The $7 Million University President
By Lawrence S. Wittner.
Click here to find out which historians earn the most money as university presidents
In a recent article about Shirley Jackson, the president since 1999 of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)―a [...]
Rand Paul May Hedge His Electoral Bets in 2016
By Rich Rubino.
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) recently announced his candidacy for re-election in 2016. Paul is also seriously considering a bid for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2016. However, Kentucky [...]
A Quick Glimpse on Modern Military Power: the U.S.A. Case
By Daniel Djouder.
In the post World War II era, the military power of a nation has assumed different traits than those from all the previous periods in history. The invention and proliferation of nuclear [...]
The New Congress Must Save the USA from the EPA
By Alan Caruba.
When the Republican Party takes over majority control of Congress in January, it will face a number of battles that must be fought with the Obama administration ranging from its amnesty intentions to the [...]
Don’t Arm Ukraine
By Sean Guillory.
US Vice President Joe Biden is due to land in Kiev and one topic that the Ukrainians will surely bring up is whether the US will provide weapons to fend off a Russian incursion. After all, Poroshenko asked [...]
Hands Up, Don’t Shoot, Smile You’re on Camera
By Allen Schmertzler.
There was a celebratory flavor in 2008 and again with the affirmation election of 2012 when America felt it had become a post-racial society by turning the White House and secret codes over to our [...]
Some Concerns on the Current Defense Posture of the United States
By Richard Kaplan.
During the past ten years there have been some dramatic reductions in the defense posture of the military forces of the United States, including reduction in the number of combat brigades, a 25 percent reduction [...]
China and Taiwan: All Shook Up
By Stephen Bryen.
China has been running a campaign to convince Taiwan to surrender its independence. To get this done, China attracted Taiwan business to the Mainland, generating big profits for them and in some [...]
Who Wants to Kill Oil and Gas Production in East Africa?
By Tom Ogwe.
This analysis will broadly explain why terrorism and instability in East Africa is on the rise and the “possible” reasons that points to why this is the Case, with suspicion pointing to a section of OPEC [...]
The Islamic State debacle
By Azmi Ashour.
Ever since political Islam reared its head in 1928, the year in which the Muslim Brotherhood was created, it has offered more impediments to society than hope.
Its lack of substance didn’t prevent it, however, from [...]
Take Your Pick of Lies About Ozone, Methane or Mercury
By Alan Caruba.
Is it surprising that the Environmental Protection Agency continues to tell big fat lies about anything it wants to ban, but is reluctant to show the “science” on which the bans are based?
There [...]
The Loud Silence of The Read Sea
By Giorgia Manno.
Dead Sea, Jordan. It is still and immovable, despite the chaos that dominates the region. A single glance embraces the coast of Israel and its “natural” continuation into the Palestinian [...]
Shattering the Covenant Between the Ruler & the Ruled
By Nancy Salvato.
As The 17th Century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes explained, absent a rule of law, man is dictated by a state of nature in which humans are in perpetual war. As rational beings, we can agree we’d rather [...]
A Message to Ferguson: You Are Fighting The Wrong Battle
By Michael Bach.
Tensions in the US are high. Hundreds of millions of people have been extorted and many have been kidnapped and beaten. People are frustrated and demanding answers, and to find them they are looking to…. [...]
When Considering a Presidential Bid, When Does ‘No’ Mean ‘Yes’?
By Rich Rubino.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) insists that she “is not running for President” and maintains: “I pledge to serve out my term.” Yet few political observers take her comments [...]
RepubliCons Unchained
Allen Schmertzel.
I live in Oregon and we just legalized recreational use of marijuana. I may need to smoke some, but for medicinal reasons, to create a new mental space to make sense out of how the country voted Tuesday. [...]
Justice and the Muslim Brotherhood trials
By Azmi Ashour.
Critics have charged that Egypt’s judiciary is politicised but appear to have no evidence to support their claim, writes
The mass death sentences handed down against a number of defendants [...]
President Mutharika must not demand from Malawians what his government won’t do
By Jimmy Kainja.
“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” ~ Thomas Paine
It looks like the reality of the so-called Zero-Aid Budget is slowly sinking in; it is now at the intersection [...]
Voters Reject Green Political Agenda
By Alan Caruba.
What the midterm voters wanted was an economy that returned to its average 3.3% annual growth since the end of World War II. For six years of the Obama presidency, growth has all but disappeared. In 2013, [...]
Obama’s Obsession with Iran
By Alan Caruba.
On November 4, 1979 as part of the Iranian revolution that overthrew the Shah, a group of “students” seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took sixty of our diplomats hostage. They held them for 444 days until [...]