Archive for September 4th, 2012

Minority Report: Fiction Becomes Reality

Minority Report: Fiction Becomes Reality

It was a mere ten years ago that Steven Spielberg’s action filmMinority Report, based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, offered movie audiences a special effect-laden techno-vision of a futuristic world in which the government is all-seeing, all-knowing and all-powerful. Seemingly taking its cue from science fiction, technology has moved so fast in the short time since Minority Report premiered that what once seemed futuristic no longer occupies the realm of science fiction. Spielberg’s unnerving vision of the future is fast becoming our reality.

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Pounding the Table About Abortion

Pounding the Table About Abortion

In the three days of “speechifying” that constituted the 2012 Republican National Convention, precious little time or rhetoric was devoted to the topic of abortion. While Messrs Romney and Ryan (along with notable speakers including Condoleezza Rice and Marco Rubio) delivered rousing speeches certain to ignite the conservative base, the American people heard little from Republicans about the death toll of the unborn in America – a staggering number which tops 50 million and continues to climb.

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Cover of Communist International magazine, 1920

Socialism is as Socialism Does

Ronald Reagan taught us, “How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”

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How Much Should I Save for Retirement?

How Much Should I Save for Retirement?

I’m often asked, “How much should I save for retirement?” My standard answer, based on certain assumptions, is that you should save 15% of your take-home pay for retirement over your working career. As your situation varies, you must adjust your safe savings rate.<./p>

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Sacking of Rome by Genseric in 455

Lessons for America From the Fall of Rome

The decline and fall of the Roman Empire has much to teach America in many areas, including: open borders, language, welfare, violent entertainment, taxes, class warfare, outsourcing, bloated bureaucracy, massive debt, inept politicians, political and moral corruption, an over-extended military, and more.

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