Why Are We Celebrating Osama bin Laden’s Death?
Has the next shoe fallen yet? And what is the next shoe? Already our government has been warning us that a "backlash" response...
Let’s Blame Speculators
Here's a non-rocket science question: If you expect a reduced harvest of wheat, corn, rice or any other commodity some time in the...
Read morePakistan, Aid Scrutinized After bin Laden Killing
Pakistani officials and U.S. aid to Pakistan are coming under intense scrutiny over the claim that reputed terror master Osama bin Laden was...
Read moreHouse Considers Symbolic Test Vote on Debt Ceiling
Today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, (R-Va., left) announced that he is considering a test vote in the House of Representatives on the...
Read morePalin Parts Ways With Neoconservative Advisers
Former presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has tried her hardest to divest herself of her neoconservative reputation in the months following the McCain/Palin campaign....
Read moreObama’s Polls Increase After bin Laden’s Death
Perhaps predictably, President Obama has enjoyed an increase in approval ratings since the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death on Sunday. ...
Read moreChile’s Privatized Social Security Program is 30 Years Old, and Prospering
As a quiet example of how privatizing Social Security works in the real world, Chile’s 30-year experiment is succeeding beyond expectations. Instead of...
Read moreObama Mocks Trump and Birther Movement
President Obama pulled no punches on Saturday night during a live televised speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, where he roasted real...
Read moreThe President’s Unconstitutional and Immoral War
I am opposed to U.S. involvement in the war in Libya. I feel confident that the vast majority of Americans, if they once...
Read moreGreek Govt Attempts to Solve Financial Crisis by Crackdown on Tax Evaders
The four European Union members known together as PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) are those countries whose general irresponsibility and massive government...
Read moreFed Up with the Fed?
When people in Washington start creating fancy new phrases, instead of using plain English, you know they are doing something they don't want...
Read moreSomewhere Out There Is Obama’s Original Birth Certificate
Within hours of the release of President Obama’s long-form birth certificate on April 27, questions about its authenticity started to arise. By 10...
Read moreNearly Two Dozen Charged In Fake License Scheme
Federal authorities in Florida have charged 18 people in connection with a scam to provide illegal immigrants with fake driver's licenses. ...
Read moreOsama bin Laden Won, Even in Death
Osama bin Laden is dead. It’s unknown, though, if he ever existed, at least in the narrative by which we “knew” him. Oh,...
Read moreWho Won the War on Poverty?
The Johnson administration’s War on Poverty was a very expensive exercise in futility, for the simple reason that poverty can never be permanently...
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