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A page-turning real-life thriller, Lucifer's Banker Uncensored is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the secret Swiss high-net worth banking industry and a harrowing account of our government's justice system.Updated and Uncensored! As a private banker working for the largest bank in the world, UBS, Bradley Birkenfeld was an expert in Switzerland's shell-game of offshore companies and secret numbered accounts. He wined and dined ultrawealthy clients whose millions of dollars were hidden away from business partners, spouses, and tax authorities. As his client list grew, Birkenfeld lived a life of money, fast cars, and beautiful women, but when he discovered that UBS was planning to betray him, he blew the whistle to the US Government. The Department of Justice scorned Birkenfeld's unprecedented whistle-blowing and attempted to silence him with a conspiracy charge. Yet Birkenfeld would not be intimidated. He took his secrets to the US Senate, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Internal Revenue Service, where he prevailed. His bombshell revelations helped the US Treasury recover over $15 billion (and counting) in back taxes, fines, and penalties from American tax cheats. But Birkenfeld was shocked to discover that at the same time he was cooperating with the US Government, the Department of Justice was still doggedly pursuing him. He was arrested and served thirty months in federal prison. When he emerged, the Internal Revenue Service gave him a whistle-blower award for $104 million, the largest such reward in history. A page-turning real-life thriller, Lucifer's Banker Uncensored is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the secret Swiss high-net worth banking industry and a harrowing account of our government's justice system. Readers will follow Birkenfeld and share his outrage with the incompetence and possible corruption at the Department of Justice, and they will cheer him on as he 'hammers' one of the most well-known and powerful banks in the world.

Refusing A Crown is sweeping and original history that reveals how George Washingtons voluntary surrender of poweran act unmatched in its timeshaped the American republic, influenced revolutions around the world, and remains one of the few moments in history capable of uniting Americans across todays political divide.At a time when Americans once again argue about leadership, power, and the future of self-government, one figure continues to stand apart: George Washington. Across the political spectrumfrom Donald Trump to Joe Bidenleaders still invoke him as the ultimate measure of political greatness. Refusing a Crown reveals why. Washingtons most extraordinary achievement was not winning the Revolutionary War or helping found a new nation. It was something far rarer: He gave up powertwice. First, when he resigned his command after victory. Then again, when he stepped down as president, establishing a precedent no law required and no force could compel. In an age dominated by kings and emperors, Washington chose restraintand in doing so, he helped define the American experiment. Refusing a Crown is the first book to place Washingtons decisions within the sweeping Western shift from monarchy to republic, showing why that transition was anything but inevitable. Drawing on the Judeo-Christian moral tradition and the political inheritance from Great Britain, Refusing a Crown reveals how early Americans sought to build a republic strong enough to govern real peoplenot an idealized political fantasy. Washingtons example did not stop at Americas borders. From Napoleon to Simn Bolvar to Yuan Shikai, revolutionary leaders across the world found themselves comparedoften unfavorablyto the American who walked away from power. In an era defined by polarization and distrust, Washingtons story remains one of the few that can still uniteand remind us that the true test of leadership is knowing when to let go.

The Civic Education Crisis: How We Got Here, What We Must Do is a call to action, an effort to save our republic through better civic education. America faces a crisis in civic education that imperils the long-term health of the country. Too many Americans—especially young people—do not have the knowledge of history and principles necessary to sustain the republic. In what has become a vicious cycle, young people are not learning about their country—its history and how it works—and they grow up disengaged and distrustful. Too many young people do not understand the principles of self-government on which America was founded. And they do not understand America’s history as the story of the struggle to live up to those principles of freedom articulated in documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Instead, too many believe that America’s story is essentially one of oppression, not freedom—injustice, not hope. In the first half of the book, authors Jeff Sikkenga and David Davenport diagnose the problem while proposing solutions in the second half. Truly, America faces a civics crisis and action is needed now to reverse the trend.

"If you read only one book on economics in your life, it should be Alex Kaiser's. Beautifully written and elegantly argued, it will change your mind, and maybe your life, certainly your politics. Kaiser takes you out of the lecture room and into the street, where the economy actually happens."—Deirdre McCloskey.In The Street Economist, Axel Kaiser offers basic lessons in economics that should be part of everyone's education. It is an effort to correct the mistake of " ivory tower economists" who conceive this science as an oracular discipline that can only be properly discussed by experts. Crucial concepts such as prices, capital, demand and supply, labor, inflation, value, and innovation, among others, are explained in simple and direct language in order to make them understandable to the general public. The Street Economist has been a best-selling book in almost all countries where it has been published.  In Chile, it sold more than 50.000 copies in a year, and it is still the most sold nonfiction book after a year of its publication. It is now being published in 5 different languages.

“I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to have been born two or three centuries hence.” -- Ben FranklinWas Benjamin Franklin an indispensable public servant or a cunning chameleon? A hard-headed entrepreneur or an opportunistic privateer? A devoted family man or a notorious womanizer? A scientist and inventor or a hoaxer and self promoter? A believer or a heretic? The first civilized American or the most dangerous man in America? Read this book, and you decide! In The Greatest American, Dr. Mark Skousen—“America’s Economist” and a direct descendant of the old man—reveals many new features and little-known facts about Ben Franklin, such as: - Why Franklin was a free trader: "No nation was ever ruined by trade." - The surprising benefits of inflation to pay for the American Revolution. - How the War of Independence transformed him from a religious heretic to a believing theist. - Why he hated party politics. - How he changed his mind about slavery and became a devout abolitionist. - The truth about his love affairs with women. Did he really abandon his wife Deborah, or did she abandon him? - Why he never applied for any patents for his famous inventions. - Why George Washington loved Franklin and John Adams despised him. - Why he turned against his beloved son, William, and never forgave him. - His preference for private welfare and charities rather than state-run social programs and welfare. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest of the founding fathers -- he was indeed a whole generation ahead of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson -- and yet he was the most forward-looking of the group and the most modern of the founders. The Greatest American shows just how much of an impact Benjamin Franklin had on American politics and daily life. “Few scholars today know Benjamin Franklin as well, or as intimately, as Mark Skousen. That familiarity is on full display in The Greatest American. Skousen, a direct descendant of his subject, ranges nimbly across the remarkable breadth of Franklin’s life, from his views on business and economics to education and, yes, sex. Along the way, he makes a com- pelling case not only for Franklin’s greatness but also for his relevance today. He is the most modern of founders—and the most fun.” —Eric Weiner, author, Ben and Me, and former foreign correspondent for NPR “Mark Skousen lucidly, delightfully and successfully lays out the life of one the most extraordinary figures in American— and indeed world—history. Franklin personified and promoted the characteristics and culture that made America great, especially the drive for self-improvement and inventiveness. His genius for diplomacy was absolutely essential for the success of the American Revolution. The significance of his astonishing scientific achievements, insights, and research are only now being fully appreciated. One can only exclaim: What a man!” —Steve Forbes, chairman and editor in chief, Forbes magazine “We can’t bring back Ben Franklin. That’s too bad, because America could use him now. Mark Skousen does the next best thing: channeling the spirit of Franklin in this lively and accessible book. Strangers to Franklin will marvel at all he accomplished. Even Franklin experts will benefit from reminders of the breadth of his contributions to American life.” —H. W. Brands, University of Texas at Austin “If anyone embodies the Renaissance man, it’s Ben Franklin— printer, scientist, musician, inventor, author, activist, statesman, and diplomat. Mark Skousen delves into every facet of his remarkable life, including Franklin’s surprisingly active love life into his eighties, in this lively and entertaining book. Highly recommended!” —Alexander Green, chief investment strategist, The Oxford Club, and author of Beyond Wealth

“I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to have been born two or three centuries hence.” -- Ben FranklinWas Benjamin Franklin an indispensable public servant or a cunning chameleon? A hard-headed entrepreneur or an opportunistic privateer? A devoted family man or a notorious womanizer? A scientist and inventor or a hoaxer and self promoter? A believer or a heretic? The first civilized American or the most dangerous man in America? Read this book, and you decide! In The Greatest American, Dr. Mark Skousen—“America’s Economist” and a direct descendant of the old man—reveals many new features and little-known facts about Ben Franklin, such as: - Why Franklin was a free trader: "No nation was ever ruined by trade." - The surprising benefits of inflation to pay for the American Revolution. - How the War of Independence transformed him from a religious heretic to a believing theist. - Why he hated party politics. - How he changed his mind about slavery and became a devote abolitionist. - The truth about his love affairs with women. Did he really abandon his wife Deborah, or did she abandon him? - Why he never applied for any patents for his famous inventions. - Why George Washington loved Franklin and John Adams despised him. - Why he turned against his beloved son, William, and never forgave him. - His preference for private welfare and charities rather than state-run social programs and welfare. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest of the founding fathers -- he was indeed a whole generation ahead of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson -- and yet he was the most forward-looking of the group and the most modern of the founders. The Greatest American shows just how much of an impact Benjamin Franklin had on American politics and daily life. “Few scholars today know Benjamin Franklin as well, or as intimately, as Mark Skousen. That familiarity is on full display in The Greatest American. Skousen, a direct descendant of his subject, ranges nimbly across the remarkable breadth of Franklin’s life, from his views on business and economics to education and, yes, sex. Along the way, he makes a com- pelling case not only for Franklin’s greatness but also for his relevance today. He is the most modern of founders—and the most fun.” —Eric Weiner, author, Ben and Me, and former foreign correspondent for NPR “Mark Skousen lucidly, delightfully and successfully lays out the life of one the most extraordinary figures in American— and indeed world—history. Franklin personified and promoted the characteristics and culture that made America great, especially the drive for self-improvement and inventiveness. His genius for diplomacy was absolutely essential for the success of the American Revolution. The significance of his astonishing scientific achievements, insights, and research are only now being fully appreciated. One can only exclaim: What a man!” —Steve Forbes, chairman and editor in chief, Forbes magazine “If anyone embodies the Renaissance man, it’s Ben Franklin— printer, scientist, musician, inventor, author, activist, statesman, and diplomat. Mark Skousen delves into every facet of his remarkable life, including Franklin’s surprisingly active love life into his eighties, in this lively and entertaining book. Highly recommended!” —Alexander Green, chief investment strategist, The Oxford Club, and author of Beyond Wealth

In the 21 st century, America has become a polarized nation on the brink of civil war. Progressive elites have succeeded in capturing virtually all of America's major institutions and are actively threatening to silence and ostracize conservatives from the public square. Many Americans are at a loss to explain how we have arrived at this place. A Godless Crusade traces the evolution of the culture wars to the rise of secular humanism and secular religion that denies the role of God and revealed morality and seeks to expunge them from society. ';Wokism' as the most recent avatar of cultural Marxism represents a direct attack on God and the Judeo-Christian ethic, opposing views that will not peacefully be reconciled.

The Chinese Communist Party and their world dominion objective is the biggest enemy of religion and religious people around the world.China is at war with faith. It is a war they must not win. The future of the free world depends on it. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spends billions of dollars annually to either control or exterminate people of all faiths. It is a strategic imperative for them. Christians, Buddhist, Muslims, Falun Gong, and more are seen as a threat to the control of China and the world by the CCP. Three genocides are going on right now inside China. Tibetan Buddhist, Uyghur Muslims, and Falun Gong believers are all being systematically squashed while the world remains silent to their cries. Religion and people of faith are our greatest allies in challenging China's New World Order of Communism, Atheism, and Totalitarianism. We must confront the rise of this technologically supercharged global dictatorship before it is too late. Digital authoritarianism using advance surveillance technology by the CCP makes hiding nearly impossible. The systems are readily sold to dictators around the world. Our window to respond is short. Heroes of the Faiths are arising and confronting the Dragon, even in the face of death. We cannot let them down.

A data-driven indictment of how a tiny class of politically active elites hijacked America's institutions, shattered national trust, and turned citizens against one anotherand what the rest of us can do about it.America feels divided beyond repair. Families stop talking, friends walk on eggshells, politics has become tribal, angry, and hopeless. But what if the story we've been told about our national divide is wrong?In Out of Touch, legendary pollster Scott Rasmussen reveals the real source of America's crisis: not ordinary voters, not even partisan extremistsbut a powerful and insulated Elite One Percent who dominate media, universities, corporations, and government itself. Drawing on unprecedented national surveys, Rasmussen exposes a shocking reality: These elites trust government more than the public, believe Americans have too much freedom, and increasingly doubt whether everyday citizens should even be allowed to vote.While Americans across party lines still agree on core valuesfreedom, equality, and self-governancethe ruling political culture has drifted far from those ideals. The result is a nation trapped in manufactured conflict while decisions are quietly centralized in elite hands. This book doesn't preach left or right; it follows the data. And what the data reveals should alarm anyone who cares about democracy.Out of Touch is a wake-up call, a warning, and a roadmap for renewing the American promise before it slips away.

A powerful tribute to the enduring spirit of Americaour liberty, our land, our hopes, our memories, our faith, and the beauty of our culture that we seek to restore.Evocative, heartfelt, and rich with nostalgia, Michael Finch's A Time to Stand captures the beauty of our land and the values that shaped our greatness, urging us to remember and restore what made us truly free.

RECLAIMING THE MEANING, PURPOSE, AND POWER OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTThe Declaration of Independence forever transforms our understanding of equality, liberty, and the proper role of government. Its revolutionary philosophical framework is the bedrock foundation of the Constitution and our system of self-government. Yet America's most important document is largely forgotten, misunderstood, and even attackedfueling a crisis in the American spirit that threatens the nation's very survival.Marking its 250th anniversary, in The Revolutionary Words that Forged America, Judge Michael Warren provides a line-by-line (often word-by-word) analysis of America's charterits drafting, historical circumstances, underlying philosophy, and legal force. He contrasts the Founders' beliefs and aspirations with their opposites throughout world historyincluding communism, fascism, royal despotism, dictatorships, and caste societies.This book also provides a sorely needed review and thorough analysis of the Declaration's twenty-eight grievances. Without the grievances, the rest of the Declaration is just a beautiful, empty shell of wonderful poetry. Americans are rebelling against a bloody tyranny, and the grievances explain why. Many of the issues that confront the Founders in 1776 echo throughout the agesincluding today.This deep and illuminating review paves the way for restoring America's First Principles of the rule of law, unalienable rights, limited government, the Social Compact, equality, and the right to alter or abolish oppressive government. The time has come to reclaim the Declaration and save the very idea of Americaand this is the definitive guide.

RECLAIMING THE MEANING, PURPOSE, AND POWER OF AMERICA'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTThe Declaration of Independence forever transforms our understanding of equality, liberty, and the proper role of government. Its revolutionary philosophical framework is the bedrock foundation of the Constitution and our system of self-government. Yet America's most important document is largely forgotten, misunderstood, and even attackedfueling a crisis in the American spirit that threatens the nation's very survival.Marking its 250th anniversary, in The Revolutionary Words that Forged America, Judge Michael Warren provides a line-by-line (often word-by-word) analysis of America's charterits drafting, historical circumstances, underlying philosophy, and legal force. He contrasts the Founders' beliefs and aspirations with their opposites throughout world historyincluding communism, fascism, royal despotism, dictatorships, and caste societies.This book also provides a sorely needed review and thorough analysis of the Declaration's twenty-eight grievances. Without the grievances, the rest of the Declaration is just a beautiful, empty shell of wonderful poetry. Americans are rebelling against a bloody tyranny, and the grievances explain why. Many of the issues that confront the Founders in 1776 echo throughout the agesincluding today.This deep and illuminating review paves the way for restoring America's First Principles of the rule of law, unalienable rights, limited government, the Social Compact, equality, and the right to alter or abolish oppressive government. The time has come to reclaim the Declaration and save the very idea of Americaand this is the definitive guide.

The true story of the undercover operation to unmask the KGB's mole in the FBI.In 1998, I was the undercover agent tasked to recruit a Russian who could unmask their spy in the FBI. Twenty-five years later, this story is still not known outside of the Bureau. My mission was to befriend a former Soviet Embassy official at a film festival in Santa Monica and persuade him to betray the KGB's mole. He was to return to Moscow in eight days, and our nation's security hung in the balance. No one knew what I was doing, not local colleagues or family, and there was no paper trail, fearing the traitor might learn of our plan. He had turned over nuclear secrets and the name of our penetrations in the KGBwho were executed. I profiled my target's affinity for strong women and crafted a bold plan, never attempted with a Russian. An authoritative and impressive female agent would have to make the overture. FBI HQ critics hampered me, delaying and exacerbating near-impossible odds. There were more complications to get the Russian back to the US for a second film festival in Austin nine months later. Finally, the perfect female agent was foundwho we hoped could entice Ivan into becoming a turncoat against his own nation. After a grueling seven-year battle with the FBI Prepublication Review Unit, this story was finally approved to tell the public.

The true story of the undercover operation to unmask the KGB's mole in the FBI.In 1998, I was the undercover agent tasked to recruit a Russian who could unmask their spy in the FBI. Twenty-five years later, this story is still not known outside of the Bureau. My mission was to befriend a former Soviet Embassy official at a film festival in Santa Monica and persuade him to betray the KGB's mole. He was to return to Moscow in eight days, and our nation's security hung in the balance. No one knew what I was doing, not local colleagues or family, and there was no paper trail, fearing the traitor might learn of our plan. He had turned over nuclear secrets and the name of our penetrations in the KGBwho were executed. I profiled my target's affinity for strong women and crafted a bold plan, never attempted with a Russian. An authoritative and impressive female agent would have to make the overture. FBI HQ critics hampered me, delaying and exacerbating near-impossible odds. There were more complications to get the Russian back to the US for a second film festival in Austin nine months later. Finally, the perfect female agent was foundwho we hoped could entice Ivan into becoming a turncoat against his own nation. After a grueling seven-year battle with the FBI Prepublication Review Unit, this story was finally approved to tell the public.

The untold story of DOGE: What really happened when outsiders took on Washington.Told by Tyler Hassen, the Houston business executive who became Acting Assistant Secretary at the Department of the Interior, this book reveals the first insider account of the Department of Government Efficiency. Part memoir, part management autopsy, this is a forensic look at what happens when builders confront Washingtons most entrenched bureaucracy. Hassen takes readers behind closed doorsfrom late-night West Wing meetings to high-stakes confrontations with senators. From the California water crisis that ignited a media firestorm to a $830 million contract request for surveys so basic a high schooler could have designed them. This is a revelation about Washingtons broken incentives and the $39 trillion reality that drains the American future. Rather than just draining the swamp, Hassen calls for flooding it with talent. Hassens reflections are a blueprint for the restoration of the American institution.