Via GEFIRA,
Aristotle was the first to point out how a thriving middle class is a condition sine qua non for a functioning democracy: “A constitution based on the middle class is the mean between the extremes of the rule by the rich and the rule by the poor.”
Authored by Adam Dick via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,
British commentator, comedian, and author Russell Brand has presented a short summation of some benefits from legalizing currently illegal drugs.
Brand, in a new video commentary, presents the summation in response to Stephen Glover’s Wednesday editorial in the Daily Mail that criticizes Britain’s Prince William for questioning publicly if drugs should be legalized while visiting with illegal drug users.
Authored by Andrew Karybko via Oriental Review,
Oriental Review is publishing the English original of Andrew Korybko’s interview with an Iranian newspaper from earlier this month.
We've written frequently of late about the pension crisis in Kentucky where pensioners are facing potentially catastrophic benefit cuts as their politicians finally admit that they've been sold a fantasy for decades (see: Pension Consultant Offers Dire Outlook For Kentucky: Freeze Pension And Slash Benefits Or Else).
Authored by Toni Airaksinen via CampusReform.org,
University of California, Los Angeles research professor recently slammed the impact of “excessive immigration” on the labor market in a message to the campus community.
Benjamin Zuckerman, professor of Astronomy and president of Californians for Population Stabilization, argued in an essay for The Daily Bruin that immigration, both legal and illegal, has a negative impact on native-born Americans.