"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." -- George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire (1906) "It i ...

"It regards reality as the sole enemy and as the source of all suffering, with which it is impossible to live, so that one must break off all relations with it if one is to be in any way happy. The hermit turns his back on the world and will have no truck with it. But one can do more t ...

The Beginning If a group of people were to live on an island, who would govern who, how, and why If person A suspected person B of possessing a deadly weapon (if this were a crime), then how could we justify person A searching person B Whatever reason offered for justification of sear ...

For Desiring to Revolutionize Property Relations in Society 1 - Property Relations: A Historical Look In a society that has been founded on the ideals of the Enlightenment, on the philosophes and the thinkers of centuries past, there is no skepticism as to why reason flourishes to some ...

Concerning the social and economic status of the United States of America... "...man seems to be in a worse state even than the brutes..." -- Samuel von Pufendorf, "On the Duty of Man and Citizen," Book 1, Chapter 3 Introduction For so long, writers of all ages have made their appea ...

Affirmative Action Advocate (AAA): I believe in Affirmative Action, because it equalizes the playing ground. If 5% of America is Asian, then in a class room of 20, there should be one asian. If 35% of America is black, then in that same class room, there should be 7 Africans. By putt ...

Introduction - What Is Socialism Socialism is the belief that children should not have to go to sleep hungry at night. Socialism is the belief that sweatshops are an abomination to the ethic of humaneness. Socialism is the belief that no man should worry about their family's welfare b ...

The African American magazines or the black magazines are a source of information and entertainment for the community with a sense of identity, which makes it the most priceless of all publications. To some the African American magazines or the black magazines are considered as a ...

Introduction It seems that thinkers, philosophers, social critics, and typically anyone concerned with the plight of those who must endure through misery and suffering, usually make references to the poverty, oppression, and crime of those who must go through a harder life. Throughout ...

It's possible that a seminal moment in the history of electronic news occurred when a comedian confronted commentators ... Not long after Jon Stewart --- host of the Comedy Central cable channel's amusing newscast, The Daily Show --- appeared on CNN's staid Crossfire and roundly scorche ...

America is the greatest country in the world. Our citizens are caring, generous, trusting and forgiving. Those are some of the traits that make our country so great and so strong. Those traits can also be some of our biggest weaknesses. We are always willing to give people a second, thir ...

I have no priorities. I simply go on, Gore Vidal told me in a Dec. 21, 2005 interview, I do what I think needs doing. His doing has resulted in a remarkable prolific career as a novelist, essayist, playwright, historian, and bold defender of the American Constitution and our republic. F ...

The Middle East is the heart of the world . When we think of the Middle East we think of where the world all began and where all the different relgions evolved from. The Countries of the Middle East are filled with ancient history and artifacts it's where The Hinduisms' Veda, The Muslims ...

After many, long, hard years working for the federal government, it was finally time for me to retire. It was a day I had waited for, all of my life. No more work and finally being able to enjoy life to its fullest, everyday, was something that I had dreamed of since I first began washin ...

Comedian Chevy Chase, when he anchored the first Saturday Night Live faux-news desk, had a running joke that satirized, post-mortem, the endless medical updates provided by the public relations machine of a dying dictator ... "Here's a bulletin from Spain: Doctors are reporting that Gen ...

Lately the far left, the Democrats, certain left wing celebrities, ultra liberal newspaper reporters and editors and network news reporters and commentators have been ranting and raving about how President Bush has illegally taken away our right to privacy by signing an Executive Order a ...

This country doesnt need millions of visitors living and working here. We need millions of Americans living and working here. And what we really need is for the immigrants who are here to become Americans. The most important thing they have to do to become American, is learn the language ...

THE WESTS INTRUSION INTO THE LAND OF THE PATRIARCHSNOTHING BUT TOTAL VICTORY! The Wests fascination with the Holy Landthe Beautiful Land or Glorious Land (Daniel 11:41)be it for hidden/material or prophetic/spiritual treasures, has climaxed at the apex of the modern era in Americas most ...

At first glance its hard to imagine how the proliferation of human activity upon the environment has been a major factor in climate change given that climate change alone is nothing new. Over two million years the earths history has seen enormous changes. Indeed, in the last ten thousand ...

These days, speaking with most Democrats is like being "Alice, In Wonderland". Most of them seem to be going under the old saying "Don't Confuse Me With The Facts", it seems that many of their statements are based on emotions instead of reality. I used to enjoy discussing politics, espec ...