Archive for June, 2008

The Death of Manhood According to the CDC, heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death in men. These maladies pale in comparison to the leading causes of the death of manhood: denial and inertia. Because so many men have their heads in the sand and refuse to fight for their waning civil... »

Inflation Part 3: Protecting Yourself Against Inflation (2008-06-30) by David John Marotta Officially, inflation today is calculated about 4%. Unofficially, it is over 7%. Since 1997 the government has stolen productivity gains from Social Security recipients and pushed middle-class taxpayers into alternative minimum tax rates. But you can learn how to hedge your assets against underreported... »

-By Warner Todd Huston OK, now go read that headline again. There is no trick to it. I am saying that government is aggregating unto itself the power to tell you, a parent of an 8-year-old child, which of his school classmates he is allowed to invite to his birthday party. And government has decided... »

Protectors of the innocent unborn need to prepare for the impending assault on the right to life, this time waged under the banner of stopping “domestic violence.” Actually, the first volley has already been fired. Democratic senator Barack Obama recently announced his support of the proposed International Violence Against Women Act, a bill the Family... »

Now and On Earth: A gritty slice-of-life novel Reviewed by Denise Noe Jim Thompson is probably best known for his hard-boiled crime stories. “Now and On Earth,” a semi-autobiographical novel, is not a crime story. It is a gritty and realistic slice-of-life novel in which he unflinchingly conveys the bleak lives of a financially strapped extended... »

Speed and efficiency have never been the hallmarks of the socialist political state. New York’s slow and extraordinarily costly shamble in rebuilding the World Trade Center after 9/11, now almost seven years ago, is a typical example of socialist state planning. This fiasco is a model for what so-called progressive liberals, led by... »

-By Warner Todd Huston Derrick Z. Jackson of the Boston Globe has done it again. Now, usually Z is one of those columnists that is sure every white American is a racist and many of his columns are based on that assumption, but it looks like he is branching out from his normal black/white identity... »

by Jim Kouri, CPP Last week, 96 street gang members and associates were arrested as a result of a state-wide public safety initiative in New Jersey, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Each of those arrested were targeted for their membership, participation or association with violent street gangs... »

If it were not so serious, it would make a fine story for a farce. Following the March 29th elections (which were heavily rigged to try and give Zanu PF a victory) they delayed giving the results for a month and then simply falsified the Presidential ballot. Following the June 27th vote – Zanu... »

The Institute for American Values (IAV) has issued a major report titled “The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing“, conservatively estimating the cost to taxpayers at $112 billion. This is a very conservative estimate because it either understates or does not include federal expenditures driving decisions to not marry or to have children... »

The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author.  Please consult with your physician before making any lifestyle or medication changes, or if you have any other concerns regarding your health. BONE MARROW STEM CELLS & LIVER FAILURE The liver is an extraordinarily complex... »

It’s often odd what people focus on. Was there a “pact” in Gloucester, Massachusetts for young girls to become pregnant or were these girls simply individually irresponsible? While the perversely salacious idea of simply using men as sperm donors literally made headlines around the world, what is more important is the fact that... »

by Jim Kouri, CPP Seventy members and associates of the Drew Street clique of the Avenues gang have been named in a federal racketeering indictment unsealed on June 25 that alleges a long series of narcotics-related offenses and violent crimes — including murder, attacks against police officers, witness intimidation and extortion of local businesses. The... »

-By Warner Todd Huston With more fallout from the Supreme Court’s latest 2nd Amendment ruling, the Chicago Sun-Times has published an op ed wagging a finger at the Supremes saying that the Heller decision will be a “tax on Chicago citizens,” and that it is a tax to be “paid in blood and money.”... »

Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal signed a controversial bill hailed by intelligent design supporters, such as the Discovery Institute, and Louisiana Family Forum, a creationist group. Critics of the bill, including several major science organizations, say it allows for the teaching of “creationism” in public schools. The law, Louisiana Science Education Act, allows teachers to... »

This week the United Kingdom’s Ofcom ruled that ITV2 “breached standards” with a repeat of The Montel Williams Show in which Pam and Craig Akers asked “psychic” Sylvia Browne where their son, Shawn Hornbeck, was. Browne told the Askers their son was dead and his body “was in a wooded area near two boulders,”... »

-By Warner Todd Huston The Washington Post published a June 28th piece geared to protect Barack Obama from the nagging rumors that he is a secret Muslim, rumors that have been circulating since 2004. The Post’s Matthew Mosk penned an attack on Free Republic, based on an Obama flak who claims she has somehow... »

Thailand’s Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his cabinet survived a bitter no-confidence vote called by fellow members of parliament. The opposition called for a no confidence vote over allegations of economic mismanagement, and Samaks’s alleged disregard for Thai sovereignty. The final vote saw 280 votes against the motion, and 162 cast as no-confidence. Sharply criticism... »

A Casa-212 aircraft owned by the Indonesian air force disappeared while on a flight from the capital Jakarta to Bogor in West Java Friday morning. The plane was carrying 12 Indonesian military personnel and 6 civilians including a British, Singaporean and Indian national. The plane was tasked to test a new digital camera designed to conduct... »

A CNN producer reported that the North Korean authorities did indeed destroy the cooling tower of the Yongbyong nuclear facility and admitted on global television that they did extract plutonium in the said facility to build nuclear weapons. Five television networks from countries party to the six-nation talks that constructively engaged North Korea to disengage... »