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Film Analysis
"Chicago:" The Decadence of Elitist Cinema:
G. Stolyarov
II
February 16, 2003:
An abomination of a film is
posturing for a masterpiece and may sweep the Academy awards. Learn
why G. Stolyarov II considers "Chicago" not to have been worth the
seven dollars he paid for the ticket.
Filosofy
The Philosophy of Racism:
Duncan Bayne
February 20, 2003:
Duncan Bayne identifies a
similar collectivist perception in both the NAACP and the Ku Klux
Klan, pinpoints the folly of equating discrimination with racism, and
suggests the only genuine antidote to the circumstantially-based
targeting of individuals.
Historical Analysis
Ben Franklin on Liberty:
Dr. Gary M.
Galles
February 18, 2003:
Dr. Gary M. Galles presents
some wisdom of and about one of America's most illustrious statesmen
in order to bring into readers' focus the ideas he advocated along
with the accomplishments of his prominent life.
America Needs a Leader Like George Washington:
Dr. John
Ridpath
February 19, 2003:
In a time of scheming,
pragmatism, compromise, and hypocritical posturing dominating the
international arena, Dr. John Ridpath suggests that Americans should
revert to the resolute honesty of a historical role model.
Literary Analysis
Orwell's Warning: Antiprogressivism:
G. Stolyarov
II
February 14, 2003:
G. Stolyarov II explains, via
an analysis of George Orwell's 1984,
why a collectivist Big Brother mentality inherently stifles human
advancement and halts amelioration of living conditions.
Mathematics
Further Corollaries to Stolyarov's Theorem:
G. Stolyarov
II
February 14, 2003:
G. Stolyarov II extrapolates
upon the periodicity of fundamental Pythagorean triples to derive some
handy new algorithms.
Corollaries to Stolyarov's Theorem Concerning
the Macroperiodicity of Pythagorean Triple Progressions:
G. Stolyarov
II
February 25, 2003:
G. Stolyarov II discovers
ever-more-encompassing algorithms for deriving fundamental Pythagorean
triples using radial numbers and a periodicity that spreads through
further and further areas of the subject.
Poetry
There Was a Time:
G. Stolyarov
II
March 18, 2003:
G. Stolyarov II writes of the
conditions of the nineteenth century that resulted in the most
prosperous era of mankind's history, a time whose paradigms we should
strive to emulate.
To Saddam Hussein:
G. Stolyarov
II
March 26, 2003:
The War of Iraqi Liberation is
upon us. The following poem is an open message from G. Stolyarov II to
one of the most ruthless dictators ever to tread upon this world.
Politics
Revolt by Jury:
Michael Miller
February 14, 2003:
Juries have the power to stop
government in its tracks. Michael Miller reveals what jurors must know
to use this power and how you can tell this to potential jurors--
along with applications to taxes and gun controls.
Nationalizing Corporate America:
Harry Roolaart
February 18, 2003:
President Bush's stance on
business regulation resurfaces fears that he may have joined the left
in their anti-capitalist views. Read this analysis by Harry Roolaart
of a recent speech Bush had given, in which the President slandered
the business world.
Baby Kim's Secret Weapon:
John Dawson
February 19, 2003:
Blackmail and treachery, not
imminent military power, is what we must fear from North Korea, writes
John Dawson, and modern altruism and relativism assist Kim Jong Il in
his monstrous designs.
"Nothing can bring you peace but
the triumph of principles."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson