The latest gimmick of the Occupy Movement is “Stop Black Friday.” Apparently, the plan is to “occupy” the stores of major retailers and disrupt the busiest shopping day of the year. The website for this “occupation” suggests signs that state, “We don’t hate capitalism…just crapitalism.” Capitalism is the social system that recognizes and protect individual [...]
Archive | November, 2011
The Critics of the Tea Party
Brian Phillips (2011.11.30 ) Politics
The Tea Party has certainly attracted its share of criticism. Many of those criticisms do not merit a response. However, an organization called the Constitutional Accountability Center issued a brief titled Setting the Record Straight: The Tea Party and the Constitutional Powers of the Federal Government that is interesting and thought provoking. I found the brief [...]
Euro and the Dollar: Whose Fuse is Shorter?
Peter Schiff (2011.11.23 ) Investing
With fiscal time bombs ticking in both Europe and the United States, the pertinent question for now seems to be which will explode first. For much of the past few months it looked as if Europe was set to blow. But Angela Merkel’s refusal to support a Federal Reserve style bailout of European sovereigns and [...]
Manipulated U.S. Rates Seesaw Gold Prices
John Browne (2011.11.22 ) Investing
This week, world attention finally shifted away from debt problems in Europe to the unresolved and worsening debt crisis here in the United States. The Congressional Super Committee, which had been created over the summer to postpone making tough cuts, chose to avoid responsibility itself. In so doing, the Committee has followed the path of [...]
The Storm Troopers of OWS
Edward Cline (2011.11.21 ) Politics
It would be interesting to draw some parallels between Occupy Wall Street and a phenomenon that preceded and that fed the rise of Nazism and the ascension of Nazi power in Germany. That phenomenon was the post-World War I paramilitary Free Corps (Freikorps), or Freebooters. When Germany lost the war, its army was disbanded, setting [...]
Your Doctor is Rude? Maybe this is Why
Michael J Hurd (2011.11.21 ) Politics
According to Psychology Today Online, physician meltdown is on the rise. When surveyed by the American College of Physician Executives, one-third of health care facility administrators reported disruptive incidents among their physician colleagues at least once a month at their clinics and hospitals. Typical targets: nurses, physician assistants and other support personnel. It’s unclear whether [...]
Why the Holidays Are So Stressful For So Many
Michael J Hurd (2011.11.19 ) Politics
“The holidays are coming. It’s a time of complete emotional stress.” To say this is considered a self-evident truth. But why is it true? I maintain that holidays, while perfectly fine and pleasant, are not necessary for happy people. Happy people enjoy their lives all year long. Happy people actually enjoy their work, and maybe [...]
The Mythical “Right to Healthcare”
John David Lewis (2011.11.18 ) Healthcare
After fifty years of growing government programs, health care costs continue to rise. The U.S. government now controls nearly half of all health care dollars, and the crisis is becoming acute. The plans we are seeing from Washington are not innovations, but rather extensions of the government interventions we have embraced for three generations. But [...]
Businesspeople are the Ones Who Need to Protest
Michael J Hurd (2011.11.18 ) Politics
Dr. Hurd originally wrote this article for the Association of Objectivist Business Professionals. In light of the anarchist-socialist protest of those defecating patriots known as Occupy Wall Street, it deserves rereading here. Most people look at “business” as something separate from everything else in life, and at best, a necessary evil. Something you have to [...]
Obama's Kind of Immigrants
Michael J Hurd (2011.11.14 ) Politics
Newsmax.com reports: Illegal immigration costs Arizona $1.6 billion a year – a staggering 19 percent of the state’s budget – Gov. Jan Brewer said in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, adding that the Obama administration is turning a blind eye to it since migrants will help register Democratic voters. “It’s unfortunate because we all know [...]