http://bachman.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Steve Bachman en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:27:44 GMT 2009-12-30T00:27:44Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977548230 True to their Modus Operandi , the financial press and mainstream media pundits (having taken their cue from politicians all across the Western World) have apprehended, tried, and convicted the . . . Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:00:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977548230 Steve Bachman 2008-12-30T05:00:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977542570 About a year and a half ago, I posted this short excerpt from Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged here on Gather. Earlier this morning, I was going through my emails, and one of them was a weekly update from . . . Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977542570 Steve Bachman 2008-12-22T16:43:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977529058 No aspect of the market economy is more poorly understood and demonized than that of profits. Profit-making and profit-seeking is denounced by demagogues and uninformed laymen as being an example . . . Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:23:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977529058 Steve Bachman 2008-12-08T04:23:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977515032 Transcript of a White House Press Conference: Dana Perino: The reason the economy is tanking right now is because credit markets have frozen up. Many financial institutions wound up holding . . . Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:04:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977515032 Steve Bachman 2008-11-23T02:04:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977507201 To take a clear and objective look at the tapestry of social phenomena comprising the human condition, it is immediately discernible that custom and habit are often more dominant social forces than are . . . Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:35:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977507201 Steve Bachman 2008-11-15T02:35:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977407515 There is a secret cabal existing within our communities, whose purpose is to subjugate, extort, and plunder all who reside within the codified geographical area known as "the United States of America;" . . . Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:57:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977407515 Steve Bachman 2008-07-27T16:57:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977352444 BREAKING NEWS -- Associated Press, May 23 2008 Representatives of several Western governments have recently announced that an international team of bureaucrats and state-employed economists have . . . Sat, 24 May 2008 00:55:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977352444 Steve Bachman 2008-05-24T00:55:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977328288 It's a pretty popular fallacy nowadays, that a 100% gold standard monetary system could never work in a modern economy. This fallacy has been embedded into the public mind through well over a century's . . . Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:52:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977328288 Steve Bachman 2008-04-21T01:52:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977295284 Two weeks ago, a California appeals court unanimously ruled that parents do not have a Constitutional right to educate their own children (story here ). In handing down the decision, "Justice" . . . Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:32:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977295284 Steve Bachman 2008-03-28T02:32:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977284634 There is an old addage that goes: "'Society' is everyone but yourself." As simplistic as this may sound, a moment's reflection reveals it to be true. When people think of or use . . . Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:27:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977284634 Steve Bachman 2008-03-14T23:27:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977273693 Obituary for William F. Buckley by Steven L. Bachman    The recent passing of William F. Buckley, Jr. brought the expected torrent of praise-in-memoriam; exalting . . . Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:36:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977273693 Steve Bachman 2008-03-02T22:36:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977245005   "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to liberty than standing armies." -- Thomas Jefferson  To the average, everyday American, the idea that legal tender . . . Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:30:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977245005 Steve Bachman 2008-01-31T03:30:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977239367 I always did have John McCain pegged as a deceitful man of ulterior motives. He's long been known to be a member of the exclusive, globalist/socialist elite network, the Council on Foreign Relations. . . . Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:23:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977239367 Steve Bachman 2008-01-25T00:23:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977224187 About eight months ago, I began noticing strange contrails being laid in the sky by very high-flying jets. These trails are unlike ordinary contrails caused by normal jet fuel exhaust, because they . . . Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:04:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977224187 Steve Bachman 2008-01-09T22:04:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216849 On November 2, 2007, news anchorman David Frost of Al Jazeera's international English language network, interviewed the now-deceased former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto. . . . Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:26:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216849 Steve Bachman 2007-12-31T23:26:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977215449 It's the end of the year, and we'll soon be bombarded with all the "top ten ..." lists for the year 2007. I had been considering candidates for my own own "top ten" list -- . . . Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:21:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977215449 Steve Bachman 2007-12-30T04:21:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977195549 Ron Paul supporters clearly visibly outnumber those of every other candidate by a wide margin at the recent Florida straw poll, yet come away with only second place. See video shot during . . . Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:09:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977195549 Steve Bachman 2007-12-06T02:09:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977188554 I am writing this in defense of the free market. Not because it has done anything wrong, or because there's anything wrong with it, but because it stands falsely and unjustly accused of responsibility . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:29:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977188554 Steve Bachman 2007-11-29T05:29:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977171832 George Orwell , in his novels, often stressed the importance of language, and the way words and terminologies can be manipulated in order to change popular perceptions, or even to control thought. Over . . . Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:04:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977171832 Steve Bachman 2007-11-09T03:04:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977166921 I don't know who this guy Jim Rogers is, but this interview he did on Bloomberg News made me laugh out loud, and stand up and clap. Rogers tells Bloomberg reporter Betty Liu that government employment . . . Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:54:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977166921 Steve Bachman 2007-11-04T04:54:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977153862 Despite the Texas Congressman and Republican Presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul's frequent and instructive attempts to clarify the details about his foreign policy stance -- that of "non-intervention," . . . Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:09:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977153862 Steve Bachman 2007-10-21T20:09:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146608 This movie was made in 1981, and is based on the real-life experience of a high school class in Palo Alto, California in 1967. The movie begins with a high school history teacher, Mr. Ross, speaking to . . . Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:59:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146608 Steve Bachman 2007-10-13T23:59:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977130237 Here is an entertaining, educational cartoon video: Corrupt Banking System -- Cartels Robbing the Public Let me say a couple things about this video up front: The history and analysis of the modern banking . . . Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:12:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977130237 Steve Bachman 2007-09-28T02:12:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125480  "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." -- Wendell Philips "A republic... If you can keep it." -- Benjamin Franklin   Two-hundred and thirty years ago, men fought . . . Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:08:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125480 Steve Bachman 2007-09-23T18:08:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977116526 Special thanks to Karen Kwiatkowski for writing this most excellent article, and for giving me permission to re-post it here.  Ron Paul, Iowa, and the Presidency by Karen Kwiatkowski Alot of . . . Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:17:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977116526 Steve Bachman 2007-09-14T02:17:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977095485 I would like to dedicate this article to all of the fighting men and women of the United States Armed Forces, who have served and are serving now. We may disagree over policy, or over our opinions about . . . Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:47:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977095485 Steve Bachman 2007-08-24T01:47:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977076657 Left vs. Right: The Illusion of Opposites by G. Edward Griffin Would you rather be a Neoconservative or a Progressive? That is a trick question. The trick is in the fact that, although there . . . Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:35:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977076657 Steve Bachman 2007-08-06T23:35:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977077217 For all the Ron Paul supporters out there -- but more importantly for those who are "on the fence," so to speak; unsure about whether or not Ron Paul is the candidate for you -- here is . . . Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:16:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977077217 Steve Bachman 2007-08-06T03:16:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977070260 Inflation is the cruelest and most dishonest tax of all, as it falls hardest on the poor and middle-class and those on fixed incomes, and its true nature is never discussed by politicians* or the corporate . . . Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:36:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977070260 Steve Bachman 2007-07-29T19:36:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977062938 Since those we today call Founding Fathers first established what was the first known truly free and self-governed nation in recorded history, the United States of America has become a country severely . . . Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:33:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977062938 Steve Bachman 2007-07-22T02:33:19Z