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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