Archive for November 16th, 2011

By Gregory Viscusi Bloomberg.com The European debt crisis has toppled four elected governments with the last two, in Greece and Italy, falling last week without a shove from voters. The appointment of prime ministers in Athens and Rome to push through unpopular austerity measures echoes efforts in the past five decades by European leaders... »

BY JOHN HUSSMAN PHD FinancialSense.com The repeated waves of fresh crisis and temporary hope in Europe are starting to look a lot like the Hokey Pokey. Last week, Italy briefly put its right foot in. Then, thanks to purchases of Italian debt by the European Central Bank, it put its right foot out. Meanwhile,... »

Compound Economic Growth and Atlas by Gary North LewRockwell.com If you are still a taxpayer, you are Atlas. I am Atlas. There will come a time when Atlas will shrug. I have written about this before: When will he shrug? Before I can answer this, I want to discuss another factor, compound economic growth... »

by Anthony Gregory LewRockwell.com Ralph Raico, Great Wars & Great Leaders: A Libertarian Rebuttal (Auburn, Alabama: The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010), 246 pages. The greatest leaders, according to conventional appraisals, are usually those who draw the most blood. Most opinion makers distance themselves from Hitler, Mao, Stalin, and their ilk, although even here... »

by Thomas J. DiLorenzo LewRockwell.com More than thirty years ago University of Rochester economists William Meckling and Michael Jensen authored a thought-provoking article on the sources of “liberal bias” in the media. Being Chicago School-style economists, their thesis was based, naturally, on a rigorous exploration of how the media best pursue their own self-interest,... »

By Jon Christian Ryter November 16, 2011 NewsWithViews.com When the FDA and the Texas Medical Board went after Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski in 1996, Sgt. Rick Schiff, an 11 year veteran of the Tampa Police Dept. testified before a US Congressional hearing on Feb. 29, 1996 about losing one twin daughter to a highly malignant... »

By NWV News Writer Jim Kouri November 16, 2011 NewsWithViews.com Law enforcement officials are attempting to combat the sex crimes committed against the most vulnerable members of U.S. society. At the same time, there are adults who believe having sexual relations with children should not be viewed as a crime but merely as an... »

By: Devvy November 16, 2011 NewsWithViews.com Several weeks before Halloween retailers began the push for Christmas. While I don’t watch TV commercials, I see by channel surfing here and there in evening down time, which isn’t much, the Christmas commercials are running full speed. Christmas is celebrated as the birth date of our Lord... »

by The Extinction Protocol November 16, 2011 VIRGIN ISLANDS – Seven quakes have rocked Caribbean islands as of Saturday and another tremor occurred in Haiti this Monday, raising concern among experts about a likely seismic reactivation in the area. “For some days we have observed an unusual activity that seems to be linked to... »

BY KEVIN BREKKE FinancialSense.com 11/15/2011 The conflict of ideals that ultimately determine the circumstances that define the human condition at any given point – freedom, privacy, human rights, morality, charity, entitlement, obligation, promising – are the ingredients of the world’s oldest and perpetual ideological battles. It is said that if you isolate any two... »