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Our goal is to present political, economic and foreign affairs issues on the basis of the factual reality of each situation and of the lessons of history, seeking to clarify in each case the fundamental dynamic at work.
- Added on: Jul 2nd, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Jacek
- Listed in: Independent Moderate
- Tags: conservative energy democracy environmental
Recent Posts
2010 - The Political Unknows
Summary: The American political system has a built-in capacity to regenerate itself. Such a change occurred in 1854, with the creation and rapid growth of the Republican Party. We may be approaching a similar episode of political realignment.There ar...
A Leap Into the Unknown – Next Year’s Economy
As 2009 ends, the official word is out: thanks to a massive financial bail-out and zero interest rates, we have escaped a second Great Depression. The economy is on the mend, growth is back, and all that remains is fixing some lesser problems, such a...
The Case for Economic Sovereignty
The word “sovereignty” is derived from “sovereign”, which means supreme ruler. At the time the principles of Western political thought were being elaborated, the sovereign was in most cases a king, and sovereignty was understood as the king...
The Economic Break Point
In the November 6th opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, Kimberley A. Strassel suggests that U.S. politics have reached a tipping point: voter dissatisfaction with administration policies is now undermining Democrat party support to the point wh...
The Tax Tsunami
This week the Federal Reserve holds its Open Market Committee meeting, and speculation is rife about how long the current policy of ultra-cheap money will be maintained. A realistic answer could be phrased as follows: current policy will probably be ...
Last Chance In Bamyan
In 1979, in what promised to be an easy military operation, the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan. Six years later, with his forces bogged down in a costly and open-ended guerilla war, Mikhail Gorbachev gave his generals a year to win, with whatever me...
