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The pie has grown from a sandlot clubhouse hobby to a billionaire jet set club.

Before you jump to a conclusion that the famous quote from Ronald Reagan is still operative, examine the sentiment of the throngs of benefit seekers who actually believe that government help is a good thing.

Theologians preach that religion is based upon faith, while economists depict that the world runs on money.

When thespians become caricatures of a popular culture that accelerates the demise of civilization, the routine loses all comic relief.

When Barack Obama uttered those fateful words: "If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen", the entire mindset of the collectivist culture crystallized.

If the human race survives into the future, the history of the current age will be entitled – A Love Affair with Authority. As the 21st century unfolds, the existential struggle between group worship of government and an inherent autonomy revolt against a popular culture of state obedience seems to forecast doom for civilization.

The practices and methods of manipulating commodity markets, is a staple topic in financial journalism.

With the constant drumbeat that Armageddon is imminent, it is easy to dismiss the geopolitical threats that pose a realpolitik danger.

At first thought, the different philosophical positions of Emma Goldman and Ayn Rand seem to be well defined. Notwithstanding, the contrast between a propensity towards anarchism with an advocacy for laissez-faire capitalism, both Russian born "Khazar Jewish" theorists and activists shared a rejection of a theist metaphysics.

Further open markets to grow the $459 billion in U.S. goods and services exports to the EU.

How did it ever come down to abandoning peace keeping and accepting law enforcement by any means? Even the New York Times expresses alarm in, When the Police Go Military.

Intuitively, most observers sense that employment practices have changed dramatically from days gone by. Terence P. Jeffrey in CNS News provides the stats on the disappointing jobs record performance.

Is Democracy great or what? What a shining example, Egypt, for the entire world.

The outlook for residential home ownership is much different from that of investor objectives in acquiring housing for lease or rent.

The 4th of July should be a day of historic retrospection. For a proper understanding into the significance of the birth of the nation, start with an examination of the perennial BREAKING ALL THE RULES essay, The Meaning of Independence Day.

Speculation is mounting that "Helicopter Ben" will exit the Fed at the end of his current term. When the Bernanke era ends, what expectation will the next head of the central bank face?

After decades of documenting the mad consequences of an "Open Borders" policy, voices of rational and sane immigration, ready themselves for definitive betrayal from their phony conservative brethren.

What makes Goldman Sachs alumni at the center of international finance? Is it pure talent and business acumen, or is there more to the equation, then grooming the best and the brightest?

Signals collection has a long secretive and enigmatic history. The very definition of espionage implies spying, most closely associated with foreign sources.

The economics of oil or natural gas hydrofracking are seldom analyzed from the perspective of the American consumer.

Two of the most provocative and incendiary economic prophets are Nouriel Roubini and Marc Faber. As with most oracles, the denominational sect of doctrines often determines the forecasts.

Do you intrinsically possess individual privacy rights, based upon natural law authority, or are your civil liberties arbitrarily defined by the current whims of government?

Knowing the accuracy of historical reality is difficult, but accepting the truth in that chronicle is almost impossible for most people to accept.

The data mining technology that is integral to the Google AdWords experience is a power tool in creating an individual profile for anyone who surfs the web.

The authoritarian arrogance of the executive branch is defined by their tyrannical decrees. As any reader of BREAKING ALL THE RULES commentary, knows all too well, the dictatorship of central planning and unlawful administration has hijacked our federalist form of a constitutional republic.

The essential questions that persist about a stalled economy and a suffering middle class still remain unanswered.

Hurrah, the worm has turned! Or has it? The corporatist controlled mass media love affair with the puppet spinmeister seems to be on the rocks.

When the Internal Revenue Service admits to violations of law by targeting limited government advocate organizations, you know that the non-divulged crimes are much worse.

Take off your partisan hat and open your minds to the actual uninterrupted high treason that is part of the foreign policy establishment. Party politics is often just a show that plays to their respective bases.

Now that the financial hype is celebrating a new all time high in the stocks, the time to exit the market may well be at hand.

Any discussion on liberty presupposes an understanding of human nature. Today, the utter confusion and distorted mindset of humankind, relegates animal instincts, as the premier motivation for salacious existence.

Up to now, the penalty for circumventing the collection and reporting process seems to be so burdensome that effective enforcement was impractical.

Historically, what separated American society from most other countries was a healthy distrust of government and a tradition of civil liberties.

The planting season is in full swing as is the transfer of subsidies to big agriculture and social welfare food stamps.

Only a media masochist can stand watching network and cable TV news. The extent of self-immolation coming out of their broadcasts, have seldom been more vivid, with their bizarre reports on the Boston Marathon bombing.

Bitcoin is an experimental, decentralized digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world.

The condition of society in the 21st century has a pronounced fear of individual freedom. The relevance of Sartre’s philosophy remains intact because we desperately need a counterweight to a world that promotes dictatorial compliance.

Mr. Obama will propose other spending and tax credit initiatives, including aid for states to make free prekindergarten education available nationwide.

If you listen to the alarm coming out of the imperium empire media, you would think that missiles would be flying at any moment.

Would this development bank become simply a Chinese dynasty investment structure based upon the weight of their financial leverage within the system?

What more time-honored practice in the long history of state sponsored servitude than the institutionalization of prisoners? Incarceration for offenses against government laws is a cornerstone for power and survivability of any regime.

Prior to the environmental cohorts starting a run on shorting railroad stocks, opponents move to stop Keystone pipeline, altogether.