Casualties of American Wars

In 2007 The United States celebrated its 231st year of existence. From the first this country has been under fire. If you include the War in...

James Otis: Overshadowed American Colonial Hero

Although he is not as well known as others who forged the nation during the American revolution the significance of James Otis is no less in...

Galileo: The Church made him pay for his inconvenient Truth

His full name was Galileo Galilei and he was an Italian physicist and astronomer whose observations and discoveries laid the ground work for...

CF Holdings Stock has a Big Year

In the industry of agricultural chemicals CF Holdings Inc. (CF) has had a profitable ride this last year. The company is a manufacturer of n...

Scientists Report Ironic Positive Effect of Global Warming

In an ironic twist scientists investigating the effects of global warming at the north pole report that there may be a positive effect occur...

How the Defense Budget Hurts Americans Most

It was what President Dwight David Eisenhower warned about just before he left office in 1961. Since Eisenhower's time it has been takin...

Teen Hires Hitman to Kill Parents over Playstation

A 16 year old boy decided to hire a hitman to kill both his parents for revenge over having been grounded and having his playstation taken a...

Ben and Jerry: A $5 course in ice cream making led to riches

You are likely one of the millions of Americans who have enjoyed the ice cream made by the company founded by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield...

What has happened to CNN?

CNN is like a lot of things in America these days, it's not what it used to be. It all started out with so much promise in 1980. Ted Tur...

Medical Myths Exposed

A new report released through a British medical journal has debunked 7 common myths about health that for the longest time have been believe...

Actor Adam Sandler sued

A lawsuit has been filed by an Austrailian production company against actor Adam Sandler and his production company Happy Madison Production...

Excel Maritime has been volatile but profitable in the long run

Excel Maritime Carriers ltd. (EXM) is in the business of dry bulk cargo transport. Primarily coal, grain, iron and steel. They have a fleet ...

William Cecil: Architect of a Queen's Long Reign

He was an enormously capable and respected English statesman. William Cecil became the chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I, who was the daugh...

Merry Christmas Blogosphere

Christmas time is here Again. I wanted to take the oppourtunity to wish everyone who reads this a happy holiday. For the occasion i have wri...

Alexander Hamilton killed by Vice-President in Duel

Sometimes when two people meet they cannot get passed each other. There is an instant dislike that sets in and does not fade away. This perh...

U.S. troops in Iraq suspected of gun running

According to the Government Accountability Office somewhere in the neighborhood of 30% of all the weapons the U.S. sends to Iraq that are in...

Populations of Nations

The world is full of human beings. There are more of us now living in the world than at any time in history and the number is skyrocketing. ...

Edwin Howard Armstrong - Suicidal Genius who brought radio to millions

To most people today his name means nothing. It makes no impression like the names of Edison or Bell. He is despite this nearly as important...

World Population Explosion Well Under Way

According to a United Nations population estimate in the summer of 2007 the total number of humans currently living on the Earth is now 6,67...

U.S. contractors in Iraq accused of rape

On Wednesday December 19th a Judiciary Committee Hearing in Washington heard the testimony of a young married woman named Jamie Leigh Jones ...

Intuitive Surgical builds tiny robots to save you and their stock is up this year

In the industry of manufacturing surgical devices Intuitive Surgical Incorporated (ISRG) is a force. They are involved in Haptics which is t...

War efforts in both Iraq and Afganistan an increasing economic strain on U.S.

Waging wars is expensive. It is perhaps the most expensive thing that a country can undertake to do. The more a war drags on the more expens...

Brad Pitt rebuilding lost homes for families in New Orleans

Actor and activist Brad Pitt is not just paying lip service to the notion that we all have to chip in to help New Orleans rebuild after Katr...

Dryships stock way up this year but lately it's hit rough waters

Ever been interested in deep sea shipping? Dryships Inc. (DRYS) has a fleet of 45 dry bulk carriers that sail in all the oceans of the world...

How Wal-Mart is killing the American Dream

Everybody on Gods green Earth has been effected by Wal-mart by now. It is by far the worlds largest retailer. It did 244.5 billion in sales ...

The Wealth of Candidates

We have all by now become quite used to the fact that our candidates for both local and national office are always going to come from one pa...

Gun murder rates around the world

It might come as a surprise to many that when it comes to the number of murders committed with a handgun the United States is not number one...

After a rough period Onyx stock riding high in 07

The last few years have not been all that tremendous for pharmaceutical stocks but this year has been excellent for Onyx Inc (ONXX). They ha...

Why baseball's "steroid era" will not stain baseball for long

It has been some of the biggest news to come out this week. The Mitchel report (An investigative committee set up by major league baseball t...

Feeling depressed? It might have something to do with where you live

Everybody everywhere gets the blues from time to time but as it turns out your location may have something to do with how often it occurs an...

Adobe stock has done well the last few years

If you know anything about the multimedia, graphics and publishing industries than you know what Adobe is. Adobe Sysyems inc. (ADBE) is a le...

Stephanie Kwolek - Female Genius and inventor of life saving Kevlar

Many people have heard of it but few really know what it is or who invented it. Today it is one of the worlds most useful and life saving ma...

The costs of waging war.

The government of the United States is in the middle of a long time trend of increasing the amount of money that it dedicates annually to pr...

Why waterboarding is Un-American

In the long and glorious history of the United States military there have been traditions that have withstood the test of time. Codes of con...

Another high rising stock for your consideration

You would not happen to be in the need of some industrial equipment right now would you? Well around the world there are many companies who ...

Alfred Nobel - His famous prize was born of guilt

Almost everyone in the world has heard of the Nobel prize but few know very much about the man behind it. Alfred Nobel was the inventor of d...

Ampal Corp stock rising steadily

Those of you who frequent this blog on a regular basis probably know by now that the only kinds of stocks that i like to blog about are the ...

The Pentagon - International symbol of military might

It has been called the largest low rise office building in the world and also a city on to itself. The pentagon building in Washington D.C. ...

All Locked Up

It will not come as much of a surprise to most to know that the United States is number one in the world in terms of the number of its citiz...

Mobile Telesystems is flying high in Russia

Telecom companies always love it when people like you and me love to talk because they can hear the sounds of their profits going up and see...

Mother Teresa - Future Saint who had her Doubts

Last September 5th was the tenth anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa. The anniversary was somewhat overshadowed by the tenth anniversa...

Pearl Harbor remembered

It is one of the great defining moments that shaped the course of modern history. As President Roosevelt Said, "December 7th 1941 A dat...

Union Pacific stock keeps chugging along nicely

Do you like to play with trains? Here is a stock that will keep you on the track. Union Pacific (UNP) is the number one rail freight carrier...

Why the down turn in violence in Iraq is not the result of troop surge

In January of 2007 President Bush in a reaction to the escalating violence of the insurgency in Iraq announced that he would be sending an a...

Baidu is a stock that is soaring like a rocket

The Chinese are discovering the internet. Have you ever heard of Baidu.com? It is a leading Chinese language search engine. It is basically ...

You gotta have faith

Now that the population of the world is well over 6 billion people it is not hard to understand that religions around the world are growing ...

Ishares stock has been rising since 2003

Ishares (EWS) is a company that is involved in exchange traded funds (ETF's). Basically they are index funds that are traded like stocks...

Struggle for power at the heart of crisis in Darfur

Since early in 2003 the government of Sudan has been involved in an armed struggle with rebel groups inside its own country and millions of ...

Time to get caught up on some internet code speak

Many of us have had the experience of chatting with people on line when suddenly they use some abbreviated lettering to reply to you that yo...

America Movil is a stock that has been rising for years

Do you know anyone out there that likes to talk and talk? Well in Latin America as in the United States they like to use their cell phones t...