Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on October 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In 1920, Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant, started advertising that he could make a 50% return for investors in only 45 days. People mortgaged their homes and invested all of their life savings with Ponzi, so that by July 1920, Ponzi was bringing in millions of dollars. As with all frauds, the money return to [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on October 14, 2009 · 1 Comment
Two years ago, illegal immigration was such a hot topic that any conservative politician who even mentioned the word “amnesty” for undocumented aliens—also called illegal immigrants—in anything other than a hostile tone risked being tarred and feathered and subject to a recall. But today the issue of aliens unlawfully present in the United States has [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on October 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitutions states that, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary for the security of a free State, the right of the people t keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Since the Second Amendment was ratified on December 15, 1791, there has been a heated debate over whether [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on October 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
On Tuesday, October 7, 2009, lawyers for both sides argued before the United States Supreme Court whether Congress can outlaw videos showing dogs fighting or other small animals being tortured and killed. The law in question made it a crime to sell videos with scenes of animal cruelty, and was intended to apply only to [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on October 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
On June 25, 2009, millions of pop superstar Michael Jackson’s fans were shocked and stunned by the news that the 50-year-old entertainer had died in his Bel Air Mansion. Paramedics were called to the scene but by the time they arrived, Jackson had stopped breathing and had gone into full cardiac arrest. The paramedics performed [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on October 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It happened again last night. A drunk driver driving the wrong way in the fast lane of a freeway plowed head-on into an oncoming car, killing the young married couple sitting in the front seat and injuring their infant child who was strapped into a car seat in the back seat. And the drunk driver? [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on October 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
When does life begin? It seems like a relatively easy question to answer depending upon various factors. As we age, we’re often told that life begins at 21, or 30, or 40. But when human life really begins from a legal viewpoint is not the same as when it begins from a biological viewpoint, which [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on September 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I have to laugh every time I see a commercial for an insurance company in which the insurance company says “You’re in good hands,” “We’re here to protect you,” “You can count on us to be there,” or some other such nonsense. The truth is that insurance companies are not your friends. They are not [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on September 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A “victimless crime” is any activity that does not physically harm a person or property of another, or to which the act was in fact consented and is currently illegal if based on statutory laws. In a victimless crime, there is no apparent victim and no apparent pain or injury. The crimes most often described [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on September 23, 2009 · 1 Comment
Suppose that you’ve been living with your significant other for ten years and you intend to stay with her or him forever. Your significant other is your soul mate and nothing is more important to you than having the whole world recognize you as a legally and morally committed couple who pledge themselves to the [...]
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Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme
Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on October 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In 1920, Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant, started advertising that he could make a 50% return for investors in only 45 days. People mortgaged their homes and invested all of their life savings with Ponzi, so that by July 1920, Ponzi was bringing in millions of dollars. As with all frauds, the money return to [...]
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