I learned of the recent death of inventor Paul MacCready at the age of 81. Founder of the company AeroVironment, MacCready created a human powered aircraft called the Gossamer Condor. Later, he created a solar-powered aircraft called the Gossamer Penguin. Another solar -powered aircraft called the Solar Challenger flew 163 miles. A solar-powered car called […]
Pass The Bricker Amendment To The US Constitution To Preserve Liberty & Soverignty
Senate Joint Resolution 130, the "Bricker Amendment" to the Constitution was introduced in Febuary 1952 by the late US Senator John W. Bricker (Republican-Ohio) Section 1. A provision of a treaty which conflicts with this Constitution shall not be of any force or effect. Section 2. A treaty shall become effective as internal law in […]
Huckabee Hawks Smoking Ban Nanny-state Hucksterism
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee endorsed a nationwide smoking ban in public places, as reported on http://www.breitbart.tv/html/4958.html. Meanwhile, his rival US Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) endorsed local and state smoking bans. Both are wrong. Huckabee reveals himself as a nanny-state huckster of big government in the name of "public health." Our experience with drug and […]
Ratatouille Cooks Right Mix For Movie-watching Children & Adults
The new movie from Disney Pixar Ratatouille has proven a deserved success with both critics and filmgoers. Both children and adults have enjoyed this new film from the same team that produced The Incredibles. It is one of the best family-oriented films I have seen with my niece and nephew, without insulting the intelligence or […]
Bill of Rights Supporter Must Replace Attorney-General Gonzales
After a tenure marked by assaults on the US Constitutional guarantees of liberty, controversy and partisanship by both himself and his hypocritical Democrat party critics, Bush appointee Alberto Gonzales has resigned as US Attorney-General. Goodbye and good riddance. The Democrats have been hypocritical because they are no less involved in undermining the Constitution and in […]
Columbia University Eminent Domain In Harlem Condemned By Libertarian Alumni
Columbia University Eminent Domain In Harlem Condemned By Libertarian Alumni Columbia University president Lee Bollinger’s plan to use eminent domain to obtain land for a new campus in the Manhattanville section faces new opposition from the Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY www.ny.lp.org) led by Columbia College (CC) alumni. Former State Chair Richard Cooper […]