Globalization has taken the hold of America’s major sport, but no league has had more success or a more involved future with the international market than the NBA. Seventy-six of the NBA’s 360 active roster players are international players from thirty-eight different countries. Annually,Yao Ming regularly breaks record for the most votes to the All [...]
Throughout the twenty-first century, globalization has spread across the economy, political relations, the movement of people, and popular culture all over the planet. The world of sports also has radically been globalized during this same period of time. The NBA and MLB are filled with players that reside from countries outside of the
United [...]
How tinkering and opening up the interpretation of things can open up loads of potential problems and chaos. In this episode, Nick Pardini investigates how the “Pandora’s Box” effect has caused problems and devalued the role of the welfare state, the definition of marriage, and the value of art in society. Nick also rants about [...]
Finally the last segment of the presidential series is out. In this episode I rank the ten best best presidents in American history. Where do greats like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan fit in to the top ten? Listen to find out.
From the years 1815 to 1827, the Democratic-Republican Party monopolized American politics as America’s only major political party. This time was considered “The Era of Good Feelings” because it was the low point of partisanship in American history and the Democratic-Republican Party was a small government party that allowed the free market set the tone [...]
Written by: Brian Peotter
According to a polling sample from Humanevents.com, the number one issue in America in 2008 is illegal immigration. This beats out the war, the economy, gay marriage and all other debatable issues in the arena of ideas. At the same time illegal immigration has become something that the populace of the United [...]
Written by Nick Lewis:
As Libertarians, especially those of us who live in the liberally dominated and morally relativist society that is metropolitan California, this overturn of the gay marriage ban in California is quite troubling. Not necessarily for the reasons that many Republicans may present. Of course the evangelical Christian sect of the Republican Party [...]
In this episode, Nick interviews Dr. Steven Novella from the Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Podcast to discuss the creation vs. evolution controversy, alternative medicine, critical thinking, astrology, and how science and politics intersect. Nick also states his own opinions on evolution.
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Written by: Brian Peotter
You give a man a fish, he eats for a day. You teach him to fish, and he eats every day. This is a saying every American knows and takes for granted. However, do we practice it ourselves? The majority of Americans support social security, Medicare, and countless other entitlement programs. Having [...]
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