Monthly Archives: January 2006

What’s that, consumer confidence at 3 year high? Just last week USA Today released a poll showing the majority of Americans had a negative impression of the economy. Consumer confidence measures the health of the economy by evaluating the feelings … Continue reading →

In a radical departure from their earlier stance, both Russia and China have joined with the EU and the United States in calling for UN action regarding Iran and its wayward nuclear program. For some time the Russians and the … Continue reading →

Thomas Murphy, a UPS delivery driver in the city of Chicago was beaten nearly to death by a gang of malcontents from a nearby school. Perhaps most troubling is the fact that this gang of youths, numbering 15 to 20 … Continue reading →

Apparently the only thing separating the learned from the ignorant is the variable X. In Los Angeles, like most communities around the country, students are required to pass Algebra in order to advance scholastically and subsequently receive a high school … Continue reading →

If there is one thing we at the Phalanx can’t abide, its revisionist history. People who look upon the Japanese as innocent victims in WWII or holocaust deniers are nothing more than ignorant buffoons attempting to advance a sinister agenda. … Continue reading →

In practicing the art of propaganda, one of the first acts is to convince your intended audience of an alternative reality. Propaganda is designed to distract, re-shape opinion and to deceive. This is a strategy employed with expert skill be … Continue reading →

The media and leftist politicians have tried ceaselessly to portray the US and its economy in the most negative light possible. Consistently, leftist politicians, contrary to factual evidence, have berated the US economy as faltering with devastating job losses and … Continue reading →

It seems the Russians have revived a deal, proposed last year, to enrich uranium in Russia, to supply Iran’s nuclear energy needs. In the past Iran has balked at such a proposal, but now, as opposition to a nuclear Iran … Continue reading →

Since the 1990s, the Chinese economy has consistently grown at a rate exceeding 9% each year. Most recently, the Chinese economy eclipsed the UK to become the 4th largest economy in the world. The Germany’s economy continuing to falter, its … Continue reading →

It is not uncommon for people, institutions and even nation-states to harbor deep seeded hatred and resentment for the successful, likely attributable to their own personal failures as individuals. For some time now the EU, has been ruthlessly going after … Continue reading →