Five years ago I wrote an article on mass paranoia. At the time I argued that U.S. and Israeli paranoia threaten to lead the entire world to oblivion. In that previous article, I defined paranoia…
Category: United States of America
Ground Zero Redux In David Cronenberg’s awesome Cosmopolis (France/Canada, 2012), based on the homonymous novel by Don DeLillo, young billionaire Eric Packer (Robert Pattison) slowly cruises New York in his white limo, installed in a…
Mexican Drug Lords’ Revenge on the CIA for Secret Jails An armor-fitted Toyota SUV bearing the US embassy license plate came under intense gunfire on a dirt road in Mexico en route to the El Capulín naval training…
While we reflect on the 11th anniversary of the al Qaeda attacks on American soil, there is a blinding light that may obscure our view: this sworn enemy now fights hand in hand with the…
The mainstream media in the United States is almost totally ignoring one of the most important trends in global economics. This trend is going to cause the value of the U.S. dollar to fall dramatically and it is going to cause the cost of living in the United States to go way up. Right now, the U.S. dollar is the primary reserve currency of the world. Even though that status has been chipped away at in recent years, U.S. dollars still make up more than 60 percent of all foreign currency reserves in the world. Most international trade (including the buying and selling of oil) is conducted in U.S. dollars, and this gives the United States a tremendous economic advantage. Since so much trade is done in dollars, there is a constant demand for more dollars all over the globe from countries that need them for trading purposes.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam’s Prophet Muhammad….
Underneath all the shallow K-Pop, fashion and modern entertainment, South Korea remains an interesting country with a profound past. My travels in South Korea certainly made me realize the tragedy of intervention, the inescapable fate…
The article below was written for the Journal of 9/11 Studies for the eleventh anniversary of September 11, 2001, the day that terminated accountable government and American liberty. It is posted here with the agreement…
Too Much Government Debt Hurts the Economy … But Too Much Private Debt KILLS It Preface: We like to debunk myths held by both the left and the right. For example, we have repeatedly…
Lawn and garden products company Scotts Miracle-Gro will pay $12.5 million in fines for poisoning bird feed and violating pesticide laws, officials said Friday. Scotts will pay record criminal and civilian penalties for a…