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And please recognize that this site will not be updated every evening with day-to-day news stories that you can read elsewhere. It is not that kind of site. Nikitas3.com is dedicated to bigger ideas and concepts that, I hope, are discussed in such a way as to stimulate serious thought on an array of issues.
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Table of Contents:
Politics: Right Is Right by Nikitas. This book explains step-by-step how conservatism built Western civilization, and how liberal socialists are trying to undermine it at every turn. It shows why ordered capitalist societies have been the world's most successful ones, and how our republican and constitutional form of government is threatened by activist socialism. We must return to the nation our Founding Fathers wanted with small government, low taxes, private property rights ensured, the freedom to prosper and majority rule. Print out the 12-pt. type edition (121 pages) here. To read an excerpt of Right Is Right on-screen, click here.
***NOTE: To learn more about the real Barack Obama, visit www.theobamafile.com I cannot vouch for the authenticity of everything on this site, but it looks legitimate. It is disturbing reading and gives a very unsettling view of Obama and his weird family history and his political history.
The Public Square: Regular editorials on political and cultural events. Currently: Let the Energy Markets Work II, an update of a May editorial on Nikitas3.com. Plus: A Tale of Two Senators, a column about actions and comments by two public figures. And: Sex on the Beach, concerning public sex on the beaches of homosexual-friendly Provincetown, Massachusetts, and G-8 Coverup, an editorial about the so-called 'consensus' on so-called 'greenhouse-gas' emissions. Also: Jesse Helms, 1921-2008. Righteous Warrior, a look back at the conservative icon. And: Prepare for 'Compassion Tsunami' This Winter, a comment on the coming heating-oil shortages. Also: No, Senator Reid, Coal and Oil Do NOT Make us Sick, a response to an outrageous claim by a leading Democrat. Then: SPECIAL! Gun Rights Upheld! about the Supreme Court's 2ndAmendment ruling. Plus: It's About Time, a comment on the passing of a new FISA bill. And: George Carlin Will Not be Missed, a recollection of the comedian. Also: Haditha, Virginia Tech Revisited, a column about two legal cases. And: Temper Tantrum Politics, a commentary about the current oil debate. Plus: Connect the Dots, an editorial about the Supreme Court's Guantanamo decision. And: What Big Brown Teaches Us About Contemporary Politics, an analysis of the death of the 'global warming' bill in the US Senate. Plus: Dealing with Criticism from the Left and the Right, a commentary concerning public revelations about powerful people. And: Let the Energy Markets Work, about the current energy price spikes, and Good News on Iraq, about improvements in the war zone. Then: Media Bias is No Great Secret, a column about media coverage of North Korea and Colombia. Plus: Sex and the Decadent City, a review of modern television. And: Art in Question: Aliza Shvarts and All that Stuff, a commentary about the contemporary arts. Also: Abolish the Internal Revenue Service, an April 15 essay on our current tax system. Plus: Clinton Tax Returns Tell the Real Story, an analysis of Billary's whopping income. And: The Ellen DeGeneres Show We'd Like to See, a commentary on the gay agenda in America. Also: America Unbalanced, a special editorial on our current economic crisis. Other past editorials will appear occasionally on Best of Nikitas3.com.
News in Review: This section will regularly cover interesting news items from the local, regional and national level. I will not repeat the daily headlines you can see on a hundred other websites. What I will do is to briefly and succinctly present and analyze revealing news clips from around the nation with an eye to putting them in the context of where our society is going and how conservatives plan to address those issues. These news items are not time-sensitive. They make sense any time! Lots to read here.
Election 2008: A section devoted to weekly commentaries about the current election year.
Fact: Did you know that the Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activist Alvin E. Bovay? And that only 9 years later, on January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation took effect as a result of the efforts of Republican Abraham Lincoln? Pretty fast work, wouldn't you say? Did you know that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, and that for more than a century the Democrats were the party of secession, slavery and segregation? Read more on this subject at www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500
Thinking Points: Thoughts, musings, observations and information on how to think like a rational conservative on a variety of issues. This jam-packed section will reveal simple ideas that express much about what is happening to our culture. Check it out...
Around the Web: Clips, links, quotes, commentaries and excerpts from around the internet.
Who "The Rich" Really are in America Today: Liberals love to spread the myth that rich people are all Republicans. But the data show that increasingly the overwhelming majority of wealthy people in America today are Democrats, many of them super-rich and extremely socialistic in outlook like John Kerry, Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison, Michael Bloomberg, Oprah Winfrey and David Geffen. This section of essays will grow as new data is uncovered.
Best of Nikitas3.com: A page of excerpts from essays, editorials and columns, past and present, that have appeared on this site. This page will give viewers a quick overview of some of the ideas that are appearing, and have appeared, on Nikitas3.com.
Questions: Questions that every conservative can ask at a dinner party, barbecue, in a debate etc. Guaranteed to disarm the liberal opposition because they will have no answer. Because they've never honestly answered these questions before.
Links: If you want to see the work of an interesting guy, go to www.johnrlott.tripod.com Dr. Lott has done statistical studies about gun ownership and use (showing that crime drops when people are given the right to carry a weapon) and has written a fine book called Freedomnomics, in which he offers solid evidence of how the capitalist free market helps people to make the best choices. Also check out www.forthardknox.com This is a great site that will introduce you to many other interesting people and their ideas. You'll see some of my work there regularly. Also, www.junkscience.com is a really good place to learn about how science is being perverted and subverted by politics. To see the website of a great candidate for US Senate from Massachusetts - Republican Jeff Beatty who will run against John Kerry this November - visit www.jeffbeatty.com Jeff is an amazing guy, former Delta Force, CIA, FBI, the real deal in a lifetime of service, not 4 months in Vietnam like Kerry. For more information on the nonsensical 'global warming' theory and to read the names of 31,000 American scientists who have signed a petition saying this theory is unproven, visit www.oism.org/pproject
Ramblings & Rumblings: My observations, notes, alarm bells, punditry and essays on the subjects of plastic, clouds, square dancers, isotopes, exotic wood and every other thing that comes to mind. Currently: Death at High Speed, a commentary on deaths in the dangerous world of auto racing. And: Remember our Fathers, a tribute to my father, and to all our fathers. Also: Danica Patrick Makes History, a story about the first-ever win by a woman in a major closed-circuit racing series. Can she win the Indianapolis 500? And: Making Maple Syrup in The Good Old Days, an essay about producing this fine confection in the late 1970s. Then: Researchers' Goal: Say Anything, Make Headlines... and Money, a comment on the plethora of "studies" in the media today. Also: 'New TV' Tells Us Who we Are, a column about the new generation in television. Plus: A Personal Story about The World Trade Center. Also: 54 and Still Frolicking, a reminiscence about the ol' swimming hole. And: Joey Chestnut, American Hero, a review of the Nathan's International 4th of July Hot Dog-Eating Contest at Coney Island, New York. Plus: Summer Is... a musing on our favorite season. Railfanning the Leatherstocking, a tale about a trip into the rural heart of New York State. And: A tale about fireworks; odd road signs; a few thoughts about Vickie Lynn Hogan (aka, Anna Nicole Smith); and a geography lesson: Why is Daytona International Speedway located where it is?
Demand Property Tax Relief: Standard and Poor’s Case-Shiller index notes that home values nationwide have fallen as much as 20% since their peak in June 2006. So obviously real estate taxes should be lowered as a result. Homeowners: Call your local assessor and demand relief. And talk to a local real estate agent for a printout of recent home sales in your area which will give you solid information on which to base your request.
Where Is Out Society Going?, a commentary on the direction of American culture by Tom Ross, director of the group Massachusetts Citizens for Constitution Reform.
Guest Thoughts: Essays by independent contributors including J. Laurence Eisenberg, a Florida attorney and an Air Force veteran; and Matt Kinnaman, who was the unsuccessful Republican candidate in 2002 for US Congress from Massachusetts' 1st District.
Why Social Security Is Failing: An excerpt from Right Is Right which explains very simply how Social Security works and why it is collapsing. Warnings about SS are sounding in every quarter, while most citizens have no idea how we have arrived where we are with this system. Social Security, established primarily through the efforts of the Democrat party in 1935, slowly is impoverishing tens of millions of Americans, and liberals don't want you to know the truth about the inherent and obvious flaw of this program, which is exposed here.
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"Preserving" Farmland, or Taking it Over?: An essay on how environmental groups are squeezing property owners in rural America, and appropriating their land.
The Tragedy of Misrepresenting Violence: An essay analyzing a decade of shootings in public schools and on college campuses, along with a reprint of a Nikitas3.com editorial written in response to the Virginia Tech massacre on April 16, 2007.
10 Ways that Socialism Makes People Poor:
Debating a liberal is like debating a wall. They
especially love to insist that only they care about "the poor" and "working
families". Nonsense! Here
is an E-Z guide that shows 10 ways that liberals actually cause people to be
poor. And since conservatives are people of action and not words,
Nikitas3.com reveals the rational steps that conservatives always have
taken to stop socialists from continuing to
make people poor and poorer. At the end of this essay is another short subject called
Free Air Conditioning for All! which turns the "entitlement question"
on its head.
Also on the same page:
10 Ways to Debate
Liberals and Win Every Time: An easy-to-read guide on how to use
facts and truth to debunk liberal spin. Remember how liberals work; first their
ideas cause a crisis, so they then appoint themselves to “solve” it. For
instance, enviro policies have restricted large-scale energy production here in
Quotes ...and Comment:
Quotes from and commentary about historical American and world figures, and my comments. Currently:
An excerpt from John O'Sullivan's essay Margaret Thatcher: Legacy of
Freedom. Also: An excerpt from Thomas Paine's Common Sense, published in
1776, one of the key documents that spurred the American Revolution. And:
The Ten Commandments, for those who do not know what the actual
Commandments are, they are here. Also:
Maxims from Benjamin Franklin, words of wisdom from a Founder of our
nation. And:
President Bush's Welcoming Speech, and Pope Benedict's Response. From
ceremonies on April 16, 2008. Marcus Tullius Cicero speaking about true law. Sir Winston Churchill, on the fallacy of disarmament.
Adam Smith on the self-interest of the entrepreneur. The full
text of George Washington's Farewell Address.
From Wealth Creation to Wealth
Destruction: Why capitalists are on the "right" side
of the issue, and why “taxing the rich” (and everybody else in sight) is a crafted leftist strategy to funnel
more wealth and power to political liberals, while disempowering the free citizens of our
nation to determine their own destinies.
12 Simple, Rational Steps to
Securing Our Energy Future: Any sensible person can see
that the 'energy crisis' is not a crisis at all, but is a normal state of
affairs that is being twisted and trumped up by environmentalists. The
conservative capitalist response presented here by
Nikitas3.com is absolutely workable,
and lists some simple and straightforward facts about energy, along with ways in
which we easily can create a secure energy future.
A Brief Primer on Debunking ‘Global Warming’:
GW is not science; it is a tenet of religious paganism (worship of nature); a
secular, leftist political position being used to expand the power of
government; and a fund-raising tool for enviro groups. Read this brief essay on
how to fight GW nonsense and hysteria with common sense, facts and truth.
The Pledge of Allegiance: For those who have heard the Pledge undermined in recent years, this is the proper way to say it: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Art: Supreme Forms by Nikitas, an evolving essay about the essential role that visual forms play, and have played, in our lives, from the design of the Parthenon to modern-day jetliners. Currently: The Perfection of the Parthenon in Greece, and an excerpt about The Golden Rectangle, considered the most perfect geometric form of all.
Charioteer: Commentary and review of Western art, architecture, engineering and design, from antiquity through the 20th century. Currently: Saarinen's Sublime Curves, a review of two architectural projects by the great Finnish-American, Eero Saarinen. And: Frederic Remington Looking West, a small exhibit of the artist's work depicting the American West. Then: Loving Abstract Art in One Easy Lesson, an essay on an art form that some find challenging. And: A look back at a memorable textbook, H.W. Janson's History of Art. Plus: Art of the Passenger Train, a photo essay about two railroad terminals. And: The Unknown Monet, Pastels and Drawings at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Plus: Clark Art Expansion: Progress or Problematic?, a review of the new building designs at the Clark by architect Tadao Ando. Also: "Athens-Sparta", a review of an exhibit of artifacts from the two Greek city-states; And the answer to the question, "Why is this column called 'Charioteer' in the first place?"
Art: A selection of paintings, sculptures, constructions, cutouts and drawings by Nikitas. This exhibit will rotate.
Fiction:
Stories and
short novels by Nikitas. Currently: Zero Seven Seven Three Six Nine Eight
Six Four
To support this site, you may order an e-mailed copy of any (or all) of my short novels, Traveling Hopefully, about a guy and girl on a cross-country hitchhiking jaunt; Sugar in the Wind, which concerns a murder mystery at an abandoned Vermont inn; or 9/11, a fiction about one man's personal recollection of the day of the attacks. Also available: Ice... and Other Stories, a set of short stories. And The Target, another short story collection. Each is $5. Please contact me through a separate e-mail at nik3455@juno.com if you are interested.
Also, you may purchase a photo-print of an artwork as they appear on the Art page; a railroad photograph; or any other photograph on this site. They are $25 each, and are sold signed and unframed, and will be roughly 8X10 each. Price includes shipping within the US. Or you may purchase an original sculpture, painting, form drawing or construction. Image drawings (nature, portraits etc.) are not for sale. Original cartoons are $50. Please contact me by e-mail if you are interested.