Given the amount of press that has been given to larger free trade agreements like NAFTA and the newly passed South Korean free trade agreement, the damaging effects of smaller trade pacts are often overlooked. Passed at the same time as the South Korean free trade agreement were agreements with Panama and Colombia. These  may not ...

There is a better way for the government to collect revenue while helping create jobs: implement a value-added tax (VAT). Countries that are doing well in the global economy, nations like Canada, Japan and Germany, all have a VAT. Workers in both Japan and Germany earn higher wages than American workers, and their economies are ...

Stephen J. Balich and his Tea Party colleagues are getting involved at the local level and this week, prevented a property tax increase. Congratulations, Homer Lockport Tea Party and Will County Tea Party Alliance! Below is from Steve Balich: The dreaded disease “Raise-my-tax-i-tis” was cured when the City of Lockport mayor’s proposed increase in property taxes was ...

Tens of thousands of demonstrators on Saturday cheered opposition leaders and jeered the Kremlin in the biggest show of outrage yet against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule. The Moscow demonstration was even bigger than a similar rally two weeks ago, signaling that the protest movement ignited by the fraud-tainted Dec. 4 parliamentary election may be ...

Film formerly dubbed a prequel to 'Alien' still shares striking similarities to 1979 classic Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" may not be a prequel to "Alien" ... but it sure looks like one. The teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated science fiction epic, set to hit the big screen on June 8, 2012, debuted online Thursday. The 20th Century Fox film ...

Newt Gingrich’s star seems to have fallen back to earth, leaving the Republican race wide open once again. But with many players rising and falling over the course of the year, Mitt Romney has been consistently near the top of the pack, making him a very real contender for the Republican nomination. At first glance ...

America is clearly stuck in an economic funk, thanks to poor economic policies, which have led to a nationwide malaise and gloom that have affected the entire country. However, such a gloom is understandable thanks to all the problems facing the economy right now. These include high oil prices, deflated housing, stagnant wages, high unemployment, ...

British Telecom has filed a lawsuit against Google at a United States court over its Android mobile OS stating that it has infringed numerous important patents of the company. This lawsuit filed in Delaware State of the United States pertains to infringement of six British Telecom patents by Android products. Huge damages have been claimed ...

How many of the smartest people around the world should be allowed to come to the United States to live and work? Consider that the working U.S. population, as it stands, is about 150 million people. Remember that U.S. executives are constantly complaining about the challenge of finding highly educated employees with backgrounds in science, engineering ...

ITC have taken a preliminary judgement against Motorola. The verdict states that the smartphones from this firm violates a norm out of all the seven copyrights which Microsoft quoted in its objection. Microsoft had primarily pursued certain accrediting agreements with various Android manufacturing organizations. Motorola, as well as, LG are the two Android houses who were ...