Thanks Plymouth and Jamestown for Placing us on the Road to Prosperity
By Dr. Harold Pease This Thanksgiving Day we think of the Pilgrims, abundant foods, and giving thanks. Few remember the starving times when the first year after landing about half died, largely of famine. Harvests were not bountiful in 1620, 1621…
The “Hunger Games” vote is over but the Presidential Election is not.
By Dr. Harold Pease For months the media has showcased their gladiators and we have been spectators with load applause to every twist and turn of political events in the 2012 presidential elections. The people, programed by their television sets,…
The Media “Elect” the President
By Dr. Harold Pease Political scientists have long known that the first election in any presidential contest is the medias. They decide who gets coverage, how they are covered, and just as importantly, who does not. Other factors too weigh in, such…
Democracies Breed and Feed Special Interest Groups
By Dr. Harold Pease Viewing past presidential elections, and the one we are now in, it becomes very obvious to me that the winner will be the one who gathers the most special interest groups by promising them favors in return for their vote, often…
America’s Clandestine War in Africa
By Dr. Harold Pease A year ago last October, I wrote of President Barack Obama’s clandestine operation in central Africa called Operation Lightning Thunder, involving 100 U.S. military “advisers,” sent by the President to help capture the allusive…
Drone Warfare and We Wonder Why We are Hated.
By Harold Pease On October 6, an unmanned drone flew deep into Israeli territory before it was shot down. The drone, now thought to have been sent by Lebanon, who acquired it from Iran, raises awareness of the sanctity of a nation’s airspace. As…
Drowning in a Sea of Debt. What Does Exceeding $16 Trillion Mean?
By Dr. Harold Pease On August 31, between the two national party conventions, our national debt exceeded $16 trillion dollars; four of which is from eight years of George W. Bush and six, and counting, from less than four years of Barack Obama—the…
The Treaty to Restrict Firearms Defeated—for Now!
By Dr. Harold Pease I used to believe that if you read and viewed news sources widely enough, which I do, you would have all the information to be properly informed. I depended upon this assumption. I defended and trusted this assumption. I teach…
Communists and Founding Fathers Opposite on Democracy. Can You Guess Which one Loved?
By Dr. Harold Pease Given our constant drift from a Republic to a Democracy, it might be well to review what historical philosophies most favored the latter form of government. The Founding Fathers and the Communists were total opposites on the…