Playing Hardball in Government and Politics

TATE New York Becomes 17th State to Call for Constitutional Overturn of Citizens United June 17, 2016 | by Samar Khurshid   Original Article       Sen. Squadron and “Demand Democracy” ralliers (photo: @DanielSquadron) Amid increasing calls for New…

R. YAAKOV ANATOLI ON B’NAI NOACH Edit When the descendants of Noah were commanded concerning dinim, the commandment was only that they establish laws among themselves, for the world rests on law. Thus also, even after the Sinai revelation: the…

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Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending your rights in the digital world Patent Trolls original click here The U.S. Patent System is supposed to represent a bargain between inventors and the public. In theory, it is simple: in exchange for dedicating a…

The most powerful family in Florence:    

Zheng He, the famous Chinese Admiral, the last of the Chinese sea explorers:

An Extraordinary Video carefully documenting this tragic event, written by Rhawn Joseph: 27 years ago – have we all forgotten? Has China’s government changed?  The people, with a moral purpose and love of life, have been repressed by an authoritarian,…

History Main article: History of patent law The Venetian Patent Statute, issued by the Senate of Venice in 1474, and one of the earliest statutory patent systems in the world. Although there is some evidence that some form of patent…

David Starkey’s Magna Carta   59 minute stunning video on the history and contemporary significance of the Magna Carta. Click here: The Magna Carta by David Starkey   David Robert Starkey[nb 1] CBE, FSA, FRHistS (born 3 January 1945) is…

“Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty” — Daron Acemoglu

James A. Robinson, author of Why Nations Fail, talks at a Google Conference:  

Here’s how we fix it | Larry Lessig | TEDxMidAtlantic Lester Lawrence “Larry” Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic, attorney, and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School…

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Dr. Tyrone Hayes’ Presentation at the 31st Annual National Pesticide Forum   2013 Forum: Protecting Life: From Research to Regulation (Tyrone Hayes) Silencing the Scientist: Tyrone Hayes on Being Targeted By Herbicide Firm Syngenta Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D. Keynote talk: Learning…

entire book by David Landes on PDF: landes-the-wealth-and-the-poverty-of-nations

By DAVID S. LANDES W.W. Norton & Company Link to Original Article Chapter 1: Nature’s Inequalities Geography has fallen on hard times. As a student in elementary school, I had to read and trace maps, even draw them from memory.…

שמות פרק כג ח) ושחד לא תקח כי השחד יעור פקחים ויסלף דברי צדיקים And no bribery shall you take, for bribery blindeth those that see clearly and distorts the words of just men. (Exodus 23:8) דברים פרק טז ט)…

David Landes speaks:

Historian explored how cultural mores and historical circumstance intersected in economics August 30, 2013 By Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer Email Twitter Facebook David S. Landes, a renowned historian whose work focused on the complex dynamics of cultural values, technological…