democracy sans tax culture

Open defiance of tax laws by legislators and other powerful segments of society is the most lamentable part of our political culture. , three-times elected Prime Minister, was convicted for concealing salary as well as bank accounts maintained abroad. ..

george h.w. bush: 1924 - 2108

President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush, accompanied by wives Nancy and Barbara, join hands after the President endorsed Bushes run for Presidency during President's Dinner Washington, May 11, 1988. ..

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george h.w. bush, a war hero and president, dies at 94

Bentsen in a celebrated 1970 race for an open seat. However, a succession of appointed jobs kept him in the public eye and at the forefront of GOP politics, positioning him for the long-shot 1980 campaign in which he won quick attention, faded in the shadow of Reagan, and eventually was chosen as the..

mises on fascism, democracy, and other questions

On this side of the Atlantic, the currently most acclaimed liberal writer, John Rawls, in his major work is able to state that 'Throughout the choice between a private-property economy and socialism is left open.' ... It is odd, however, to read in a standard history of their coming to power of 'the..

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