The Berne Convention (of September 9, 1886) was formed for the purpose of protecting intellectual property.   It has been quoted by most American Politicians for the last 10 years as the reason why America needs to get tough with the P2P community.   Its interesting, that the United States only became a signatory to [...]

Wouldn’t it be interesting if the current push for a global world government actually went to the country with the most votes.   As an economist, I am enamoured of the concept of a united world central government overseeing that all people of the world are treated with respect, equally, fairly and without favour.   [...]

Its well known that in times of economic crisis, the best thing an administration can do is take the nation to war.   War boosts manufacturing, jobs, and manages to get rid of a few thousand future social welfare entitlement recipients.   But what happens when the population is sick of war. What happens when [...]

On Neil Diamonds Album, Hot August Night, he calls out… Hello out there Tree People…..   His words – which impressed me over thirty years ago are obviously an acknowledgement by Neil, that even the non-paying tree people had a value, by adding to the carnival atmosphere of the concert and were therefore worthy of [...]