| The Rise And Decline Of The American Polity. (I) A Truth Unspoken by Thomas Belvedere |
| America's Founding Fathers did not create a democracy. Rather, they created a "polity," a hybrid of oligarchy and democracy based on a large middle class. |
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| The Rise And Decline Of The American Polity. (II) The Great American Illusion by Thomas Belvedere |
| The Founding Fathers had to finesse the problem of naming the type of government they were building. To call a polity a polity would have alienated both oligarchic and popular constituencies. That avoidance still exists; it is now a taboo. |
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| Can America's Middle Class Be Saved? (III) Hammers, Saws, And Drills by Thomas Belvedere |
| What does the future hold for the middle class? Three fates are presented. |
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| Can America's Middle Class Be Saved? (V) Middle Class Destiny Explored by Thomas Belvedere |
| Emerging worldwide scarcities of absolute necessities may force revolutionary changes in values underlying economics. |
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| Can America's Middle Class Be Saved? (II) He That Giveth Can Also Taketh Away by Thomas Belvedere |
| Taxation and revenue policies can ameliorate the weakening of the middle class. However, they will not correct the causes of that weakening. |
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| Can America's Middle Class Be Saved? (IV) The Five Fates by Thomas Belvedere |
| A despotic state; an era of international wars over scarce natural resources; the mixing of heretofore separate economic sectors and functions; scientific/technological innovations; and taxation/revenue polices: each could have serious impact on the middle class decline. |
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| Can America's Middle Class Be Saved? (I) The Purpose Of The Middle Class by Thomas Belvedere |
| Why the middle class is the backbone of America. |
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| Flipper And Feldspar: Barack Obama Defined by Thomas Belvedere |
| In refusing to be categorized, President Obama categorically categorized himself. |
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| The Gripping Saga Of Einstein, The Seasick Sea Serpent And The Five Inventions by Thomas Belvedere |
| Here are five inventions that will make you rich, famous, and -- believe it or not -- useful. |
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| From Pontius To Pilate: The Perils Of "Bureau-Pathic" Thinking About Terrorism by Thomas Belvedere |
| The FBI and State Department definitions of terrorism show traces of "bureau-pathic" reasoning. |
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| So Long, Electoral College. It Has Not Been Good To Know You by Thomas Belvedere |
| The dead hand of the dead past, the Electoral College is a creature of slavery and should be closed. |
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| On Momentum (I): Everybody Wants It -- But What Is It? by Thomas Belvedere |
| Momentum has musical properties that enable it to overrule reason and logic. That formidable power is neurological in origin. |
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| On Momentum (III): How To Create Momentum For A Political Candidate by Thomas Belvedere |
| The secret to creating momentum for a political candidate is revealed: Build Strength On Strength, Not On Weakness. |
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| On Momentum (II): What Are Its Sources? by Thomas Belvedere |
| Momentum is ultimately neurological in origin, i.e., a product of how our brains work. Momentum has musical properties. Music may be the last residue in consciousness of the original state of sensory unity all human fetuses experience. Music also involves the cerebellum, the most primitive part of the brain, which measures and guides movement. |
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| How To Stop Smoking Forever -- Easily And Quickly -- And Put Money In Your Pocket by Thomas Belvedere |
| Here is the two-pronged method I used to stop smoking after 20 years of being hooked on cigarettes. It was amazingly easy, totally effective, and absolutely free. |
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| How To Fix A Horse Race (II): The Corrupt Trainer's Dream Scam by Thomas Belvedere |
| THE SOURCE, a veteran horse trainer and owner, tells how to "make a bundle" at horseracing. |
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| How To Fix A Horse Race (I): Horses With Sunglasses by Thomas Belvedere |
| THE SOURCE, a horse trainer and owner with a lifetime of experience in The Sport of Kings, got fed up and talked. |
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| Is The American Middle Class Dying? by Thomas Belvedere |
| Two tendencies inherent in modern economies are causing the long-term, cyclical decline of the American middle class. |
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| How To Steal An Election And Not Get Caught -- Until Now by Thomas Belvedere |
| A sordid trick of the political trade, The Long Count, is revealed here for the first time. |
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| A New Definition Of "Terrorist" IV: The Act Of Killing, Summary And Conclusion by Thomas Belvedere |
| For the first time, a definition of "terrorist" shows why terrorists are attracted to murder, and how the terrorist differs from a common criminal and a freedom fighter. That definition identifies the manipulation of uncertainty as a key element of terrorism. |
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| A New Definition Of "Terrorist" III: The Manipulator Of Uncertainty by Thomas Belvedere |
| A key characteristic of the terrorist is the manipulation of uncertainty. |
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| A New Definition Of "Terrorist" I: Why A Terrorist Is Not A Common Criminal by Thomas Belvedere |
| For the first time, a definition of "terrorist" shows how a terrorist differs from a common criminal. |
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| A New Definition Of "Terrorist" II: Why A Terrorist Is Not A Freedom Fighter by Thomas Belvedere |
| For the first time, a definition of terrorist shows how a terrorist differs from a freedom fighter. |
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| What The Iranian Opposition Knows -- And The West Needs To Learn by Thomas Belvedere |
| The Roman Empire furnished a classic case of what not to do in Iran. |
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| What Is The Source of Terrorism? by Thomas Belvedere |
| From Colorado to Cairo, Peru to Bali, terrorists are notably of middle class origin. Why? Is there something in the middle class milieu -- doctors and lawyers, teachers and accountants -- that creates terrorists? |
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