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News and Opinion Archive

Ron Paul vs. the Booing Teocons - Szandor Blestman on why the establishment is terrified.
10 Scams We Encounter Every Day - James Altucher on seeing through them. NB: Strong language.
The War on Liberty - They call it the War on Terror, however. Article by Joel Bowman and Bill Bonner.
The Ron Paul Solution - Sometime the answer is right in front of you
In America the Rule of Law Is Vacated - The American Rule of Law?  Don't make Paul Craig Roberts laugh.
Ron Paul Is Right To Be a Man of Peace - Laurence Vance on Christianity and war.
S&P States the Obvious - by Ron Paul
Ron Paul’s Great Compromise of 2012 - An Appeal to Social Conservatives
The Pesky Neighbor and the Debt Ceiling - by Ron Paul
10 Principles Of A Free Society - by Ron Paul
Cointelpro on Steroids - John Whitehead on the new FBI powers of abuse.
Call Off the Global Drug War - by Jimmy Carter
The Anti-Muslim Hysteria - And the terrorist police state. Michael Roberts on the Christian response.
Four More Years of Unchecked Spying, Surveillance and Secrecy - "When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry."
Mark Twain on War Maniacs - He could be writing about the Christian right or the neocons.
If This Isn’t Inflation, Then What Is? - Paco Ahlgren writes about the dangerous effects of the huge increase in the money supply in recent years.
The 4th of July…Just What Are We Celebrating? - Eric Peters on the freedoms we've lost.
Does the US Want To Grab Canada and Mexico, Too? - Alex Newman on an interesting find from Wikileaks on North American integration.
Osama bin Laden Causes Another War? - After he's dead? Article by Gary Barnett.
Sacrificing freedom for security - John E. Sununu, Special to The Boston Globe (btw - my opinion is that the Patriot Act should be repealed, and new legislation in its place be debated)
I'll Take the Reactionary Over the Murderer, Thanks Very Much - From the left, Charles Davis on Ron Paul vs. Obama. NB: some bad language.
Spend It Like You Stole It - Bill Bonner on Wall Street wives, stimulus scams, and hot dollars.
How to Turn Your SmartPhone into Your Survival Phone - It might save your life.
Why Can't Americans Speak or Write? - Joe Sobran on English and the English.
3rd World USA - Ron Paul on what the corporate, counterfeiting state has done to us.
Profligate US - Uncle Sam Borrows; China Invests. Eric Margolis on the decline of America.
Protecting Yourself Against Crime and Violence - A step by step plan to protect yourself in the coming storm. Article by Chris Martenson
Abe Lincoln's Legacy: Leviathan?s Bondage of All Americans
Paul Krugman’s 'Civil War' Fantasies - when it comes to his knowledge of the Civil War, 'everything he knows is wrong'
Rats! I Was Hoping for a Shutdown - this was about as important as a husband and wife with a monthly income of $4,000 fighting over one’s desire to blow eighty cents on a Snickers Bar.
The Most Important Thing We Can Do - Jacob Huebert on nullifying the federal government
Reality Check, Mexico - Without the narco wars, Mexico would be a corrupt, reasonably functional, genuinely advancing upper Third-World country.
Exposed: The US-Saudi Libya deal - You invade Bahrain. We take out Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.
Another Illegal Killerthon - They call it a war. Article by Ron Paul.
American Hypocrisy - Obama takes it to an even higher level, says Paul Craig Roberts.
Bernanke Is Riding the Tiger - He's pulled us up there with him, and the ending will not be pretty, says Gary North, especially for your retirement.
Money Trouble Ahead: 15 Indications That Bad Times Are About to Hit the U.S. Economy
Monty Python and the world economy: Tis but a scratch - A Black Knight's view of our current situation?
A Brief History of the United States - As only Fred Reed can tell it. (very funny, and not so...)
In Security Freaks We Trust - Not Don Cooper.
Inside an American Tent City - Mac Slavo on our imaginary economic recovery
Hey, Greens - If you want electric cars, you need electricity - Article by Bill Walker (Excellent arguments in favor of the use of nuclear energy)
America's Total Surveillance Society - The All-Seeing Eye - The back of your dollar bill comes true. Article by Stephen Lendman
The Intensive Preparations for Martial Law - Peter Dale Scott on the radical military response to civil unrest.
18 Sobering Facts - Which Prove That the Middle Class Is Not Being Included in This 'Economic Recovery'
Bring the Legions Home. Now. - We can't afford the empire, and even if we could, murdering people is a great evil. Article by Fred Reed.
My Name's Blind. James Blind. - US Intelligence - It's criminal and stupid, says Fred Reed.
Joint Pain – Would You Rather Live With It or Without It? - some herbal remedies
63 MPG - Eric Peters on the cars we're not allowed to buy.
The Fantasy of American Exceptionalism - Deadly fantasy. Article by Fred Reed.
All Drugs Were Once Legal - And must be again, says J.H. Huebert.
Null. Void. Of No Effect. - How the States can use the 10th Amendment to nullify proclamations by the Federal government.  By Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center
Austerity in America: 22 Signs That It Is Already Here and That It Is Going To Be Very Painful
'Vitriolic Rhetoric' vs. Government’s Aggression - by Scott Lazarowitz
Live Below Your Means, Pay Cash, Stock-Up Now - Larry LaBorde on what to do in the face of the coming debt and currency collapse.
America has ‘reached the point of no return’ - Reagan budget director warns
The American Monkey Can't Let Go - Fred Reed on how and why the empire is going down.
Deepening crisis traps America's have-nots - The US is drifting from a financial crisis to a deeper and more insidious social crisis. Self-congratulation by the US authorities that they have this time avoided a repeat of the 1930s is premature.
The Eavesdropping Merchant of Death: Lockheed Martin's Shadow Government - Tom Engelhardt and Bill Hartung on Lockheed Martin and you.
Tea Party Foreign Policy - It's as mindlessly imperial as the Republican or Democratic version, says Stephen Kinzer.
Are Refuseniks the Next Crop To Be Harvested? - Eric Peters on where we're headed.
Krugman vs. the Whippersnappers! - Immigration and Inequality
America Has Gone Away - And awry. Article by Paul Craig Roberts.  An excellent commentary on the state of journalism in America, and the importance of a free press.
No One Owes You Anything - A Christmas gift for my daughter, by Harry Browne
The Twelve Days of Christmas (Government Version)
The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom - 'Net neutrality' sounds nice, but the Web is working fine now. The new rules will inhibit investment, deter innovation and create a billable-hours bonanza for lawyers.
Grave Domestic Threats to National Security - WikiLeaks isn't the problem...
Espionage Act: How the Government Can Engage in Serious Aggression Against the People of the United States - Naomi Wolf discusses the impact of reviving the WWI-era breach of the Constitution on our freedom of expression
'The Truth Will Always Win' - Julian Assange, in his own words.
Julian Assange Captured by World's Dating Police - Naomi Wolf says it's about time...
Libertarians, Power, and the Message of Freedom
Ron Paul - Focus on the policy, not Wikileaks - what's really important about the latest Wikileak revelations?
A Real Jaw Dropper at the Federal Reserve - Senator Bernie Sanders on the revelations about who got the bail-out money
The Establishment Is in Despair - As it should be, says Gary North, who has the goods.
The Fear Profiteers - Naomi Wolf on how the fearmongers use terrorism to make money and control us via the TSA and airport security
The Proper Response to WikiLeaks - Karen Kwiatkowski on fascist America.
The JFK 'Head Shot' Paradox
Oregon: FBI Thwarts Own Car Bomb - Will Americans recoil in yet more contrived fear?
If the Government Does X, It Is Called Y - Understanding the Lingo of the State - Robert Higgs translates.
Continuity of Government: Is the State of Emergency Superseding Our Constitution?
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - If He Had Been More Honest
10 Organic Foods That Are Worth the Money - Stay away from these highly contaminated common products, says Joseph Mercola
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
Congress looks at laws that criminalize non-criminal behavior - Miami seafood importer. Abner Schoenwetter, 64, just finished a six-year stretch in prison for the crime of contracting to purchase lobster tails from a Honduran seller whom federal authorities learned was violating lobster-harvest regulations.
15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Throats
Obama's Greatest Betrayal: The Coming Sell-Out to the Super Rich and What It Means for the Rest of Us
16 of the Dumbest Things Americans Believe -- And the Right-Wing Lies Behind Them
The Total Control Society Is Here: Iris Scanners
China Scorns US Funny Money - Eric Margolis on snake oil on the Potomac, which has lost its power to fool
Resent the Biggest Government in World History? - Then you must be a terrorist. Article by Doug Hornig.
10 Unusual Foods - That are perfect for your survival pantry, says Lisa Bedford.
Reject the Welfare-Warfare State - It's our only hope, says Ron Paul.
Klaatu Obama Nikto - Gary North on a prescient movie, and why the US warfare-welfare state is coming down.
The Evils of Trackable, Traceable Microchipped Drugs - Even the cops could know what you're taking, says Mike Adams.
Let's Attack Iran! - Lindsey of Persia calls us to the battle. Article by Fred Reed.
The tunnel people of Las Vegas: How 1,000 live in flooded labyrinth under Sin City's shimmering strip
The Real Jefferson - For more than two hundred years, Thomas Jefferson has been considered to be America’s prophet of liberty.
Slaughter as Stimulus - Will Grigg on the Keynesian warfare state.
Is the US a Fascist Police State? - Yes, says Gonsalo Lira, who's lived under two. NB: Bad language.
A Good Way To Spend a Slow Afternoon - South of the border. Article by Fred Reed.
Hey Republican Samurai! You Want More Wars? Then Pay For Them! - Time for a War Tax.
Military Welfare for the Totaliban - Ron Paul on anti-Iranian meddling in cahoots with the dictatorial, fundamentalist Saudis.
Campaign 2010: A Political 'Jersey Shore' Reality Show - Gerald Celente on campaign 2010
The $200 Trillion Millstone Around Our Necks - That cannot be named.
8 People Who Can See What You’re Browsing Online - Is anyone spying on you right now?
Lose Your Government Chains - Workers unite! Article by Gary North.
Since I Won't Vote for a Sociopath - I can't vote, says David Calderwood.
The Pledge Against America - Laurence Vance on Republican hypocrites.
Oh Help - a funny article by Fred Reed, who apparently channels Hunter S. Thompson on occasion
The Great Goat Rodeo of Lies - Forclosuregate doomsday arrives. Article by Chris Kitze.
A Lesson From The Grapes of Wrath - Jim Quinn on Depression 2.0.
Will People Line Up Like Cattle for the Federal Peeping Toms? - Mike Adams gets his answer as he opts out of the TSA irradiating porno-scanning.
We Are Getting Poorer - 10 reasons why the latest economic numbers bring even more bad news.
The Duck-Like Noise of a One-Legged Economy - Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart - The Mogambo Guru on our one-legged economy.
Walking could protect brain against shrinking, US research says - Neurologists who monitored 300 volunteers over 13 years say those who walk most could be defending themselves against memory loss
No Way Out - Doug Casey on the greatest depression, and why it might not be all bad.
Mormon Prophecy Behind Glenn Beck's Message - they believed, the very survival of the Constitution depended on the Saints. From Smith on, LDS leaders prophesied the Constitution would one day hang by a thread, only to be saved by Mormons
Another Nonsensical Attack on Libertarians - Government 'Fire Fighters' Let a House Burn Down- So liberals attack libertarians.
Congress Has Plans for an Internet Blacklist in the Works -- Let's Stop This Now
Want a Good Night's Sleep? - Then Never Do These Things Before Bed
Dwight Was Right - by Michael Moore - So...it turns out President Eisenhower wasn't making up all that stuff about the military-industrial complex.
Financial Warfare - and the Failure of US Military Leadership
Translation of State Department Advisory - A Politically Incorrect (That is, Truthful) Translation
Robert Wenzel on that federal terrorism warning.
Birth of the National Security State - It is not far fetched to speculate that the United States has, over the past ten years, been sliding into a form of authoritarianism that retains only some aspects of the constitution and a limited rule of law.
5 Steps to Kill Hidden Bugs in Your Gut That Make You Sick - let's take a deeper look at the gut and why it may be at the root of your chronic symptoms.
'Feds radiating Americans'? Mobile X-ray vans hit US streets - As an antiterror measure, the US government has deployed mobile X-ray technology to randomly scan cars and trucks. But the measure is riling privacy proponents.
20 Signs that the Economic Collapse Is Already Upon Us - This year, millions of Americans are discovering that the music has stopped playing and they are left without a seat at the table.
1, 2, 3 – How To Prove The Truth About The U.S. Economy To Anyone In Three Easy Steps - it's uggggly, folks
5 Ways to Keep the Internet from Destroying Your Brain - These tips will help you improve your online efficiency, and reduce the stress that so often accompanies multitasking and information overload.
It's '1984' in America -  GPS and the Police State We Inhabit: Living in Oceania
The Founding Fathers Versus the Tea Party - Like many popular insurgencies in American history, the Tea Party movement has attempted to enlist the founding fathers as fervent adherents to its cause.
Is the Green Gestapo Snooping in Your Trash? - It's all part of big brother's police state control grid, funded by the stimulus.
10 Things You (Likely) Don’t Know About Your Immune System - Open your textbooks kids, it’s time to learn
The Bastard Child of the Mother of All Bubbles - A tipping point is reached when the government debt exceeds 90% of GDP. US government debt is currently at 93% of GDP.
12 Medical Myths Even Most Doctors Believe… - Joseph Mercola on 12 medical myths most MDs accept.
How To Disappear - Playing hide and seek in a wired world. Article by Frank M. Ahearn.
Little Boy Expelled and Tormented Over a Toy Gun - Fred Reed on public school sadism, and left and right loonies.
9 Ways To Start a Fire Without Matches - from the Manly Skills web site
Are Independent Thinkers Mentally Ill? - Do You Question Authority, Fail To Accept Conventional Wisdom?
The government psychiatrist will see you now. Article by Mark Nestmann.
15 Shocking Poverty Statistics That Are Skyrocketing  - as the American Middle Class Continues To Be Slowly Wiped Out
The Depth of Deceit in JFK's Murder - Len Hart on the cold war origins of the CIA crime wave.
Badass Conspiracy Movies - The top 11
With or Without Federal 'Permission' - Michael Boldin on the States vs the Federal Government
We All Know the Cause of 'Islamic' Terrorism - And US invasions and mass killings are irrelevant. Article by Jim Cox.
Male fish now exhibiting female traits due to toxic chemicals and pharma runoff - More than 80 percent of male bass in the Potomac River on the U.S. Atlantic coast are producing eggs or showing other female traits
Sick: Court Sides With Bush/Obama in Favor of Torture, Secrecy, Against Rule of Law - A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit involving the Central Intelligence Agency’s practice of seizing terrorism suspects and transferring them to other countries for imprisonment and interrogation.
The Persistence of Red-State Fascism - The right is no more the answer than the left, says Anthony Gregory.
Rounding Up the Culprits of Rising Prices - Greedy, Self-Serving, Arrogant, Malfeasant Monsters - The Mogambo Guru rounds up the culprits behind rising prices.
Reagan: No Revolution - Another Conservative Fraud - Jacob Huebert on Reagan.
Raids are increasing on farms and private food-supply clubs—here are 5 tips for surviving one - What's next, raids on Amish produce stands?
Why Natural Health? - Because it's about staying well, not controlling symptoms with drugs, says Margaret Durst.
Hey, Got a License To Grow That Food?  The War on Food: Eggsactly What Is Going On Here? - Mac Slavo on where the feds are headed.
The Erosion of America's Middle Class - The American middle class is disappearing, says Thomas Schulz.
Stop Demagoguing the Mosque - Ron Paul on conservatives vs. property rights and freedom of religion.
Ruben Salazar -  The LA Times has been publishing articles about the files on Ruben Salazar's death being kept secret. Here's an excerpt from Paul Krassner's autobiography.
No Child Left Unmedicated - Yet another reason why government schools are dangerous. Article by Joseph Mercola.
It's Not Just Your Gene Pool - Diet and lifestyle are the fountain of youth for a long and disease-free life
10 Ways We Are Being Tracked, Traced, and Databased - Are technological advances infringing on our right to privacy?
10 Signs The U.S. is Becoming a Third World Country - The United States by every measure is hanging on by a thread to its First World status.
The real A.I.: Childless millionaire builds 'intelligent robot' that sings Karaoke, laughs and tells jokes
Has the time come to legalize drugs? - Legalization of drugs -- long an issue championed mainly by fringe groups -- is rapidly moving to the mainstream in Latin America.
None Dare Call It Tyranny - If you want to know what tyranny is like, look around.
Is the US Economy Dead As a Dodo? - 15 Economic Statistics That Just Keep Getting Worse
Short Memories, Bad Politics, Big Debt - America is sorely in need of grown-ups to oversee its fiscal affairs and they are sorely missing in the present Congress and in the White House.
Conservapedia: E=mc2 Is A Liberal Conspiracy - I knew it all along!!
The Cycle of Violence in Afghanistan - Ron Paul on the effects of civilian casualties
Whose Hands? Whose Blood? - Killing Civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq - by Tom Engelhardt
A Chilling Effect: Your Privacy Is Worthless - Obama’s Privacy Is Priceless
God Crashes the Tea Party - Naomi Wolf on how the libertarian foundaions of the Tea Party movement are being subverted by Christian fundamentalism.
That Reckless Protection Racket of Military Socialism and Fascism -  Scott Lazarowitz on military socialism-fascism.
Psychopathy Legitimized - another excellent anti-war article from Fred Reed
On the Justice Department - Statement of Congressman Ron Paul before the US House of Representatives
The American Dream - Waking People Up And Getting Them To Realize That The American Dream Is Quickly Becoming The American Nightmare
Supreme Court upholds controversial part of Patriot Act - On Monday, the Supreme Court upheld a statute – part of the Patriot Act – that outlaws the provision of 'material support' to terror groups. Such support includes assistance that might nudge a group toward nonviolence.
The end of the world as we know it - Forget man-made threats – the catalyst for the apocalypse will come from outer space, warns astronomer Chris Impey
The EPA Can Go To Hell, and I Will Go To Texas - EPA bullies invade, Texans demand nullification. Article by Brian Roberts.
More Blank Checks to the Military Industrial Complex - Ron Paul on feeding the machine
US Census Workers Knocking on Your Neighbors’ Doors - Looking for Snitches in Memphis
There Is No Money - Too late, a politician tells the truth. Gary North on what to do about your own future.
The Trouble With the '64 Civil Rights Act - Ron Paul's explanation of his opposition
Why Asia Will Overtake America - The shift from West to East is not going to be reversed without something like a religious transformation in the West.
The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free
War, National Emergency, and 'Continuity of Government' - Peter Dale Scott on abolishing the constitution.
Saving in the Hard Times, for the Harder Times, by Mrs. C.J. in San Diego
Martial Law in America: No Longer Just a Possibility!
Getting After the Devil: Obama and Civil Liberties
Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution of American Citizens: A Desired State Policy
Thinking Rots the Mind! - Listen to the Presidential Sock Puppet (And stop thinking) Article by Butler Shaffer.
Obama planning a Dept of Truthiness? - Save us from conspiracy theories, frets Prez
TEENAGE GANGS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD – A FLOOD STORY
How To Run a Federal Budget Surplus -  It's simple, says Gary North.
The 7 Stupidest Statements Made About the BP Gulf Oil Spill
Want to Prevent Oil Spill Disasters? Stop Driving
Obama’s EPA Gave Energy Star Certification to ‘Gas-Powered Clock Radio’  - and 14 Other Phony Products, GAO Says
Supreme Court upholds controversial part of Patriot Act - On Monday, the Supreme Court upheld a statute – part of the Patriot Act – that outlaws the provision of 'material support' to terror groups. Such support includes assistance that might nudge a group toward nonviolence.
The end of the world as we know it - Forget man-made threats – the catalyst for the apocalypse will come from outer space, warns astronomer Chris Impey
The EPA Can Go To Hell, and I Will Go To Texas - EPA bullies invade, Texans demand nullification. Article by Brian Roberts.
More Blank Checks to the Military Industrial Complex - Ron Paul on feeding the machine
US Census Workers Knocking on Your Neighbors’ Doors - Looking for Snitches in Memphis
There Is No Money - Too late, a politician tells the truth. Gary North on what to do about your own future.
The Trouble With the '64 Civil Rights Act - Ron Paul's explanation of his opposition
Why Asia Will Overtake America - The shift from West to East is not going to be reversed without something like a religious transformation in the West.
The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free
War, National Emergency, and 'Continuity of Government' - Peter Dale Scott on abolishing the constitution.
Saving in the Hard Times, for the Harder Times, by Mrs. C.J. in San Diego
Martial Law in America: No Longer Just a Possibility!
Getting After the Devil: Obama and Civil Liberties
Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution of American Citizens: A Desired State Policy
Thinking Rots the Mind! - Listen to the Presidential Sock Puppet (And stop thinking) Article by Butler Shaffer.
Obama planning a Dept of Truthiness? - Save us from conspiracy theories, frets Prez
TEENAGE GANGS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD – A FLOOD STORY
How To Run a Federal Budget Surplus -  It's simple, says Gary North.
The 7 Stupidest Statements Made About the BP Gulf Oil Spill
Want to Prevent Oil Spill Disasters? Stop Driving
Obama’s EPA Gave Energy Star Certification to ‘Gas-Powered Clock Radio’  - and 14 Other Phony Products, GAO
This Sucker Is Going Down - The first great depression will look like "The Philadelphia Story" ten years from now, says James Howard Kunstler.
10 Ways the American Economy Is Built on Fraud - Fraud has become so endemic in this country that it's woven its way into America’s DNA
Terrorism and the Golden Rule - Gary Barnett on putting ourselves in the other person’s shoes.
In Defense of Sedition - It's the duty of every free person. Article by Tom DiLorenzo.
'Find Me the Man, I'll Find the Crime' - Will Grigg on American law enforcement.
Double-Dip Recession, Shot Federal Wad - by Gary North
Ron Paul - End Insanity Of The War on Drugs—Start With Decriminalizing Marijuana at The Federal Level
The National Biometric ID Card: The Mark of the Beast?
Witch Medicine in Mexico - Want Decent, Cheap Medical Care?  Go to Mexico, says Fred Reed.
Ron Paul and the Libertarian Moment - "Freedom in our time" – is it possible?
How We Lost Our Souls - The Sociopathic Dance of Politics - Butler Shaffer on the heart of the regime.
Sedition USA - Will Grigg on persecutions past, present, and future.
Inflationary Depression, Collapse, Civil Unrest - Gerald Celente and Peter Schiff have been correct all along, says Mark Lutter.
Soldiers Hate - Fred Reed on the hormonal adventure of armies on the march, and where it leads. NB: Some strong language.
Our Totalitarian Future - Are Americans consenting to be oppressed? Article by David Calderwood.
Leaders' Lack of Respect for Rule of Law Makes Us All Victims of 9/11 - Cynthia McKinney wants to know why the world must live inside a lie.
BOOK REVIEW: Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura Explores 'American Conspiracies' and Reveals the Lies, Inconsistencies of Official Governmental Reports - If You're Not a Believer in Government Lies and Cover-Ups
Jesse Ventura's new book could change your mind, says David M. Kinchen.
You Say You Want a Revolution? - Think Again
The City of Detroit Is Dead - It was killed by government, says Gary North, which is why the media are suppressing the story.
National Health Caress - Another Magic Trick From Oboudini - Butler Shaffer on the health-care chimera.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE - A wonderful commentary by Jim Quinn on economics vs morality, and the lessons of the movie "It's A Wonderful Life". Very thought-provoking...
Why 'the Hurt Locker' Hurts - This year's Best Picture Oscar went to a movie about America at its worst - "...the only thing standing between a soldier and a bad government decision is the American public. With the invasion of Iraq, Americans did not "support the troops" -- we needlessly abused them. The Hurt Locker is a movie about that abuse."
The Game of Death: France's Shocking TV Experiment - Talk about showing people their evil side...
"The Game of Death is an adaptation of an infamous experiment conducted by a team led by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1960s. In order to test people's obedience to authority figures, the scientists demanded that subjects administer increasingly strong electric shocks to other participants if they answered questions incorrectly. The people delivering the shocks, however, didn't know that the charges were fake — the volunteers on the other end of the room were actors pretending to suffer agonizing pain. The point was to see how many people would continue following orders to mete out torture."
It’s Not About Political Parties. It’s About Liberty - "I’m no conservative, and I’m no liberal. I’m not a Democrat or a Republican. And I’m not a green or a libertarian, or a socialist or an anarchist. I’m not even an independent.  All I am is me, and all I want is to live free."
When Death Precedes the Applause - Gary North on vocational economists and country musicians, and other irreplaceables.
Census: A Little Too Personal - Representative Ron Paul on the information being collected
Big Brother Wants to Know All About You: The American Community Survey
Leaders' Lack of Respect for Rule of Law Makes Us All Victims of 9/11 - Cynthia McKinney wants to know why the world must live inside a lie.
BOOK REVIEW: Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura Explores 'American Conspiracies' and Reveals the Lies, Inconsistencies of Official Governmental Reports - If You're Not a Believer in Government Lies and Cover-Ups
Jesse Ventura's new book could change your mind, says David M. Kinchen.
You Say You Want a Revolution? - Think Again
The City of Detroit Is Dead - It was killed by government, says Gary North, which is why the media are suppressing the story.
National Health Caress - Another Magic Trick From Oboudini - Butler Shaffer on the health-care chimera.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE - A wonderful commentary by Jim Quinn on economics vs morality, and the lessons of the movie "It's A Wonderful Life". Very thought-provoking...
Why 'the Hurt Locker' Hurts - This year's Best Picture Oscar went to a movie about America at its worst - "...the only thing standing between a soldier and a bad government decision is the American public. With the invasion of Iraq, Americans did not "support the troops" -- we needlessly abused them. The Hurt Locker is a movie about that abuse."
The Game of Death: France's Shocking TV Experiment - Talk about showing people their evil side...
"The Game of Death is an adaptation of an infamous experiment conducted by a team led by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1960s. In order to test people's obedience to authority figures, the scientists demanded that subjects administer increasingly strong electric shocks to other participants if they answered questions incorrectly. The people delivering the shocks, however, didn't know that the charges were fake — the volunteers on the other end of the room were actors pretending to suffer agonizing pain. The point was to see how many people would continue following orders to mete out torture."
It’s Not About Political Parties. It’s About Liberty - "I’m no conservative, and I’m no liberal. I’m not a Democrat or a Republican. And I’m not a green or a libertarian, or a socialist or an anarchist. I’m not even an independent.  All I am is me, and all I want is to live free."
When Death Precedes the Applause - Gary North on vocational economists and country musicians, and other irreplaceables.
Census: A Little Too Personal - Representative Ron Paul on the information being collected
Big Brother Wants to Know All About You: The American Community Survey
Tyrants, Torturers, and Taxmen: Pillars of 'Civilization' - we'd better take a good look at our society
Obama and the Patriot Act: “Yes We Can” Kill the Bill of Rights
Thoughts on an Interview with General Stanley McChrystal - Fred Reed on the insanity of the war in Afghanistan
True conservatives condemn military tribunals for terrorists - When is a conservative not a conservative?  When they do a 180 degree turn away from their own ideology in order to curry populist political favor.
Economic Warnings From an Elderly 3rd Grader - The Mogambo Guru writes a 3rd-grade essay for his nephew.
Terrorism Is Terrorism: An American Contradiction in Terms
Ridicule of Conspiracy Theories Focuses On Diffusing Criticism of the Powerful - The label "conspiracy theory" is commonly used to try to discredit criticism of the powerful in government or business.
Wind Power - Butler Shaffer on the language of politics. - "Political language . . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."  ~ George Orwell
None of Your Business! - Ron Paul on the overly-intrusive aspects of the current National Census
The Lynch-Mob Mentality - At least Salem witch hunters gave pretenses of trials before burning their fellow citizens at the stake.  Article by Glenn Greenwald.
Mark Twain: Literary Libertarian - Jeff Tucker on Samuel Clemens.
The Neoconservative Empire - Ron Paul on the US warfare state. (although this speech was given 3 years agao, it rings as true today as then.)
Could All the Freezing Weather Lately Have Anything to Do With Climate Change?
Offend Obama? - He can imprison you forever, without charges, in secret. Article by Glenn Greenwald.
NSA beats warrantless wiretap rap - Because it took in a nation of millions.  Also check out my reading of "Obama's Black Widow - Bush's legacy to telecommunications?" in the list of Roadkill Reports at - http://kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow/#Armadillo_Roadkill_Report
Secure your checked bags -- fly with a gun
COLD WEATHER SURVIVAL GUIDE - Would you know how to survive on your own in the kind of extreme environment faced by the Ice Road Truckers every day?
Dave Barry's year in review: 2009 - Good Riddance to 2009 - But at least we can laugh (he's really out-done himself with this one :-)
Strange Days Indeed - I'm calling this damnable decade over and done with first thing Friday morning...I say good riddance to bad rubbish.
Have Americans Traded Freedom for Security? - With stunning insouciance, Americans have given up the rule of law that protected their liberty. The silence of law schools and bar associations indicates that the age of liberty has passed. In short, the American people support tyranny. And that’s where they are headed.
Welcome to Orwell’s World 2010 - In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that "passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’, ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’."
America's Looming Class War - The regime vs. the rest of us. Article by Mark Crovelli (I could not have stated my feelings about the current administration to me Republocrat friends better or more succinctly)
Obama Is Disappearing Our Freedoms - An interview with Nat Hentoff.
Worse Than War Criminals: Fred Reed on Santa and the elves
Global Warming? - Hockey Puck vs. Ice Core Samples - James Delingpole on the one YouTube Algore doesn’t want you to watch.
Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Running Water and Food - Thanks to AIG, some of the poorest residents of rural Kentucky learned you can always be made poorer by corporate villains.
Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions - Half-baked Homeland Security is spending millions to develop sensors capable of detecting a person's level of 'malintent' as a counterterrorism tool.
Are Americans a Broken People? Why We've Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression - A psychologist asks: Have consumerism, suburbanization and a malevolent corporate-government partnership so beaten us down that we no longer have the will to save ourselves?
Brave New World 2009 - We live in a world startlingly similar to the one described in the classic Aldous Huxley novel.  Commentary by Jim Quinn.
Mowing the Sward of Damocles - Fred Reed on current news, June 14, 2009. Funny stuff.
Global Warming: 'Fixing the Climate Data Around the Policy'
Prefabricated Fascists: The FBI’s Assembly-Line Provocateurs
No Rose-Colored Glasses - Don Cooper on seeing the regime as it is.
Edgar Allan Poe, Virginian - Dave Franke on what you don't know about the great Southern writer.
Judicial Terrorism: The State vs. Robert and Danille Kahre
Q&A With Jesse Ventura - On conspiracy theories, being the Gov., pro-wrestling, and more.
Practical Internet Privacy – Paul Green on what you need to know now.
NATIVE AMERICANS CALL FOR DEPORTATION OF 299 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS - from Paul Krassner's Ironic Times
LIBERTARIAN HUMOR - You might be a libertarian if you believe...
"If you think 99 percent of politicians give the rest of them a bad name, you might be a Libertarian."
15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams - Are we nearing a tipping point as rapacious elites push a heavily armed populace too far?
Authoritarian USA - Counterinsurgency war tactics are being used in our neighborhoods.
Don't Make It Easy for Spies and Hackers - It takes five minutes to make your passwords unbreakable.
What Have You Got To Hide? - Probably plenty, and you had better start doing it.
The Rabbit Hole - Don Cooper on what the heck happened to America.
The Relentless War on Drug Users Is Escalating Violence in the US: It's Time for Harm Reduction - Hundreds gather in Albuquerque to celebrate a new dawn of wider acceptance of drug reform, while still feeling a little nervous about the path ahead.
When Dictatorship Came to America - a very different view of President Lincoln
Cancer in the Skies, by Becky Akers - An article which might make you want to consider the train or bus rather than flying...
Forget Columbus, Magellan, Cook - Chinese Admiral Zheng was the real great discoverer.
U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets - CIA Buys Another Front Company. 
This time, to track blogs, tweets, Amazon book reviews.
A Few Good Kids? - How the No Child Left Behind Act allowed military recruiters to collect info on millions of unsuspecting teens
6 Signs That the American Empire Is Coming to an Early End - The day of America's global pre-eminence is over. We must face the new global realities.
Our Economy Was a Scam and Now We're Dead Broke - America is broke. And the easy credit, phantom "growth" economy has been exposed for what it was: a credit scam.
The American Idea - It's distrust of government, not redistribution of wealth, says Walter Williams.
LAPD’s ‘Orwellian’ anti-terror ads creeping out viewers
After the Billionaires Plundered Alabama Town, Troops Were Called in ... Illegally - "We have to tolerate the inequality as a way to achieve greater prosperity and opportunity for all," says one Goldman Sachs adviser. But tell that to the people of Samson, Ala.
US Joins Ranks of Failed States - The government pays $400/gal for gas, but we can't find a way to get decent health care for everyone.
This ONE Action Keeps Brain Function at Its Peak...
War Is Peace. Ignorance Is Strength - Barack Obama, winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, is planning another war to add to his impressive record
Have we entered a Libertarian era?
The Menace from U.N.C.L.E. - INTERPOL AND U.N. BACK ‘GLOBAL POLICING DOCTRINE’
The US Police State Arms Against You - With even more advanced weaponry.
Swiss Health Care Thrives Without Public Option -  Like every other country in Europe, Switzerland guarantees health care for all its citizens.
Martial Law Is Their Business – and Business Sure Is Swell
'You Can’t Do This to People': Robin McDermott’s Resistance
Helot on Wheels - Do you think your Constitutional right apply when you're driving?  Think again...
Checklist for Hard Times - an excellent list of essential items
New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide - Americans who slap $1 pricetags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign.
'Contempt of Cop' - sometimes, the worst crime of all
76 Reasons To Have a Gun - some very good arguments for gun ownership
10 Secrets Your Dentist Doesn't Want You To Know
Ignore Government Flu Hysteria - Just build up your body's immune-system defenses.
Heroic Police Electro-Torture, Humiliate Double Amputee
No Place Else To Go - Mike Gaddy on where we must take our stand.
Group calls scent ID evidence 'junk' - Innocence Project says it will release report detailing cases in which innocent people were arrested after scent ID lineups.
Nuclear No-Contest - It's the power of the future, unless we want the dark, says James P. Hogan
Eight Spelling Mistakes Even Smart People Make - English is a screwy language. There’s just no logic to it.
Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Products: Find Out What's in the Stuff You Use - At HealthyStuff.org, consumers can find over 15,000 test results on over 5,000 common items including pet products, back-to-school items, children's toys, and cars.
A Recipe for Disaster: School Cops Are Being Armed with 50,000-Volt Tasers - Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger people being especially vulnerable to the Taser's shock, the risks could be very deadly.
Quietly Building the Totalitarian State in America - With the Full Complicity of the Big Media
Natural Law Provides the Answers - "The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions... "
20 most bizarre Craigslist adverts of all time - Craigslist, the anarchic classifieds website, has developed a reputation for hosting some of the oddest adverts on the internet
50 things that are being killed by the internet - The internet has wrought huge changes on our lives – both positive and negative – in the fifteen years since its use became widespread
The Great Fakeroo Recovery - Lew Rockwell on "prosperity" through the printing press
Vegas dreamers go all in - Feeling down and out about the economy?  You're not alone
Living In Beverly Hills - Or at least that's what we thought ;)  An excellent article on where the American 'standard of living' went wrong.  It includes many very useful graphs.
The Drug War Is Working - For the government and its pals. Article by Wilt Alston
Obama To Seize Control of Internet - When he declares an "emergency."
Democratic Health Care Bill Divulges IRS Tax Data
Is 'Friending' in Your Future? Better Pay Your Taxes - Tax deadbeats are finding someone actually reads their MySpace and Facebook postings: the taxman.
Reverse Aging: Easier Than You Think - A landmark experiment suggests reverse aging needn't be relegated to the realm of science fiction.
Coffee, Tea, or Should We Feel Your Pregnant Wife's Breasts? - Before throwing you in a cell at the airport, and then lying about why we put you there?
Democracy Going Dark: The Electronic Police State - The FBI's Multi-Billion "High-Tech Surveillance" Program
The Obama Needle Stick - Government Flu Vaccine Gives Its Victims a Deadly Nerve Disease
It Turned My Children into Hallucinating, Sobbing Wrecks - Tamiflu
Americans: Serfs Ruled by Oligarchs - Paul Craig Roberts on the USSA.
How To Get Rich . . . and Why - by Gary North
And the Surveillance Society Marches On - We've been living in a surveillance society for years.
Posse Comitatus Act: R.I.P. - The Pentagon has approached Congress to grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to post almost 400,000 military personnel throughout the United States.
Big Brother may be watching you… - Again
Turning the US Army Against Americans - Is this a military dictatorship?
The Plague of Punitive Populism - It's KGB-Gestapo Time.  Will Grigg on the police state.
For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War - Reflections on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Our World
Monumentally Tragic Disappointment on the Horizon - Don't Believe the Media.  Far worse is ahead of us.
Fred Admits Journalistic Dishonesty About Mexico - He told the truth about Mexico, for which he profoundly apologizes.
Privacy in America Is Dead - Are We Crazy?  Privacy is almost dead in America, says Gary Barnett.
Saving Our Brave, New World - It's the End of the World as We Know It, And Butler Shaffer feels fine.
Shouldn't Read the News. I Really Shouldn't. -   Buoyant Cannibals - Fred Reed on US war criminals
Cops “Justified” in Taser Attack on Disabled Man - a deaf and mentally disabled 37-year-old man
The Cheney plan to deploy the U.S. military on U.S. soil - something which the Constitution forbids
ANIMAL FARM - 2009 - Jim Quinn on just how Orwellian the Unites States has become
NEVER Believe Uncorroborated Police Testimony - an incident last August in Philadelphia
Murder, Inc. - That should not be another name for America, says Eric Margolis.
If Only Walter Cronkite Had Left His Integrity Behind - The greatest sorrow in marking Cronkite's death is recognizing that the media has replaced his wisdom with pontification. The Enthusiastic War Bride  - War Is Organized Crime.  It wrecks others countries and us, says Bill Buppert.
Big Pharma Bribes Doctors to Hook Your Kids on Drugs - Americans must start to question the legitimacy of the exploitative pharmaceutical-industrial complex and the predatory people atop them.
Liberty and Safety - The American Police State: Andrew Napolitano on our former civil liberties.
Spies In the Classroom: The Government Is Running a Secretive Intelligence Recruitment Program in Schools - The "Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program" may become a permanent budget item, making universities unwitting agents of state intelligence
Flag Waving Is Not My Kind of Patriotism - Bob Higgs on being an actual patriot.
Independence and Liberty - We're losing both, says Anthony Gregory, but it need not be so.
"More Better Faster!": How Our Spastic Digital Culture Scrambles Our Brains - The digital communications apparatus is crowding out deeper relationships and more deliberative modes of thinking.
Basic Premises - Charley Reese's Basic Premises - a newspaperman rather than a shill for the regime.
Obama Contemplates Executive Order for Detention Without Charges - Proof of guilt? In 21st-century America, there is no longer any need for such annoyances
Question Authority: Always and Forever Hereafter - Be the resistance, says Bill Buppert.
Time to Take the Tasers Away - more stories of the police abuse of taser weapons
An American 'Yezhovschina'? - String Up the Barbed Wire and Sharpen the Guillotine
There are haters in our midst.  (A real blood-boiler about Soviet-style supression of political dissent)
The Lone Truthteller - Ron Paul is the lone dissenter on the vote for further military funding.
Back in the U.S.S.A. - Peter Schiff on what the Obama financial "reforms" really mean.  "Obama proposes to entrust the critical job of “systemic risk regulator” to the Federal Reserve, the very organization that has proven most adept at creating systemic risk. This is like making Keith Richards the head of the DEA."
Intriguing Plan in Michael Moore's Home Town: Bulldoze the Ghost 'Burbs, Return Them to Nature - Concept of razing post-industrial "rust belt" empty neighborhoods draws interest in Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other cities.
No More Murderous Rip-Offs - Ron Paul on war spending.
The American Empire Is Bankrupt - This week marks the end of the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency.
Economic Fallout Has Spurred an Epidemic of Murder and Suicide That Has Gone Largely Unnoticed - A silent, nationwide epidemic of drastic measures may be underway, so why aren't we talking about it?
Who Will Tell the People? - About what the monster state is doing to them.
Fail, Fail, Fail, Fail - Lew Rockwell on the Bush-Obama War on Recession.
Fight Government Encroachment into Healthcare! - Ron Paul on the peeping toms of healthcare.
Am I Glad I'm in Mexico - Fred Reed on the US fascist revolution.
Frail, cowardly Winston saved us - George Orwell got many things wrong in his great novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, but he changed the way we see ourselves
Life in Vichy America - Bill Buppert on collaboration vs. resistance.
The 'No Problem' Mindset: Guaranteed Destruction - Gary North on the mindset that will wreck us.
Exceptional Us - John Liechty on funny and crazy American nationalism.
A New Private-Public Partnership: The Citizen Police State - The danger of government enlisting masses of private citizens to report "suspicious behavior."
Coming Soon To a City Near You - Michael Gaddy on fearmongering in the USA
For Summer Sunburn - 10 Natural, Safe Food and Herbal Remedies
Canadians Take Notice, the U.S. Is Militarizing the Border - More troops, more searches, more surveilance drones. The U.S. is taking Canadians' pictures as they cross the border, and their biometrics.
The Humanitarian Face of the State, With Fangs - Bush the despot!  Obama the savior!
FBI Blows It: Supposed Terror Plot Against NY Synagogues Is Bogus - Turns out it is really the handiwork of a creepy FBI informant. The story strengthens the narrative that the "homeland" is under attack. It's not.
Government Experiments on U.S. Soldiers: Shocking Claims Come to Light in New Court Case - They say government scientists messed with their minds. Now, veterans who were the subject of top-secret experiments want answers.
"The Worst Is Yet to Come": If You're Not Petrified, You're Not Paying Attention [VIDEO] - Howard Davidowitz, who is nothing if not opinionated (and colorful), paints a very grim picture
If All We Get Is a Circus, Can’t We at Least Have Trained Seals and Bears on Unicycles?
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas: "I Don't Advocate Secession" - a very good clarification of his stance on secession from the Union.  He supports the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution, not secession.
Obama's Weird Idea of Auto Industry Rescue: Use Our Money to Build Car Factories Abroad - Can someone explain how outsourcing the auto industry is in our national interest?
Inflationary Sinkhole Ahead - Peter Schiff on what the Fed has done to us
Military Police Document Reveals Integration with Local Law Enforcement
Finding Joy in Frugality
No, the Free Market Did Not Cause the Financial Crisis - Tom Woods on what did
Ron Paul Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize [VIDEO] - Here he argues against intervention, mass murder, and financial disaster, and shows up one of the most sinister of Obama's lying neocons, Richard Holbrooke.
Survivalists 2.0: Regular people get ready for the worst
Is There Any Wonder Some People Snap Like in Binghamton and at Columbine? - Our entire way of life -- from our exploitative economy to our foreign policy -- is violent.
The Latest Absurdity in the Fight to Conserve Water: Making Rainwater Harvesting Illegal - Absurd laws are challenging the collection in some states, while others are embracing the practice.
World Cop and American Daddy - Even in its successful rescue mission against Somali pirates, the U.S. government sets bad precedents for future intervention and blowback.
Lonely in an Electronic Wilderness: "The Great Emotional Sickness of Our Era" - iPods and Blackberries offer instant access to a virtual world, but are technological gadgets keeping people apart and breaking down society?
Ron Paul, Right About the Economy, Right About Freedom
The war on drugs is a war on common sense  - Just Say No ... More
6 Commonly Held Beliefs Among People Who Lack Common Sense - This one ought to raise a few hackles ;)
The Martial Law Mind-Set
America Is a Dangerous Vigilante, Heroes Are Sociopaths: The Not-So-Mythical World of 'Watchmen' - "Watchmen" depicts what happens when an individual or a nation assumes unwarranted and unlimited powers
U.S. Taxpayers: The Few. The Proud. The Unprofitable.
Government Gone Wild - Some disturbing stories about government in action
Is Obama embracing the lawless, omnipotent executive? - Glenn Greenwald on the omnipotent presidency
Surprise! Bush Amended The Constitution!
"Consumerism" Is Dead -- Can Obama Lead Us to a Downscaled Lifestyle?
Are You a Brainless Obeyer?
Washington contemplates deploying the Armed Forces for domestic law enforcement
The Government's War on Recession - Dangerously wrong
Remember the Constitution? - Like Ron Paul, Don Cooper does
From One Assault on the Constitution To Another - Is anything left?
The United States: The Largest Ponzi Scheme in the World - Bill Bonner on the United States
New plan may tax U.S. drivers for every mile traveled, says Transportation Secretary Roy LaHood
Beyond Open or Closed Borders - Laurence Vance on human migration
Government: A Successful Failure - Only in the same sense as a street mugger before getting apprehended!
It can’t happen to us - Ruined financiers committing desperate acts
A Black Hole on $10 Billion a Day - It is interesting – albeit not pleasant – to witness the collapse of Western civilization.
The Nanny State - Government intervention is never the solution; it is always part of the problem.
Everything Still Looks the Same, But We've Become a New Country - The political theater of the moment in Washington is focused on the illusion that we can find new ways of keeping the old ways going.
The Coming Fascism - by Karen Kwiatkowski
Putin to the West: Take Your Medicine - and don't go socialist.  A Russian lecturing us on capitalism?  Bizarro World indeed
Cures For Our Economic Disease - Ron Paul on the econmics disaster
Bush, Obama and the American State - a Libertarian perspective on Republican and Democrat governments
Stimulus for Who? - Ron Paul on the 'stimulus' package
Obama gets right to work scrubbing out 8 years of bad policies - (Kudos, Mister President.  Please keep up the good work :-)
Years of Darkness, Tyranny, and Oppression - our recent US history, and how we can avoid future mistakes
America Is Moving Toward Czarism and Away from Democracy - Every patriot should be concerned about the intensifying efforts to supplant democracy with something far more authoritarian: "American czarism."
Dear Dubya: What Next? - Dub, Old Buddy, Say it isn't so...
Five Ways We Can Build a Movement to Stop This Idiotic War on Drugs - This is a time to put big ideas on the table. We have to learn how to coexist with drugs. They aren't going anywhere.
The Bush Era Has Been an Eight-Year-Long Madoff-Style Ripoff - It will be easier for us and Obama to push for a bold agenda if we demand accountability for the robbery and theft of the Bush years.
Do Americans Have Cognitive Dissonance When it Comes to Liberty?
Rejoice in the Depression - It was long past time to cut back, says Tom Chartier.
Soviet TV Loves the Secret Police - Sorry, make that ABC and Homeland Security.
New Year 2009: Leading thinkers offer predictions of 'next big thing' - Leading thinkers - including Craig Venter and Ian McEwan - have marked New Year 2009 by predicting what will be the next big thing to shape the future.
Did You Know 200,000 Vets Are Sleeping on the Streets? - America's promise to "Support the Troops" ends the moment they take off the uniform and try to make the transition to civilian life.
I Pledge Allegiance to the Junta - Will Grigg on encroaching military rule
Thank Goodness I Live in a Free Country - Proud To Be a Murican, where at least he knows he's free. Article by Don Cooper
Life After the Economic Collapse: How Having Less Will Make Us Happier
Toxic Paper - Fiat money is the mother of all toxic papers
Losing Interest in Economic Recovery - a satirical look at the crash of 2008
Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security
Government bans tin-foil beanies - Metal headwear not fair on mind-control spooks, say Feds
Get Out Your Wheelbarrows! - Tom Chartier on Weimar USA
Too Much Stuff: How Our Profligate Consumerism Might Keep Us in Iraq - Wherever we go, our "stuff" goes with us -- in such large quantities that removing it could prove more daunting than invading in the first place
Forget Red vs. Blue -- It's the Educated vs. People Easily Fooled by Propaganda
Police State Colorado - undercover police officers posing as protesters staged a violent confrontation with another officer
The Pentagon Is the President's Private Army - Fred Reed on the militarist states of America
Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution - The government we have today is something the Founders could never have imagined
The Standard of Living Bubble (And Why It’s About to Go Pop!)
Ex-Chicago policeman charged in torture case
Our Rights Are Under Attack - Recent steps by the FBI and other law enforcement organizations have severely undermined the right to privacy
Blaming Liberty for the State's Depredations - Anthony Gregory on Jacob Weisberg of Slate
As the Violence Soars, Mexico Signals It's Had Enough of America's Stupid War on Drugs - The U.S.-financed War on Drugs has had savage results in Mexico, and now its president wants to decriminalize pot, cocaine and heroin possession
Regular Folks Who Hate War
China Unveils Frightening Futuristic Police State at Olympics - The Olympics have opened up a backdoor for the regime to massively upgrade its systems of population control and repression

The Problem Is Simple: Too Many People, Too Much Stuff - An equitable and humane solution to overpopulation and overconsumption may actually be possible

How the West (Except for the U.S.) Ended Slavery

Slip-Sliding Away - on the loss of our Democracy

McCain suggests military-style invasion modeled on the surge to control inner city crime

Ron Paul - Against Jingoism and Hypocrisy

The Coming Depression and the Actualization of Zen

The Fabric of America Is Fraying as the Economic Downturn Continues - Our economic success, as it's generally measured, obscures some deep social problems.