June 2004 – Freedom Advocates

Private Property and Ecological Health

June 15, 2004 Michael Shaw Comments Off

6/15/2004 – LA SELVA BEACH, Calif. — Michael Shaw is the owner and proprietor of Liberty Garden, where — using a program of seedbank management — he created a native plant oasis on the central coast of California. In this excerpt from his treatise “What is Private Property?”, Shaw explains that if people are free to create voluntary associations, the laws of economics and the consequence of stewardship will cause the earth to improve. “Private property and a healthy planet are inseparable,” Shaw says.

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Agenda 21 — The Blueprint to Advance Sustainable Development

June 15, 2004 Daniel Beckett Comments Off

Good article to read if you are new or have friends that are new to Sustainable Development!

By Daniel Beckett, 6/15/2004 –

In this straightforward exposé of Agenda 21 — the blueprint to advance Sustainable Development — Beckett examines the notion of “sustainability.” His conclusion: The American people need to be better informed so they understand that Sustainable Development is a pseudonym for centralized control over human life.

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Is There Really a Fatherhood Crisis?

June 15, 2004 Dr. Stephen Baskerville Comments Off

WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/15/2004 – The American ideal assumes that self governance begins with the family. Fatherhood has been under a long-term attack in America. For some, the motive for this attack goes to the core of the battle about the role of government. Modern political philosophers understand that with the emergence of a global collective, the governing role of family diminishes as central government assumes the greater authority over marriage and children. Dr. Stephan Baskerville of Howard University examines how family law in America works to destroy family units and family authority.

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The Wizardry Behind Fishery Management

June 15, 2004 pwood Comments Off

Summary: FLORIDA — Like Dorothy’s Wizard, the main force driving the new paradigms in fishery management policy today have remained relatively hidden, cloaked in an obscure fog of distant international environmental policy meetings. It’s now past time to pull back the curtain and see exactly who is back there, writes Sid Preskitt.

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The International Green Agenda

June 15, 2004 Ivan Osorio Comments Off

By Ivan Osorio, 6/15/2004 – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nongovernmental organizations, especially environmental, play an increasingly important role in international politics. With the financial backing of major U.S. philanthropies, such as the Ford Foundation, environmental activists use United Nations forums and other international meetings to influence global trade and environmental policy.

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“Fidel gives us candy”: Of Charettes, Visioning and Contrivance

June 14, 2004 Wendall Cox Comments Off

By Wendall Cox, 6/14/2004 –

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — What can appear to be choices may very well be the result of manipulation or contrivance. Wendell Cox writes about the striking similarities between the "groupthink" tactics of Fidel Castro and the "visioning" processes that occur in urban development and regional planning exercises.

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