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Alan Pyeatt is an award-winning Civil Engineer who lives in Monrovia, California. He also enjoys music, organic gardening, economics, and audio/video production.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Human Rights Activists and Senate Republicans are Strange Bedfellows
Last week's filibuster and Senate Judicial Committee meeting signified a rare (and little reported) event: left-wing activists found themselves on the same side of the drone issue as Senate Republicans.
(7 comments) SHARE Monday, March 4, 2013 Women and Firemen First: 5 Ideas for Sequestration Cuts
As the budget sequestration takes effect, President Obama's administration warns of dire consequences. Here suggestions are offered as ways to achieve the required reductions in spending increases.
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 12, 2013 The Real Lessons of Pearl Harbor, Part 3
The conventional wisdom is that America was dragged into World War II with an unprovoked attack by the Japanese Navy at pearl Harbor, Hawaii. However, historians have shown that the attack was deliberately provoked by the Roosevelt administration to gain support for entering the war in Europe.
(9 comments) SHARE Friday, December 28, 2012 The Real Lessons of Pearl Harbor, Part 2
Contrary to popular belief, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was neither unexpected nor unprovoked. In this section, we look at FDR's arms buildup prior to Pearl Harbor and his new strategy for drawing America into World War II.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 16, 2012 Happy Bill of Rights Day, America
The Bill of Rights is widely viewed as the American people's most important defense of their civil liberties. However, many proponents of the U.S. Constitution intended that it would not protect Americans' rights.
(29 comments) SHARE Friday, December 14, 2012 The Real Lessons of Pearl Harbor
The conventional wisdom is that America was dragged into World War II by an unprovoked attack by the Japanese Navy at pearl Harbor, Hawaii. However, historians have shown that the attack was deliberately provoked by the Roosevelt administration to gain support for entering the war.
(9 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 2, 2012 Are Sin Taxes an Example of the Tyranny of the Majority?
Sin taxes such as California's Prop 29 violate people's freedom of choice, and force them to conform to others' values. Sin taxes are easy to pass, because they only affect a small minority of the population.
(7 comments) SHARE Friday, May 18, 2012 Will Obama Support Internet Freedom in his Second Term?
Actor George Clooney recently hosted a record fundraiser for President Obama's re-election campaign. How did Obama get the entertainment industry's support again, after opposing SOPA and PIPA?
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, May 11, 2012 A Look at Libertarian Party Nominees Gary Johnson, Jim Gray
A brief overview of the 2012 Libertarian Party nominees for president and Vice President, selected at the Libertarian Party National Convention on May 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.