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Author Jerome Corsi and Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., will be guests tomorrow on G. Gordon Liddy's radio show to discuss the White House's effort to implement a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada that could lead to a North American union, despite having no authorization from Congress. Corsi and Tancredo will join Liddy for the entire 11 a.m. hour, Eastern time, and take calls from listeners. Corsi reported this week that Bush administration working groups have not disclosed the results of their work despite two years of massive effort within the executive branches of the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The...

The U.S. economic picture TODAY'S EDITORIAL Confirming the continuation of the solid, steady expansion that finally became firmly entrenched during the second quarter of 2003, the U.S. economy grew at an impressive 3.4 percent annual rate last quarter. It was the ninth consecutive quarter during which the economy has expanded by an annual rate of at least 3.3 percent. During the two previous years beginning in July 2003, the U.S. economy has grown by an average of 4.1 percent per year....    

Death's Wages: UNPD Population Projections Continue to Drop By Joseph A. D'Agostino At his press conference April 28, President Bush used some statistics to demonstrate the need for his Social Security reform plan. "There's a lot of us getting ready to retire who will be living longer and receiving greater benefits than the previous generation," he said. "And to compound the problem, there are fewer people paying into the system. In 1950, there were 16 workers for every beneficiary; today there are 3.3 workers for every beneficiary; soon there will be two workers for every beneficiary. These changes have put...

Paul Ehrlich may not be a household name, but this troubadour of doom greatly has influenced the Left. His book, The Population Bomb, predicted disastrous famines. "In the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now," he predicted. Not only did Ehrlich prove to be a Chicken Little about overpopulation, he also claimed in a 1975 newsletter (published by the Federation of American Scientists) that "giving society cheap, abundant energy at this point would be equivalent to giving an idiot child a machine gun." Surprisingly, Ehrlich's thinking...