Actual Unemployment Rate Is at ‘Great Depression Levels’

U.S. unemployment rates may officially be hovering around 9 percent but in reality, they’re up near the 20 percent levels around the time of the Great Depression, maybe even higher, economist and author Mark Skousen told Newsmax in an exclusive interview. Unemployment rates measure the number of people in the workforce looking for jobs. But […]

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Europe’s Veil of Fear

The office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was badly damaged by a firebomb on Wednesday, after it published a spoof issue “guest edited” by the Prophet Muhammad to salute the victory of the Islamist party in Tunisia’s elections. The magazine had announced a special issue for publication, renamed “Charia Hebdo,” a play on the […]

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Eurocrats are Terrified of Democracy

Greece’s prime minister George Papandreou is in the doghouse only because he dared to offer voters a choice. Shall I tell you the truly terrifying thing about the EU? It’s not the absence of democracy in Brussels, or the ease with which Eurocrats swat aside referendum results. It’s the way in which the internal democracy […]

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Muslims Firebomb French Newspaper

The offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo has been firebombed by a Molotov cocktail by Muslims, a day after it named the Prophet Mohammed as its “editor-in-chief” for this week’s issue. The fiercely anti-clergy magazine said the move, which included renaming the publication “Sharia Hebdo”, was intended to “celebrate” the victory of Islamist party […]

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