Archive for the 'Pressure Groups' Category

Vice President Cheney; Elite Power Family Say Conspiracy Theorists

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Many people like to take jabs at the powers that be and for those in office they know this all too well. Recently a conspiracy theorist talking about secret societies, power elite, European royal bloodlines and such labeled the Vice President as such. Then went on to call him a war profiteer.
This is truly bothersome […]

Newspapers And Political Bias

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Almost every weekday, for the last thirty some years, I have purchased three or four newspapers and read them at lunch time. I do this in order to relax and in some cases learn something. One of the ‘newspapers’ I buy is the Los Angeles Times and I am going to use that ‘newspaper’ as […]

Economic Illiteracy Can Be Very Costly!

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

I’VE ALWAYS ARGUED THAT ECONOMIC ILLITERACY IS VERY COSTLY.
This is true with respect to credit card rates or broader economic principles in government policy. Our education system should emphasize healthy economic thinking. But, considering the education system, it’s just as well that they don’t address these important issues. The only thing worse than lack […]