Supreme Court to Decide on a Citizen’s 2nd Amendment “Right to Bear Arms.” First Case to be heard by Court since 1939.

Date: Monday March 17, 2008
Source: Washington Post – “D.C.’s Gun Ban Gets Day in Court“
Author: Robert Barnes
MRFC Principles: 11 (12,13)

Free Capitalist Perspective – Alpine, UT – Does an individual citizen of the United States have a Constitutional “right” to bear arms? 72% of the US public believes so, but few can even articulate a good reason why. Can you? Stop reading for just a second and pick up a pencil and jot down an explanation of your own understanding related to the issue. Answer the question in simple terms. “Does an individual citizen of the United States have a Constitutional “right” to bear arms (own and carry a firearm)?”

Gold at Record High: Government Secretly Confiscating Your Savings

Date: Monday March 17, 2008
Source: Reuters – Stocks tumble, gold at record after Fed cut
Source: Bloomberg.com – Dollar Doomsayers Draw Signs from Bernanke Rate Cuts
Author: Miranda Maxwell & Bo Nielsen
MRFC Principles: 7 (3, 13)

Free Capitalist Perspective – Apline, UT – There are certain economic concepts that I think most people are just oblivious to. Even worse, we have been trained, taught, and educated to let things we don’t understand about economics just float by our conscious minds with little critical thought at all. For example, I think most people have heard on the radio, watched on the television, or read in the paper reports that the “dollar” is not doing well (an intentional understatement). But I don’t think most people understand what this means for them directly. Specifically, if “dollars follow value” what I don’t think most people are aware of is

The Economic Crisis of 2008: Bank Collapse Avoided?

Date: Monday March 17, 2008
Source: Wall Street Journal – “J.P. Morgan rescue Bear Stearns“
Author: Dennis K. Berman, Susanne Craig and Kate Kelly
MRFC Principles: 9 (2, 4, 7, 10)

Free Capitalist Perspective – Alpine, UT – I remember as a kid being told about the “Great Depression” and how the banks had collapsed and the government had to come in and bail everyone out. I remember hearing about how FDR had saved America, etc. I had no idea then, how tainted my perspective was based upon the politicizing that had gone on for generations about what had actually happened. Similarly, I’m not sure how many Americans are paying attention today to what is actually happening right before

Credible Worries: Fed may be causing Next Great Depression

Date: Friday March 14, 2008
Source: Telegraph.co.uk – Anna Schwartz blames Fed for sub-prime crisis
- Crisis may make 1929 look like a ‘walk in the park’
Author: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
MRFC Principles: 2 (3,4,9,10,12)

Everyone like to talk about the economy these days but very few people have the gravitas and credibility to send out warnings to the general public like those now rolling out almost daily. While wanna be experts and pundits through out casual references and sensational warnings about America’s current economic woes seldom have institutional voices been so dramatic in their assessments. That is until recently when Telegraph writer Abrose Evans-Pritchard has published a series of startling stories about the criticism and warnings now coming from inside “the close-knit world of central banking.” In a stunning interview with 92 year old Anna Schwartz the Telegraph probes the shocking revelation by a revered figure at the Fed that

Should Congress Make Talk Radio Fair?

Date: Tuesday March 11, 2008
Source: Austin American-Statesman – Bush: ‘Fairness Doctrine’ unfair
Author: Ken Herman
MRFC Principles: 10 (8,11,12)

For the last several years it has becoming increasingly clear that many of the elected officials in Washington D.C. are not happy about what is happening in the marketplace, especially with talk radio. After years of failed attempts to find “more suitable” talkers to fill the airwaves (most shows have simply gone broke and were unable to entice programmers to continue) lawmakers are

Parents Ordered: Vaccinate Kids or Go to Jail

Date: Wed March 12, 2008
Source: Yahoo News – Parents may be jailed over vaccinations
Author: Maria Cheng, AP Medical Writer
MRFC Principles: 12 (3, 4,11)

It is becoming more and more common to see stories like this. Parents being attacked by government agencies for choosing not to vaccinate their children. Independent of the merits of their choice, contrary to the conversations that usually ensue when this subject is discussed, to the “Brain-On” Free Capitalist the real issue is