When Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency in 2008, he promised to deliver “change we could believe in.” And yet, once in office, the supposedly far-left Obama reappointed George W. Bush’s Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and the Bush-appointed Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke. I guess Obama’s “change” did not extend to the [...] Continue reading →
It appears that greater hopes have given way to what we’ve all secretly known was inevitable: Mitt Romney will be the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nominee. In earlier installments of this series, Silver Monthly has taken a look at the economic platforms of contenders Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum. Now, with [...] Continue reading →
Ron Paul is unquestionably the choice of silver investors. He alone is a student of Austrian economics. He understands the disastrous consequences of government intervention. He has, almost singlehandedly, raised awareness of the Federal Reserve’s mass counterfeiting and its inflationary implications. He speaks truth to power and opposes war on principle. But he is not [...] Continue reading →
“Conservative” Rick Santorum does not support abolishing the Federal Reserve. This is no surprise, really. Santorum does not claim to be freedom-oriented, but instead, focused on the government-led propagation of so-called “conservative” values. He openly loathes the Constitution and hates federalism. The ends justify the means in Santorum’s ideology, and the Fed is the means [...] Continue reading →
Mitt Romney’s eight-vote victory was perhaps the least newsworthy item from last night’s Iowa Caucuses. Romney, the well-funded liberal establishment’s candidate, was supposed to win – it wasn’t supposed to be this close. Indeed, bigger news was made by the five candidates who finished directly behind him. Rick Santorum Rick Santorum came out of nowhere [...] Continue reading →
Earlier this year, Silver Monthly examined the campaign platforms of Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Ron Paul. Next up in our ongoing series is Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House who has surprisingly surged to the head of the pack – for the time being, anyway. Gingrich was a leader of the [...] Continue reading →
Last week, we looked at the “9-9-9” plan of Republican frontrunner Herman Cain. This week, we’ll examine the “Plan to Restore America,” presented by Silver Monthly favorite Ron Paul. Spending First, Dr. Paul promises to balance the federal budget by Year Three of his presidency. This isn’t just hollow political rhetoric, either: he shows which [...] Continue reading →
Herman Cain has vaulted into the lead of the race for the Republican nomination for president, polls say. Cain has become a media favorite based on three credentials: 1. His supposed outsider status. 2. His ethnicity. 3. His “9-9-9” plan. Cain is touted as an outsider since he is a businessman; the former head of [...] Continue reading →
It’s funny how it’s all fine and good for the media to publish confidential information that embarrasses people that everyone hates (greedy corporate executives, for example). But when it comes to patriotic American diplomats or soldiers… Remember the Pentagon Papers? Aren’t you glad the New York Times had the balls to publish them? So are [...] Continue reading →
Anyone interested in creating coins for use as a medium of exchange would be well advised to become familiar with the foundations of our currency laws; namely, Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. Constitution. It states clearly that “The Congress shall have Power…To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and [...] Continue reading →