A logical and inquisitive letter to our President from two established professors of Economics in VA. 17 February 2013 Mr. Barack Obama, President Executive Branch United States Government 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC Dear Mr. Obama: In this year’s State of the Union Show you called for the hourly minimum-wage to be raised from […]
The three volumes of The Gulag Archipelago — one continuous, extended scream of outrage — are, paradoxically, brilliant, bitter, disbelieving and infused with awe: awe at the strength characterising the best among us, in the worst of all situations. In that monumental text, published in 1973, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn conducted “an experiment in literary investigation” — a hybrid […]
By Sean Dempsey As the world has changed it has become more authentic.The niceties that once glued society together have been stripped away.As fear has taken over, so to has mankind’s natural distrust and hate for others. Differences that once were superficial have become meaningful;Divisions that once could be easily bridged, are now insurmountable.Authentic man […]
