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What is to be in Russia? I.A. Ilyin Translated from Russian by Annalex. Having weighed all that we had to say about the basics of popular sovereignty , every sober-minded and responsible democrat must sorrowfully admit that the Russian people after three decades of destruction, violence, poverty and corruption of every kind - will be unable to implement a democratic system, as long as it does not restore in itself honor, conscience, and the sense of national state. Now, all the basic and necessary foundations of popular sovereignty are undermined in its soul, desecrated, distorted – if not directly abolished...

A form of totalitarianism is developing in Washington, as federal bureaucrats turn the screws on private citizens and job providers to obtain compliance with rules and mandates. As higher taxes and more intrusive regulations take hold (while the dollar continues to sink), more and more Americans are turning to barter and other forms of private commerce between individuals. CraigsList, for example, is reporting an 80% jump in bartering activity by private citizens. And there has been a surge of interest in sites such as Barterquest.com as well. Of course, the rise of the "black market" (i.e. the free market) is...

The producers better forget about getting any NEA grants! Chicago Tribune: Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care. The news media swoons in admiration -- one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: "Why don't you show some respect?!" The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about...

I believe his real purpose is not to get the United States out of the financial mess but to set the stage for a total takeover. (Editor's note: Hilmar von Campe, who grew up under the Nazis and wrote the book, Defeating the Totalitarian Lie, offers comparisons between Nazi Germany and America today. "Our nation has elected an anti-American left-wing radical if not Communist to be president of the United States," he warns. "We better begin to plan now for the reality and not for a democratic daydream. The ideological war has reached us at the top of our power...

Welcome to Shreveport: Your rights are now suspended. According to Cedric Glover, mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, his cops "have a power that [. . .] the President of these Unites States does not have": His cops can take away your rights. And would you like to guess which rights he has in mind? Just ask Shreveport resident Robert Baillio, who got pulled over for having two pro-gun bumper stickers on the back of his truck -- and had his gun confiscated. While the officer who pulled him over says Baillio failed to use his turn signal, the only questions he...

Cubans “The Voyage Of The Damned” By: David Hoech May 19, 2003 It was sixty-four years ago this past May 13 that the SS St. Louis left Hamburg, Germany with 963 Jews seeking sanctuary from the Nazi regime and anti-Semitism. Cuba permitted only 29 passengers to stay after the ship had sat in its harbor for days, and the United States would not take any. The ship finally docked in Antwerp, Belgium on June 17, 1939. Over 500 of the original passengers perished in the Holocaust. Yet, today the United States wants to find fault with Switzerland’s wartime refugee policy....

Formal Complaint Filed By Judicial Watch. “U.S. Food & Agribusiness Exhibition,” in Havana, Cuba from September 26 – September 30, 2002. (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, said today that it filed a formal complaint with President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Treasury Secretary Paul H. O’Neill and the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) to revoke the license granted to PWN Exhibicon to conduct a “U.S. Food & Agribusiness Exhibition,” in Havana, Cuba from September 26 – September 30, 2002. Cuba is...