Salem-News.com Articles written by Ersun Warncke

Illegal Advice: Dr. Richard B. Harding Attorney At Lawl

On this labor day, if you remember nothing else, remember that those who work for a living will always be superior to those who only know how to lie cheat and steal.

(SANTA MONICA, CA) - As an esteemed member of the illegal profession I find people seeking my council from time to time in such matters and their complaints and concerns are frequently the same.

The backalleys of commerce contain in them a seemingly never ending circus of con men, hucksters, loan sharks, beggars, thieves...

Obamacare Victory Approaches

Every media outlet, both right and left, everywhere in between, has gotten suckered on this.

(SANTA MONICA) - "Obamacare's Supreme Court Disaster" screams the headline at Mother Jones. The Chicago Sun Times reports that the "President embraces term Obamacare." Search for Obamacare on Google and a paid advertisement for Obama's reelection website sits at the top of the page.

With another election coming up the end game of the main legislative push of the administration's first term is coming to its conclusion.

Conjuring Hitler: How Britain and America Made the Third Reich

Guido Giancomo Preparata, the author, is a former professor of Political Economy at the University of Washington.

(SALT LAKE CITY) - There are two definitively distinct types of history: the history written by those who take official propaganda at face value, and the history written by those who read between the lines, dig into the cracks, and shine a light on the dark corners of purposefully forgotten inconvenient truths.

The second type of history is sometimes referred to as “revisionist.” A more accurate description would be to call it “real” history, with the inverse being true of the former kind.

The Future of the Internet: Pierre Gauthier and the G-Wan Web Server

G-Wan is a revolutionary piece of software for the internet industry.

(SALT LAKE CITY) - The Internet has grown by leaps and bounds in the past decade. It has gradually taken the place of older communications technologies such as Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Radios, and Television.

As an interactive communications medium, the Internet is qualitatively different than passive “broadcast” media, and consequently it is playing an even larger role in society.

21st Century Governance: A Plan for Oregon

The State must adapt to the circumstantial needs of society, but it should never lose sight of its fundamental purpose

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Unsustainable. This one word sums up the condition of our State and Federal governments. Unemployment, debt, foreclosures, excessive taxation, corruption, and apathy: these are the symptoms of an unsustainable government and a failed political process.

The symptoms of our unsustainable government are acutely felt by the majority of the population.

Democracy and its Discontents

If consent and consensus are the hallmarks of democracy then Hitler’s Germany and Hirohito’s Japan are likely two of the most democratic societies ever created.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The state of American democracy is often bemoaned in political discourse.

DOA: Richard Lariviere`s $800 Million Dollar Crap Shoot

The Lariviere plan is simply a replay of the Oregon College Savings Plan disaster on a larger scale.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Richard Lariviere is the current President of the University of Oregon. Mr. Lariviere has been on the job for about a year. If he is trying to live up to David Frohnmayer's legacy of corrupt political hack style maneuvering, he is certainly on his way.

The icing on the cake from Lariviere is his recent proposal for "funding" the University of Oregon by issuing $800 million in new State bonds.

Religious Tolerance and Religious Wars

Diversity of religious thought is essential to a free society.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The United States by its constitution is a nation based on the principle of religious tolerance.

One of the foundational principals of the U.S. Constitution is that all citizens are free to practice their own religion according to their own conscience.

9/11 Reflections Part 2: Interview with Simon Shack of September Clues

Out of 2,970 9/11 victims listed, only 446 appear in the Social Security death index. Of those only 249 have a confirmed death certificate on file. Maybe Simon Shack is not as crazy as it would seem at first glance.

(EUGENE, ORE.) - Simon Shack is emphatic: “nobody died on September eleventh.” I am talking to him in Rome, via Skype.

He has recently asked me if I believe that the moon landing was real, laughing derisively.

9/11 Reflections Part 1: The Elephant and the Mosquito

What the myths of the Taliban, Saddam Hussein, and Ahmadinejad have in common is that they represent a particular kind of propaganda spread by parties in the U.S. who advocate for war.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - What happens when a mosquito bites an elephant? The answer to this question lies at the intersection between myth and reality.

The Big Lies, Grand Illusions, and Great Myths of our age are stories of the elephant and the mosquito.