Is the U.S. Economy Dead or Is It Just Dying?

One year ago, the entire American banking system was on life support.  It was only through the intervention of the Federal government, using the promise of a semi-infinite supply of tax dollars that some of the banks survived.  If this infusion of billions and billions of dollars of cash had not been made our entire [...]

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The Coagulation of Wealth – Is It a Christian Value?

I suppose it might be difficult for some members of the extreme right wing to accept, but God did not invent Capitalism.  Another fact, equally hard to accept for the extreme right wing is that Jesus did not condemn Communism.  I know.  It’s hard to believe. After all, if Jesus was alive today, wouldn’t he [...]

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A New World Order

In 1776, a group of revolutionary minded people, many of whom were Freemasons, created the United States of America.  This new country was to be a break from the past. The leaders of the movement: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and many more were Freemasons.  They were informed and inspired by some [...]

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America’s Real Idol: Capitalism

More than Catholicism, more than Calvinism, more than Judaism, more than Islam, more than Hinduism, more than any religion, there is one belief system in America that is above and beyond criticism: Capitalism. To criticize capitalism is to be called un-American by many citizens of this country.  Capitalism, of the free and unfettered type favored [...]

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Is American Capitalism a Failure?

Failure is very much in the eye of the beholder, because whenever there are winners there are also losers.  Winners always think that things are just great, but the losers often have a different opinion.  If there are lots more winners than losers we can usually say that something is a success, and when things [...]

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