the Black Economy
Some call it the "unofficial" or "informal" economy, others call... Read More
Fuel Prices on the Rise
With gasoline prices at the pump climbing strongly into the... Read More
6 Steps to Destroy the American Infidels
The United States has enemies, which call the country the... Read More
Enlightenment Experiments
Pierre Dupont de Nemours:After arranging the Armistice that ended or... Read More
Abu Ghraib: Our Surprise is the only Surprise
As pictures and videos surface showing young American soldiers humiliating... Read More
What could Macedonia Learn from a Tiger? Asian Tigers and Uninterrupted Economic Growth
The first reaction of economies in transition is a sharp... Read More
Let me throw out a random thought on Homeland Security Leadership Structure
Streamlining Homeland Security with a Free market flair? An idea... Read More
What are the benefits of Nuclear War again; I must have missed that point?
Indian and Pakistan and nuclear war. What does the world... Read More
Elliot Spitzer Sued By Feds
It appears the Feds are suing Elliot Spitzer over his... Read More
Dont Trade Rights for Security
"Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not... Read More
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