I am an American!I am an American! I do not define myself by my past. I define myself by what I am now. I speak English, listen to American music, eat American food; through birth and association—I am, a product of the American culture.

Sure I was born the son of Guatemalan immigrants, my father the grandson of Mexicans, my mother the granddaughter of Italians, but that does not define me. I do not wear my parents’ history on my sleeve, and neither do my parents. When I was growing up, very little was spoken at home about Guatemala that was good. I was never inspired to have pride in being Guatemalan; my parents were disillusioned with their home country. Instead, I was always encouraged to take pride in being an American. My parents made no distinction between my brown skin and the white skin that was erroneously associated with Americans by ignorant and under-educated Hispanic immigrants. It is because of my parents that, similarly to Zora Hurston, in her essay, “How it Feels to Be Colored Me,” “I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored. I am merely a fragment of the Great Soul that surges within the boundaries. My country, right or wrong”.

The corrupted business, technological, and psycho-therapeutic jargon so prevalent in our society today has no place in the world of politics, there is no room for wishful thinking. It is one thing to have optimism but to have specious optimism is a recipe for disaster.

The world of economics is a complex one, and because of this, it is quite difficult to state anything as 100% correct in the field of economics. Once the clunkers program came to an end, I began to think more about the ideals of the American company. Noting that over 75% of all cars sold from the program were of foreign make, it struck me that perhaps Americans have forgotten about the successes of their own domestic companies and businesses.

“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States.  In the time and age of economic peril, we have seen many people lose hope, faith and trust. Many Americans have seen their investments and their financial security [...]

By Herbert London

In Edward Bellamy’s novel Looking Backward the principal character is mesmerized and put to sleep for decades. When he awakens, the world has changed; the socialist impulses of Bellamy and his technological predictions (quite accurate it turns out) are very much on display.