Heavy-handed policies of the United States and the European Union are pushing Bosnia towards civil war. Bosnia is ostensibly governed by a coalition of three groups: Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs. The Croats and the Serbs are racial designations, while the Bosniak designation is a religious one. Bosniaks are simply Bosnians whose ancestors converted to Islam […]
The United States is broke. We’re worse than broke, we’re in debt — deep in debt. We’re so deep in debt that even if we accept Paul Ryan’s entire budget proposal we won’t have a balanced budget for 26 years and we won’t be back up to just being broke until 2063. Amazingly, Democrats consider […]
The good news: Millions of American are talking on free cell phones right now. The bad news: You’re paying for it. A couple years ago, Michelle Obama was seen serving risotto at a soup kitchen down the street from the White House. She was surrounded by poor people frantically snapping photos of her with their […]
The Obama Administration has convinced a jury of ordinary Americans that Bernard von NotHaus, the creator of the Liberty Dollar, is a terrorist. “Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism,” U.S. Attorney Tompkins said in announcing the verdict. “While these forms of anti-government activities do […]
The recent troubles at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan are once again causing concern over the use of nuclear power to further human development. Unfortunately, these events are leading some people to the exactly wrong conclusions, As H.L. Mencken wrote, “There is always an easy solution to every human problem–neat, plausible, and wrong.” […]
In 28 out of 50 American states, you can be denied a job if you refuse to join a labor union and share a portion of your salary with your union bosses. Only 22 states currently have what are known as “right to work” laws which protect hard working Americans from rapacious unions. If a […]
