California Car Wash Fundraisers and Environmental Law

Many non-profit groups are feeling upset that they are allowed to do car wash fundraisers in some California Cities. It is not that the government officials are against your groups raising money, it is that they worry where are the soapy dirty water is going. It is a problem and... Read More

Eminent Domain Suggested as Cost Saving Measure in DC

Washington DC council member David Catania actually suggested that the council should consider claiming eminent domain of certain widely prescribed pharmaceutical formulas in order to help reign in rising drug costs for the city. Catania suggests that the patents should be acquired by the government through the mayor's declaration of... Read More

The Mother of All Political Battles Has Begun!

News is spreading of the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, setting up a political battle the likes never before seen. This is the first of what could be several openings in the not too distant future.If you think you've seen crazy political rhetoric before, you ain't seen... Read More

Housing Bubble, Interest Rates, Timber Costs; What Has Changed?

What has really changed in the housing market with regards to timber dumping from Canada, lumber costs since the Professional Building Magazine issue in Sept. 2001. How is this affecting the housing market or the predicted housing bubble burst which was suppose to cripple the economy. We have seen the... Read More

Corruption and Transparency

I. The FactsJust days before a much-awaited donor conference, the influential International Crisis Group (ICG) recommended to place all funds pledged to Macedonia under the oversight of a "corruption advisor" appointed by the European Commission. The donors ignored this and other recommendations. To appease the critics, the affable Attorney General... Read More

The ?Manchurian Candidate?: Lee Harvey Oswald?

An American soldier is taken behind enemy lines and brainwashed as an unwitting assassin by communists in league with American political figures. This soldier then returns to the States to kill a presidential candidate as part of a political scheme to escalate and exploit Cold War tensions.Sound familiar? It does... Read More

Vision India - 2025 (Expectations of an Ordinary Person)

IntroductionThe way one lyrist has written, "Hum logo ko samajh sako to samjho dilbar jaani; jitna bhi tum samjhoge utni hogi hayerani"?in a nut-shell we Indian's are most "unpredictable". When the expectations are low?we have performed really well and contrary to that when expectations were very high?most of the time... Read More

Famous Filibusters in Political History

The filibuster as a political delaying tactic has been a part of the American political process since the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Though it was not used in the early years of the nation, the filibuster has been used hundreds of times since the 1840's. Here are a few... Read More

UAV Materials and Thoughts on New Technologies and Keeping Up With Our Opponents

Possible UAV materials are infinite: Foam, Composite, Balsa Wood, Plastic, Synthetic Balloon Material, Aluminum, Titanium, Spider Web Organic Material, etc. I propose some late breaking technology and newer materials, ceramic coatings and or UAVs built from photorefractive composites? Materials such as this:http://www.tech-db.ru/istc/db/pra.nsf/pran/1273Why? Weight, stealth, parasite drag, induced drag, boundary layers,... Read More

Fundamentalist: Fascist or Common-Sense?

Is the only way to fight Fundamentalist Extremists becoming one yourself? Having grown up in a liberal democracy, being educated in the ideals of freedom of speech and expression, diversity, multi-culturalism and the political correctness that stems from such a comprehensive education, I find myself questioning whether I am a... Read More

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The Blessings of the Black Economy

Some call it the "unofficial" or "informal" economy, others call... Read More

Starbucks Monopoly

Is Starbucks a monopoly? It fits all the definitions. Does... Read More

Failure to Supervise at the Federal Trade Commission

Many MLM sales people mean well but they inadvertently commit... Read More

Hillary Says Health Care Can Be Fixed with IT

The great leader and Senator from New York and wife... Read More

The European Bank for the Retardation of Development

In typical bureaucratese, the pensive EBRD analyst ventures with the... Read More

Gone With the Wind Almost Did Not Make It

Corporate America has been shaken recently by lawsuits and criminal... Read More

Are We Serious About Fuel Alternatives?

As you can see from some of our previous articles,... Read More

5 Years in Prison for Satirical Flash Films About the President of Belarus

They do not allow the criticism of the president in... Read More

Pierre Dupont de Nemours

After arranging the Armistice that ended or settled outstanding issues... Read More

Garbage in Garbage out; California Blackouts

Why did the California energy crisis happen? Who is to... Read More

Fuel Prices and Trucking; A Reality Check On What Drives America

It appears we are having a terrible situation with the... Read More

Is it just hubris, or ...?

In what the Americans love to describe as the war... Read More

Immortality and Mortality in the Economic Sciences

Roberto Calvo Macias, a young author and thinker from Spain,... Read More

MORAL ARMOR Condemns Home and Business Seizure Law

Nothing could be more alarming for Americans than what I... Read More

Make Plastic Out of Corn

Here is an interesting thought; Corn to make Plastic An... Read More

Intelligent Design - Why are the Intelligent So Afraid of It?

Why are intelligent people so afraid of the idea that... Read More

Liberal Agenda and Communism; Lance Rants

If we go hog wild towards the liberal agenda where... Read More

Canada Tries to Stop Flow of Drugs into the US

As more and more cities and states set up websites... Read More

The Worlds Eldest Democracy Was A Truly Romantic Affair

Visible remnants of the world's eldest democracy can be seen... Read More

Monsanto Terminator Seeds

How do you feel about Terminator Seeds from Monsanto? I... Read More

Recycling The Mentally Ill

30 years ago, California, later followed by other states, decided... Read More

Council of Six

The head of the Club of Rome has said that... Read More

Why Can?t We Have a More Responsive Government?

The great people of the United States of America deserve... Read More

Colts? Stadium Short on Horse Sense

The predominant discussion in the Indianapolis media over the proposed... Read More

Oil Prices Effect The United States Competitiveness

Just because we have been leading the World in innovation... Read More

The Wall of Honor

Many Americans have children, fathers, mothers, grandparents, other family members... Read More

Poitical Opinion - No Comment

Publicity is correlative to your position in the community. Seldom... Read More

Fuel Prices at the Pump: That is not the problem, Natural Gas Prices are high too

The price at the gas pump is certainly on everyone's... Read More

Bush Panders America?s Kids to Saudi Pederasts

President Bush and Secretary Powell should hang their heads in... Read More

Politicians Are Like Car Sales People

Well, another election has come and gone in the US... Read More

From Democracy to Omniocracy

Clint Eastwood recently plunged into the murky political pond with... Read More

Are Illegal Mexicans Really Bad for America?

I've been thinking again. I know some of my readers... Read More

Snowbirds and American Migration and Mobile Populations

We have seen an increase in Snowbirds from Northern States... Read More