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PENDULUM SWINGS BETWEEN FREEDOM & BONDAGE AS AMERICANS WAKE FROM SLUMBER (ISSUE 345)

A saying I have heard as far back as I remember is this: “When the student is ready the teacher appears.”
In this connection, I think there are several things which have happened which are now awakening the indomitable spirit of the American people, to rise up from the ashes of over-taxation and political government intrusion [...]

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IMPERIAL HOTEL – FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – EARTHQUAKES – HAITI (ISSUE 341)

The past few weeks, the news has been dominated to some degree about the horrors of the earthquake in Haiti. Like so many other disasters, news report slants are changing somewhat from Rescue and Recovery to human interest stories, some great and heroic and some which leave a bad taste in one’s mouth.
Stories about [...]

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DIALECTIC MATERIALISM – ONE STEP BACKWARDS, TWO STEPS FORWARD (ISSUE 335)

Much in the current news cycle is devoted to opinions about the election of Scott Brown from Massachusetts, and how he upset the applecart in the recent election.
I received a phone call from a caller who said, “Obama is making speeches that appear to be ‘backing up,’” which was predictable in the face of the [...]

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DECEMBER 27th, 2009 – AN OPEN LETTER: DEAR MISTER CONGRESSMAN – (ISSUE 322)

Dear Mr. Congressman,
Can’t help wondering what you are doing, after lingering in the Halls of Congress up until Christmas Eve, passing one of your many phases of the so-called Health Bill.
Are you now back home, among your constituents who elected you to represent them, in penitent solitude, over all your efforts this year to pass [...]

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FRIENDS – FAMILY – FEDERALISM & FIZZLING FREEDOM – BITS AND PIECES (ISSUE 320)

“All the world is wrong but me and thee and sometimes I have my doubts about thee.”
How about all those fools, folks, fruitcakes, fiddlers, fascistS and First Amendment destroyers of free speech, free press and personal property Rights??? On the other hand, I’m grateful for what’s left of Freedom and the Right to assemble [...]

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