Patriot Act: Protecting You From Freedom And Democracy
On Tuesday, Congress is voting on the renewal of three key provisions of the Patriot Act. There is nothing patriotic about the Patriot Act, unless you define patriotism as the passivity of citizens giving up their own civil liberties for the illusion of “security” under the constant intrusive eyes of an Orwellian Big Brother government. […]
The Disastrous Legacy Of Ronald Reagan In Charts
The last three decades have seen a monumental decline in virtually every qualitative measurement in America. This can be directly linked to the conservative political paradigm that was ushered into dominance starting with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. Stagnant wages, rising costs, decreasing benefits, ballooning national debt, and a loss of freedoms have been the keynote of the Reagan Era.
Global Crisis: Is There Still Time For A Second Opinion?
By Gina Villard Having decided to take a week off to recharge my battery, I bought a ticket to London, where I often go and thought of discovering the town on foot. Strolling through Nothing Hill on a cloudy afternoon, I went into a trendy pub for a latte and struck up a conversation with […]
Will The Secular Arab Revolution’s Domino Effect Reach Iran?
While the outcome of the Egyptian revolution is impossible to predict and hard to forecast, what the events have fully exposed are the incredible shortcomings of the United States foreign policy. Analysts at the CIA, diplomats at the State Department and the so called brilliant people of the Council On Foreign Relations never saw the […]
Is America Already Bankrupt?
The United States national debt has passed $14 trillion. For each dollar spend by the federal government 40 cents is borrowed. So technically, the US is already bankrupt because it has a debt that is almost four times the size of its economy. Lawmakers in Congress are saying that their major priority is to tackle […]
