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05.06.2013 | Erin Gilliland
Why is America so prosperous? The answer is surprisingly simple..."Freedom and Liberty". It is the very nature of freedom that creates prosperity. In a
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04.26.2013 | Erin Gilliland
Why is America so Prosperous? The most fundamental answer to that question is that we have a tradition of Liberty
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02.26.2013 | Erin Gilliland
Back in college I took a general ed course on Government which ended up having very little to do with teaching about government. Instead most of our classroom time was spent by
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02.14.2013 | Erin Gilliland
The last time I addressed the main stream media it was a plea for them to return to honest journalism. The time for pleas is now over. That there’s been
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01.30.2013 | Erin Gilliland
As I have mentioned in a few previous articles, my ideology is Liberty, equality, and common sense, nothing more, nothing less. Those that have followed my articles over the last year
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01.22.2013 | Erin Gilliland
True communication is the essential conflict solver. Honest debate, grounded in logic, reason, and reality is the foundation of modern society. Without it society falters into tyranny, exploitation, and even
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01.08.2013 | Erin Gilliland
Do you ever wonder how we got to this point, largely abandoning liberty and individual responsibility in favor of “free” socialistic entitlements, with our government stealing over a trillion dollars
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12.21.2012 | Erin Gilliland
What took place at Sandy Hook Elementary was one of the most horrific
events imaginable, 27 people murdered, 20 of them precious young children. It’s
simply the latest in a series of
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12.21.2012 | Erin Gilliland
It seems that inequality invariably creates animosity and strife. In this particular case inequality has also locked us into a paralysis of sorts as well. There’s a catastrophe in our
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12.10.2012 | Erin Gilliland
When I did my internship, right out of med school, part of that internship was spent taking shifts at the Kino community hospital ER in Tucson Arizona which mainly provided
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11.28.2012 | Erin Gilliland
For a sitting US President to intentionally mislead the American people is a big deal in and of itself, but there is a much more profound aspect to Obama’s cover
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11.20.2012 | Erin Gilliland
Ok America, we’ve finished the election and well over a year of campaigning and, despite one of the most intentionally divisive and economically dismal records of a first term ever,
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11.07.2012 | Erin Gilliland
On November 6th 2012 America chose to commit collective suicide when
it decided to reelect Barrack Obama by a narrow margin. America chose a campaign
of slander, mudslinging, and personal attacks over
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10.16.2012 | Erin Gilliland
Did you catch the turn by the main stream media on the Benghazi embassy attack story? It happened so fast you could have gotten whiplash from it. I’m sure the
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10.08.2012 | Erin Gilliland
I would suspect that I hold the Constitution of the United States in as high or higher esteem than anyone else on the planet. It is a brilliant document created
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09.15.2012 | Erin Gilliland
In September of 2010 I wrote an article about the folly that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke was considering with a second round of quantitative easing (which he ultimately did implement
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09.05.2012 | Erin Gilliland
A large part of being a legitimate journalist is being honest. Certainly other things are important such as presentation, syntax, and articulation, but it’s honesty that makes the difference between
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08.22.2012 | Erin Gilliland
Take a step back for a moment and observe the state that America is in today. There’s more animosity between us as Americans than at any time I can recall
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08.12.2012 | Erin Gilliland
Over the last year the economy, and the role that Obama has played in shaping the economy, has been a frequent topic of discussion on editorial news shows. Quite frankly
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07.11.2012 | Erin Gilliland
The majority of US citizens feel that America is on the decline, that we’re moving in the wrong direction, that things are getting worse, not better. I think that they’re
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06.23.2012 | Erin Gilliland
To those who have been paying attention, Obama’s and his
administration’s actions in recent months have taken a decidedly more aggressive
and sinister turn. While there are many examples of this, for
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06.08.2012 | Erin Gilliland
What happened on Tuesday (6/5/12) in Wisconsin was a great step forward for Liberty, Freedom and Democracy over corruption and oppression. For decades the public service employee unions have held a
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05.19.2012 | Erin Gilliland
In the two years since the passage of Obamacare I have not seen anyone speak or write about it in regards to its true intent. Even those deeply opposed to
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05.07.2012 | Erin Gilliland
You hear a lot these days about the “right to healthcare” particularly from the political far left, but is healthcare really a right? I think this topic transcends politics and goes
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05.01.2012 | Erin Gilliland
The Occupy Wall Street movement sprang onto the scene in September of 2011 and the question largely remains, is it good or bad? Some of the issues that the Occupy
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04.23.2012 | Erin Gilliland
Have you noticed all the inter group animosities that our political
leaders have been stirring up recently, this pitting of American against
American for one side’s political advantage? First there was the
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04.13.2012 | Erin Gilliland
Sometimes you just have to throw down (to use the street vernacular) and this has got to be one of those times. You may want to read my preceding article
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04.08.2012 | Erin Gilliland
Do you recall the media storm that erupted about a month ago regarding Rush Limbaugh and Sandra Fluke resulting from Limbaugh’s calling Ms Fluke a slut and a prostitute? It
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03.19.2012 | Erin Gilliland
Last week I read an article regarding a summit of the G20 finance
ministers, including US secretary of the Treasury Timothy
Geithner, in Mexico City. They concluded that Europe needs to pour
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03.01.2012 | Erin Gilliland
A few weeks ago I was at a medical conference in Kansas City and one of the speakers was a consultant giving a talk about how to navigate the government
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02.03.2012 | Erin Gilliland
Have you noticed just how nasty our national politics is getting in America? Have you ever thought to ask why this is happening? I think that it comes from the
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01.23.2012 | Erin Gilliland
In my January 4th article titled The Real Economy I highlighted the fact that what’s fundamentally behind the economic crisis that we face is the fact that we’ve forsaken freedom for
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01.13.2012 | Erin Gilliland
In my article titled "The Real Economy" posted on January 4th I mentioned that the cause of the global economic crisis that we are facing is that the governments of
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01.04.2012 | Erin Gilliland
In observing the coverage over the European Debt Crisis as laid out by the economic and financial experts, I’m beginning to recognize a very perilous and unfortunate trend. The “experts”
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12.20.2011 | Erin Gilliland
I’ve noticed a phenomenon regarding sales taxes. While none of us particularly like any type of taxes, sales taxes are actually a pretty peaceful realm. When I go to
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12.01.2011 | Erin Gilliland
It’s interesting observing the coverage of the European debt crisis. In general it’s some financial expert speaking from a financial point of view, and from that point of view the
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09.01.2010 | Erin Gilliland
On Friday August 27th Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the Fed will consider making another large scale purchase of securities if the slowing economy were to further significantly decline.
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09.01.2010 | Erin Gilliland
The five year anniversary of the day hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans was August 29th. It was a day of huge natural disaster and human tragedy for the region and for
