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This is a story about an impossible love. Bob is a young American soldier in Korea during the Vietnam era. As he goes through his training, he works hard to survive the war that has been killing many of his friends. He does not know what will happen and he feels the stress of war looming. How will he survive?Bobbie is a beautiful young Korean woman trying to survive in a world that hates her because she likes Americans and their culture.When Bob meets Bobbie in an army town outside of Camp Casey, Korea, a new Korean War begins and they wonder if their love can survive the clash of values.

This book explores a new field called pre-philosophy that emerged out of pre-historical times to become religion and modern philosophy. Villegas covers the fundamental concepts that make up religious precepts and he shows that rationalism, faith and collectivism bring about a self-imposed cultural dictatorship.

The idea that Domitian was the author, through John, of Revelation is a relatively new idea. But, if this is true, it answers many questions about the purpose of Revelation and what events led up to it. By connecting the document to Domitian, we are also able to connect it to Pauline Christianity and understand the context for both Christian writings and Revelation. Indeed, Revelation seems to be an outlier compared to most of the documents in the gospels. With a few minor exceptions, there are no monsters, fire-breathing dragons, apocalyptic imagery and dire warnings about catastrophic ...

This book explores the "persons" visible on the Triumphant Arch of Titus which is located in the heart of Rome. These people were significant in that they played a role, not only in Rome's conquest of Judaea but also in the creation of Christianity. This book explores those individuals and the roles they played in the creation of one of the most important religious movements in world history.

After a decade of near obscurity, the Libertarian Party emerged into political prominence around the time of the election of 1980. This was also the year when Ronald Reagan was elected President. It is thought by many that Reagan’s economic policies most closely resembled those of libertarians. But this was not true. Still, even now, many people think that the libertarian movement is a distinctly American movement fostering liberty and “American values”. On the contrary, the Libertarian Party is merely faux American in principle. It is a party against liberty.

The goal of this booklet is to introduce young people to the economic system known as capitalism. It is my contention that capitalism is the best economic system in the world. The benefits of capitalism have been left out of the discussion in our universities, and I consider this a travesty. In fact, most college professors today know that if young people were to become aware of the benefits of capitalism, they would reject fascism, communism and socialism, each of which are coercive in nature. Scholars, college professors, and politicians today (properly called pragmatists) have engaged in...

This book examines actions, policies, and practices of the presidency of Barack Obama. It takes a critical look at his philosophy, as it impacted the many coercive and re-distributive proposals he put forward; and shows why they were wrong. This book does not attack the man but analyzes the ideas in terms of fundamental principles.

One of the most important goals for any person is to establish intellectual independence. Intellectual independence is the road to “life” independence, which is the ability to earn your own way without help from others. Typically, this goal is a characteristic of the American individualist compared to his European cousins who can barely conceive of such a “predatory” mindset. Needless to say, it is also the opposite of the collectivist mindset that is becoming more common on the scene in America. This book teaches self-reliance and respect for the self as opposed to dependence and ...

Why did I write this book, and why did I call it EGOnomics? I believe you need to defend your ego against countless efforts to diminish it. Anti-ego ideologies often equivocate between egoism and narcissism and treat both concepts as if they were the same. The proponents of “anti-ego” do not like to witness a person expressing pride and self-regard, or when he is praised for having done something good or beneficial for himself. “Who does he think he is?” they ask. In this book I want to straighten out our understanding of the human ego and I want to give you tools to help you feel ...

Many people think the best way to make a difference in society is to do charitable things for others. This book argues that there is another aspect of altruism (sacrifice for the sake of society) that connects it to collectivism, human sacrifice, re-distribution, and mass murder. All socialist systems, including communism, and welfare-statism, are based upon altruism (taking from the productive and giving to the poor). The question then, for altruism, is not about how many people benefit but, rather, how many people are needlessly exploited? Additionally important, is not whether altruism ...

The purpose of this book is to delve into critical issues about how the human mind has come to the modern position of doubt and despair. The culprits in this matter include the irrationality of both rationalism and skepticism, and, in particular, the child of skepticism known as pragmatism. Our age is an age of irrationalism specifically because these philosophical concepts lead to doubt, confusion, and denial of reality.

Every individual has a yearning to know that he is both free and good. This yearning comes to him from early youth, and he hopes that he eventually develops the intellectual tools to help him distinguish between his nature and the demands of society. The key to freedom is the ability to act without restriction and, especially, without guilt. But what happens when you are confronted with the demands of people who have no good intentions? What if those intentions conflict with your principles and your peace of mind? It is at this point when you cry a soft cry, when you realize that you are ...

Calming the mind and quiet thinking are two new premises of rational meditation. This guide to rational thinking takes on mysticism, mindfulness and eastern religious influences by explaining how they do not help men live by means of reason and rational thinking. Mindfulness, in particular, is the meditation system of the left. The author shows how meditation can be done without mysticism, leftist philosophy and the denigration of the individual. Rational Meditation is not about collective joining with groups of like-minded people (Plato) and/or becoming Hephaistos (Freud and Jung). It is ...

Addiction is only possible to a person who is in denial of his own problems and who needs an “excuse” for escaping from his anxiety. It is a self-deception that exacerbates an individual’s problems by offering short-term pleasure as a solution for long-term anxiety. Yet, without self-deception, addiction would not be possible. You can go through scientific study after scientific study and none of them deal with the fact that any consumption item or activity that produces pleasure (but not nourishment) requires an excuse (or an argument) for its intake. In truth, most people eat way ...

The advocates of socialism and communism assume, on principle, that the individual belongs to the state and the state can do whatever it wants to him. This premise, being the singular operative premise of communism and socialism, makes their moral natures and actions so similar that they can be understood solely on this basis. Contrast coercive governments with capitalist systems based upon the individual, and you will understand why communism and socialism oppose capitalism. The proponents of these coercive systems do not want the people to know that force and capitalism are opposites. In ...

This theatrical play is based upon poems from Mr. Villegas's book Poetic Prose and Poetry. Some of the poems have been slightly altered to reflect the internal story of the play. The title poem is about the citizen journalist and how he has changed the world through his computer.

This book is designed as a “shorter” explanation of the ideas presented in my larger book, “Behind the Ritual Mask” which seeks to define fundamental principles of religion. I’m hoping this book will serve as a primer for the original book and spur an interest in reading it. The following contains excerpts from the original Forward of the book.When an entrenched, anti-reason culture is presented with new ideas that challenge its fundamental premises, it relies on the power of what is taken as knowledge in the culture in order to defend itself. Indeed, when corrupt ideas are ...

This book is a follow up to the book I wrote entitled “How Pragmatism Destroyed a World”. In this earlier book, I proposed that the philosophy of pragmatism is the major problem causing confusion and doubt in our society. Everywhere we look, as we watch events, we see people intent on creating that confusion in order to “gaslight” people into accepting their rule. Various myths are being stoked and repeated to give people the impression there are “problems” that must be dealt with. The truth is that pragmatism is a gimmick and a deception.

The Short Play Adam Reborn has been joined by a short story originally entitled "The Garden" which started over 40 years ago as the precursor to the Play. This story has been updated and refurbished to give it a consistent new theme that joins the two works and gives a fresh perspective on the nature of man and the glory of human accomplishment. The result is a tribute to man's greatness and his unending pursuit of values.

This new book is designed to help you restart your business after the Coronavirus pandemic. You will find here all the right questions, how you can find the answers and the forms you need to walk through your restart and coming success. This book is based upon a “Restart Checklist” provided by the author. You can use this checklist to help you ask and answer the right questions for this time in our nation’s history. Next you’ll find four SWOT Analysis forms that will help you assess your company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in a realistic manner so you can ...