Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was ruled unconstitutional Wednesday by a federal judge who granted legal standing to two families represented by an atheist who lost his previous battle before the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled that the pledge’s reference to one nation “under God” violates school children’s [...]

“What do you think it will take to restore the confidence and trust of the American people in corporate America?” There are two main reasons that can account for the corporate crisis that America currently finds itself in. One is the ideology of pragmatism that influences most future businesspeople. The philosophy of pragmatism stresses “practical [...]

Every Election Day people voice a seemingly patriotic idea that our greatest right as Americans is our “right to vote”. If voting is truly our greatest right one must consider the implication. Our other rights—freedom of speech, freedom of property, and even our freedom to exist as rational human beings—are dependent on the whims of [...]

As the 2004 presidential election nears, Americans have and will continue to hear Kerry and his supporters demand that we “narrow the gap” between the incomes of the rich and the poor. However in reality gap isn’t the “injustice” liberals claim it to be. The lefts view starts from the false assumption that economic inequality [...]

Last year, there were bills introduced calling for the reinstatement of the military draft. Today there are rumors citing that after the elections, the draft will most likely be reinstated regardless of what political party wins. I consider the term “draft” a far more cheery word for the truth: military draft is government confiscation of [...]

Over the years, a few people have criticized me for “selling” software I’ve made. I’m a strong advocate of capitalism, have always been, always will be, so feel free to take this with a grain of salt if you must. The gist of others people argument is that scripts/programs I’ve create, rely on “open source” [...]

Just a bit of my paper that I wrote. If you want the full version ask. This deals with the Middle East in general, while the rest of the paper focused specifically on a few countries. Not my best work, but I pumped this out in less then 7 hours. That is 12 single spaced [...]

There are two different types of posts: One in which a person writes about random thoughts or an aspect related to what they are working on or one in which a person can post about the things they do in a day or a week. I’ve done both however, probably more of the former. Most [...]

“Howdy mate, I’m going to be around town for a while. I’ll see you around”, says Mick as he shakes the hand of a bewildered passenger who is waiting for a light in New York downtown. Mick, in the 1986 motion picture, “Crocodile Dundee” comes from a small Australian town which has a small well [...]

As many of you are aware, the United States has been pushing North Korea to give up their research and developement of nuclear power and a strong running missile program. Let me point out two things right away. First, the United States is, for the majority, powered by nuclear power. Secondly, the United States has [...]

People often urge others vote, apparently on the grounds that “every vote counts.” If that is supposed to mean that you have a reason to vote because your vote “makes a difference,” then that is wrong. In typical (large) elections, your participation (or nonparticipation) will make no difference to the outcome. Your vote “counts” only [...]

A young doctor walks in and delivers the news, “You have bone cancer.” With a smile, you think to yourself, “At least it’s nothing serious.” The doctor hands you a tiny paper cup filled with a translucent liquid, which you quickly swallow. You thank the doctor, and while walking out of the hospital, you feel [...]

Concerning paranormal and related phenomena a 1997 Gallup poll showed that: – 49 percent of Americans believe in ESP – 25 percent feel they have experienced telepathy – 21 percent believe in reincarnation – 17 percent feel that they’ve been in touch with someone who had died – 25 percent believe in ghosts – 14 [...]

For quite some time now I have thought about this topic, and what causes it. Is it taught? What if it was born into people? So many times people put blame on our education (by parents, and etc.), not saying that they’re wrong, but what if it wasn’t, what if it was in our blood. [...]