Steel Tubing Tariffs Prove that NAFTA Still Needs Work

The North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was implemented on January 1, 1994. An extension of the previous Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement of 1989, NAFTA is the second largest free trade area in the world. The agreement intends to limit restrictions on trade in many industries and phase out tariffs in... Read More

John Roberts ? Supreme Court Nominee

President Bush's selection of the Hon. John Roberts is an interesting choice. The betting, and there had been betting, was on a minority or female candidate. Instead, President Bush swings for the fences with a middle-aged, white male. Let the ugliness begin.CompetencyRegardless of your political views, Roberts' intellectual competency cannot... Read More

Richard Nixon, the truth

Richard Nixon was by far a most fascinating and colorful character in our nations history. Richard Nixon, well even his dog's past was checkered. Richard Nixon was an excellent diplomat, negotiator and politician. Anyone who studies Machiavelli, Carl von Clauswitz, Politics and the reality of the human species has to... Read More

Mexican Trucks in the United States; NAFTA Trade and Problems

Expected new applications for Mexican trucks to enter the US to be over 9000 in 2005. Most of these newer applications will be to take freight to Port Los Angeles for shipping to Asian markets, and importing parts to be assembled and shipped to Mexico and later sold in the... Read More

Why the United States just doesnt get the United Nations

For years I have been amazed as I've listened to people here in the United States demonstrate their complete ignorance of the purpose and tremendous value of the United Nations, even to the point of our country not paying dues to the organization. Ambassador to the United Nations... Read More

Wealth Distribution and Inheritance, What Will They Buy? Cars

Wealth Distribution is often discussed at length in periodicals such as American Demographics Magazine, much of this information does not hit the main stream media. A recent article on the huge transfer of wealth to the Baby Boomers, revealed some very interesting facts about such trends in the United State.... Read More

The Wall of Honor

Many Americans have children, fathers, mothers, grandparents, other family members and friends who have served in the armed forces. For these individuals, they understand the importance of protecting this country because of the sacrifices these American servicemen and women have made for us as citizens of this great nation.In our... Read More

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

Regional Grid Power Backup; Energy Ideas

Our Hydro-electricity accounts for some 20% of our current needs. Hydro Power; think of that? We do use the most electricity per capita than any other country in the World, but we also have the strongest middle class and rank near the top in quality of life and standard of... Read More

Elliot Spitzer for NY Governor

I believe it would be good for the economy for Elliot Spitzer to be the governor of New York. It would be the best thing that ever happened to the economic well being of our nation. Not because he would make a great governor; in fact I believe he would... Read More

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Jay Hammond - Alaska Governor and Creator of the Permanent Fund

Former Governor of Alaska, Jay Hammond, died at age 83,... 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

Some Farmers and Organic Growers are Upset at Monsanto

The organic farmers are angry that Monsantos terminator GM seeds... Read More

Anarchy: Law, Order, and Authority

[Author's Note: Another essay that I wrote on notebook paper... Read More

Self Destruct Strategies in UAV Construction

All UAVs Need a Self Destruct BLOS DeviceWhat do you... Read More

Carl von Clausewitz On War

For anyone who wishes to become an armchair General in... Read More

Joseph Campbell - Permanent Human Values

At the start of the US involvement in WWII Joseph... Read More

What Is The Filibuster All About?

The filibuster has been a tool available to U.S. Senators... Read More

Freedom on the Internet

Throughout all recorded history on our lovely little planet, Earth's... Read More

Ronald Reagan is Right

Why is it that every single thing government does; it... Read More

Government Credit Card Abuse

Veterans Affairs Employees using government credit cards on personal items?... Read More

A Look Ahead to 2008 (Part II)

Last week, I began my look ahead to the 2008... Read More

Poitical Opinion - No Comment

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

Public Sector Economies in Transition

In the previous article, we described the various methods developed... Read More

Stopping a Nuclear Bomb on a Hydrofoil

The US Homeland Security is worried about Hydrofoil or Skimmer... Read More

Another Round of EU-Iran Talks Starts April 10 - Will Iran Be Referred To The UN Security Council?

Iran's objection to ratifying the International Atomic Energy Agency's Additional... 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

Trains and the Flow of Fuel

Fuel costs seem to rank high in surveys of US... Read More

The Ugly American Returns!

Originally published in 1958, "The Ugly American" (Lederer & Burdick)... Read More

Government is a Franchise System; just not a very good one

Few understand the Franchising Format and even fewer have correlated... Read More

Affirmative Inaction

One of Abraham Lincoln's claims to fame is the fact... Read More

Cloaking Giant Airships is Possible, Why Stop There?

We know we can cloak a giant airship from those... Read More

The Unborn and Cloning

The UnbornWith all this cloning in the news one can't... Read More

The FTC Purports and Misrepresents Their Law Enforcement Experience as It Attacks Business

We should all give much kudos to the Federal Trade... Read More

Are Illegal Mexicans Really Bad for America?

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

Chinese Ministry of Information Internet Registration Laws

China maybe stopping some of the SPAM coming into the... Read More

Hitlers Positive Christianity... Unleashing the Patriotic Church

There is nothing-absolutely nothing-insofar as political power when it is... Read More

Politics

The Republican Party became popular due to its view on... Read More

Thoughts Born of Tragedy ...

..."history may judge us to be the real bully if,... Read More

Where have all the Heroes gone

America is filled with standouts and perserverance; our nation has... Read More

Fair Trade and Pearls in the U.S.

Guides for RetailersThe regulations about marketing pearls are listed in... Read More

Was Pakistan a British Creation?

The furore in the BJP camp in India, triggered by... Read More

The Self-Appointed Altruists

Their arrival portends rising local prices and a culture shock.... Read More