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LIBERTARIAN: a proponent of free will

December 21, 2011

[This is the first time I have re-posted a previous article.  I first published this posting on December 3, 2010.   However, with the rise in the polls of Ron Paul, libertarian candidate for the Republican nomination for President, it seemed timely. ] ————————————————————- For the past several years I have been confused by the intermittent [...]

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REVERSAL: a turn-around

April 28, 2011

Well, over the past two days I’ve identified a target issue: the decline of the Middle Class in America, and I’ve commented on some of the issues which feed that decline.  It is only appropriate that I offer my spectator-based opinions as to how this decline might get turned around.  As I have said, I’m [...]

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WEALTH/POVERTY: a study of indifference

April 27, 2011

“The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Cliché, sure, but it’s also more true than at any time since the Gilded Age. The poor are getting poorer, wages are falling behind inflation, and social mobility is at an all-time low. If you’re in that top 1%, life is grand.” * That [...]

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LOOPHOLE: a way of getting around the rules … legally

March 25, 2011

An article in today’s New York Times by David Kocieniewski hit the nail on the head.   There have been scores of articles written about how big business makes a ton of money but fails to pay taxes.  This article is, by far, the clearest and the most damning.   It was featured on the front page, [...]

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LIBERTARIAN: one who supports the doctrine of free will

December 3, 2010

For the past several years I have been confused by the intermittent role the Libertarians have played in American government.   I first began to hear about Libertarians in any kind of grand publicity when Ron Paul became a serious candidate for office on a national level.  His snarly commentary (not mean-spirited, mind you, but irritating) [...]

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