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May 11, 2007 |
States' rebellion at Real ID echoes in Congress
Stateline.org
Two states leading a revolt against the Real ID Act have picked up new firepower in the U.S. Senate in their fight to roll back an unprecedented federal overhaul of state driver's licenses. |
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May 11, 2007 |
Think tank's globalism developed under Paulson
Worldnet Daily
A Washington think tank's multi-national agenda including what Canadians fear will become a huge grab for their water resources cites the globalist vision of investment bank Goldman Sachs while Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was its chief as the source of its priorities, WND has learned. |
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April 21, 2007 |
U.S. economy poised for nose dive
Worldnet Daily
As the dollar sinks to near-record lows against the euro and the British pound, the stock market has returned to record highs, but investors are being advised to anticipate a worldwide downturn and the U.S. economy may have already entered a recession. |
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April 19, 2007 |
The Establishment Rethinks Globalization
The Nation
The church of global free trade, which rules American politics with infallible pretensions, may have finally met its Martin Luther. An unlikely dissenter has come forward with a revised understanding of globalization that argues for thorough reformation. This man knows the global trading system from the inside because he is a respected veteran of multinational business. His ideas contain an explosive message: that what established authorities teach Americans about global trade is simply wrong--disastrously wrong for the United States. |
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April 12, 2007 |
Pressure grows on Wolfowitz to resign from World Bank
Financial Times
Paul Wolfowitz was under pressure to resign as president of the World Bank on Thursday after admitting he was personally involved in securing a large pay rise and promotion for a Bank official with whom he was romantically involved. |
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April 11, 2007 |
The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Households to the U.S. Taxpayer
Miscellaneous
Each year, families and individuals pay taxes to the government and receive back a wide variety of services and benefits. A fiscal deficit occurs when the benefits and services received by one group exceed the taxes paid. When such a deficit occurs, other groups must pay for the services and benefits of the group in deficit. Each year, government is involved in a large-scale transfer of resources between different social groups. |
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April 04, 2007 |
Pope says rich nations "plundered" Third World
Reuters
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Rich countries bent on power and profit have mercilessly "plundered and sacked" Africa and other poor regions and exported to them the "cynicism of a world without God," Pope Benedict writes in his first book. |
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April 03, 2007 |
The Kissinger Presidency
Vanity Fair
Battered by Watergate in 1973, President Nixon was losing his epic power struggle with Henry Kissinger. Then the Middle East exploded. In an excerpt from his new book, using freshly opened archives, the author describes how the secretary of state took control. |
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April 01, 2007 |
Kissinger says military victory not possible in Iraq
Int'l Herald Tribune
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who helped engineer the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, said Sunday the problems in Iraq are more complex than that conflict, and military victory is no longer possible. |
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March 30, 2007 |
The mid-life crisis of the EU
Worldnet Daily
The 50th birthday of the European Union, born in Rome in March 1957 as the European Economic Community or Common Market – of Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg – was a pallid affair. |
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