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Most Recent Articles
The National Pension Plan
Social security history indicates that only a National Pension Plan can provide a suitable and secure financial ararngement for retirees and SS already has the framework for a National Pension Plan.

Previous articles which contributed to the latest article.
Do We Need Private Investment to Save Social Security?
July, 1999
In debating the future of the Social Security System, the private sector has steered the debate to its preferred conclusions.
Social Security's Dilemma
December, 2000, updated, December, 2004
Social Security problems shadow a significant drama; the potential stagnation of the American economic system.
The Social Security Debate
June 1, 2002
A continual debate that goes nowhere has resulted in a Social Security system that continues towards catastrophe.
Social Security's Path to Survival
December 2004, updated: February 2005
There are as many proposed solutions to the Social Security "problem" as there are social security recipients.
The Social Security Debacle
July, 2005
The Social Security debacle arises from a failure to recognize that the present system had built-in-problems from the start and no patch work can repair it.

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War in Context
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Antiwar.com
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Centre for Peace in Balkans
Credible Balkan commentary.
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News from the top of the world.

Activist Sites
United for Peace
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A.N.S.W.E.R.
The new leftist answer to injustice, war and racism.
Protest Net.
Links to protest activities.
Inst Global Comm.
Well organized site with a minority perspective.
One World.Net
Global issues that affect all.

Picture of Donkey Political Analysis
Timely Articles
Can the Obama Plan Revive the U.S. Economy?

Does the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan address long term recovery of United States industry?
The Challenge of the New Statism
Liberal democracies experience financial shocks and react, but not as free market advocates expect.
The Socialization of America
Only changes in life style and a return to social awareness can re-vitalize a failing America.
War Cometh Before a Fall
War has economic roots; no matter how it appears.
United States Secret Love for Iran
The severe negative qualities of the Iranian regime fit well into U.S. foreign policy arguments.
The Politics of Starvation
An Updated Survey
Powerful can't always use military might to suppress adversaries. Economic warfare can silently crush without firing a shot.
Still of Interest
The Politics of Dismemberment

Dismemberment as a political tactic used against an entire nation.
Mutual Destruction
U.S., Israel and Iran form an unholy trinity of desperation, leading to mutual destruction.
Empowering Terrorism
America's strategy for defeating terrorism has built-in faults.
Pre-emptive Strike Strategy
President Bush wants to be remembered as the president who saved America from its enemies.
The Challenge of Empire
U.S. War on Terrorism is slowly evolving into a Clash of Civilizations.
The Politics of Patriotism
Blind patriotism prevents fruitful policy debates and can direct the nation into difficulties.

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Timely Articles
The Economic Crisis
Part 1- Does correct thinking drive the recovery?
Part 2- New thoughts to the incomplete analyses
Part 3- Towards a Solution

Stimulating a US Bankruptcy
Paulson's contradictory plans are doomed to either provoke a depression or bankrupt the US treasury.
Economic Predictions
The obvious direction of the U.S. economy could have been predicted by reference to a few graphed statistics.
Trade Balance and the Limits of Paulson Plan
Preventing banking system nationalization but not economic collapse.
Beyond Bailout
On Jan.1, 2009, Alternative insight predicted the U.S. government will purchase G Ms and temporarily nationalize the auto company.
The Great Bailout
Secretary Paulson's plan to prevent collapse of the financial system prompts immediate and unanswered questions.
Tulips of Stone
Global Debt Saturation - A Human Reckoning
by Nigel H Maund
The world's greatest residential property bubble, is starting to come apart in the US.
Health is a socio-economic problem
Inequality in distribution of wealth is a significant factor in determining health of more deprived populations.
The Immigration Wars
Immigration problem has become a war of classes and words rather than an effort to resolve a problem.
The Social Security Debacle
The only Old Age and Survivors Insurance plan that will work is a National Pension plan.
Battle for the Minds
Part I - The Religious Politic

Religious extremes that indoctrinate adherents to political beliefs have provoked the New Atheists.
Part I I - The New Atheists
New Atheists regard organized religion as a threat to world peace and to the health of planet Earth.
Still of Interest
Reparations for Afro-Americans
The road to reparations for African Americans remains a difficult path.
Social Security or Other Problem?
Problems for the Social Security system portend serious problems for the socio-economic system.
 Media PictureMedia Analysis
Timely Articles
Slumdog Millionaire
Heard about financial scams, medical scams, sport scams? How about a cinema scam?
Timeless Articles
The Legacy of Tiananmen
Part I-Tiananmen Diary

The mis-reports of Harrison Salisbury's "Tiananmen Diary."
Part II-Gate Of Heavenly Peace
A PBS video gives a more credible account of the Tiananmen events.
Tiananmen Square Confrontation
Eye witnesses contradict media reports on the Tiananmen incidents.
Hate in America
The Agendas of Hate
Hate is a strategy for domination.
The New Agendas of Hate
The newest agendas are involving Americans in hate filled polemics.
The Search for Freedom
Escape From Freedom
A review of Eric Fromm's psychological analysis of freedom.
One Dimensional Man
Marcuse's examination of the controls that reduce the dimensions of individuals in an industrial state

Foreign Policy
Timely Articles
Political Options for Jerusalem's Future

Israel's latest strategy for complicating the peace process is to delay discussions of Jerusalem’s future.
Failures of U.S. Foreign Policy
2009 update of earlier article
U.S. foreign policy rarely accomplished objectives and has been counterproductive.
Reconciliation of Sunni and Sh'ia
Instead of inciting division and hatred, and juggling Middle East lives to favor their own interests, shouldn't western agencies and governments encourage an Arabian and Iranian reconciliation?
Harsh Reality of Middle East Conflict
Is it preferable to have two states living side by side or have one state that includes Jews and Palestinians without prejudice and with equal rights for all?
New Statism-Rise of Corporate States
The world has witnessed an expansion of statism with trappings of free market economics.
The Course of History
A return to the natural course of history might resolve the Middle East Crisis.
Fundamentalist Move to War
Extremist fundamentalist groups might use a battle with Iran for the start of a fundamentalist war.
Still of Interest
Coming Battle - Iraq's Kurdish Region

Political pundits predict extension of the Iraq violence to its peaceful Kurdish provinces.
From Conflagration to Disputation
Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq. Three Moments of Truth challenge U.S. foreign policies
The Non-Clash of Civilizations
Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations, has been misused by those who desire the collapse of the Arab world and domination of its resources.
The Painful Future of Iraq
A 2005 prediciton -No arrangement can change an Iraqi past that conditioned ethnic groups towards different agendas and shaped futures with different expectations.
Misrepresentation of Arab World
Simplified rhetoric that describes the Arab world neglects geographical, historical and cultural factors that brought it to its present position.
War On Iraq
A series of earlier reports examined the Iraq war.



Earlier China Articles
China Rises

Does a rising China signify the end of American dominance?
China Rises and Rises
China's economy, and not George Bush's tax cuts, fueled the American economy.


Still of Interest
Origins of the Soviet/Afghan War
Soviet archives reveal decisions that led to the Soviet/Afghan War.
Origins of the Korean War
Soviet archives reveal decisions that led to the Korean War.
Mid- East Conflict Articles
The 1948 Recognition of Israel

The 60th anniversary of the state of Israel prompted reviews of the post World War II declaration.
The Self-Destruction of Israel
Israel's strongest supporters are bringing it to destruction.
Vanquishing the Palestinians
Israel's policies expose intentions to vanquish the Palestinian people.
The Israel Separation Barrier
Israel's "Separation Barrier" places Palestinian populations into enclaves.
Israel's Faltering Approach to Peace
Israel's strategy for obtaining "security" has brought it expansion and endless conflict.

A Trajectory to Catastrophe
A three-part article examines the careless policies that framed the Mid-East catastrophe.
Part 1-Fate of the Palestinians
Part II-Fate of the Israeli Nation
Part III-Escape from Entrapment

Jerusalem and the Peace Process
Rhetoric, rather than history and archaeology, define peace initiatives

Jerusalem
A 3-part report describes realities of Jerusalem.
Part I: Brief History of Jerusalem
Part II: Heritage Perspectives

Part III: The Hidden Agendas


Timeless Articles
Israel's Actions
Critical evaluation of Israel's actions.
Part I-From Partition to War
Part II-War to Democratic Compromises

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