Sarah Palin: the American Populist
BY: RUDY MAYORConservatives have a difficult time not liking Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. In many ways, she injected the charisma and energy that Senator John McCain and his campaign never really possessed prior to her being chosen. Her popularity can be explained by her ability to connect with the common man by speaking plainly and exposing her uniquely normal family on the campaign trail. P

On the Cuban Travel Restriction Debate
Because of the nature of U.S. Cuba relations, Cuban-Americans find it second nature to question the intentions of those who call for particular policy positions, especially those positions which so dramatically and directly assist the very government we are trying to defeat. Why do Americans want to go to Cuba and why do individuals who have studied Cuba want Americans to go there? What could be the benefits of allowing Americans to travel to the Communist nation?First, it is important to remind people that if they look into the so-called travel ban, that it is not a ban at all, but instead a strategic restriction on travel. Yes, you can travel to Cuba, and I have met many Ameri

Communism as the State of Nature
Karl Marx learned a lot from John Locke's writings and his interpretation of human nature and the reasons why man strives to exit the state of nature that exists before government. Locke's main concern with being in the state of nature was not that people were constantly in a state of war, as Thomas Hobbes proposed, but instead that people were in a situation where their property was not secure.Following Locke's logic of the reasons for consenting to a particular form of government (to protect property), Marx declared that if socialism were to eliminate the concept of private property and even further, if socialism were to distribute property evenly among all members of society,

Obama's War on Fox News
BY: RUDY MAYORIt seems that the calculated efforts of the Obama Administration to marginalize the Republican Party and some of their major media figures has kicked into high gear. This effort seems to be part of a political strategy to increase the President's approval ratings after seeing a decline as a result of the highly divisive health care proposals. The President, after campaigning on a hopeful message of changing the highly politicized nature of Washington, has fallen victim to the same old ways by sending his Administration officials to bad mouth Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and others who seem to be getting in the way of his Administration's good deeds.