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Last week, I received the following message from my older brother, who is also quite politically inclined:
One thing I love about Eastern Europeans is that they already lived through all of the BS were are heading toward. The 2nd page is better, I think it was translated from Russian it’s so a little choppy.
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/107459-0/
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Even if you haven’t been on board with everything he’s done since his inauguration, there’s one thing you really have to give President Obama credit for – he knows how to pick the right man for the job. Our current Energy Secretary is Professor Steven Chu, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in [...]
I’ve been meaning to showcase the awesome editorial cartoons of Terence Nowicki, Jr. on here for awhile – hunting through his archives today, I found one which truly needs no words:
Won’t you please check out his collection at This is Historic Times, so he doesn’t kill me for reblogging his cartoon?
Lately in several discussions revolving around government spending and taxation, I’ve noticed a basic problem with Americans when it comes to the issue of government budgets; America as a political-financial entity is utterly schizophrenic. We will, more often than not, vote for increasing spending and vote against raising taxes – and you simply can’t have [...]
The Caribbean’s largest island, Cuba, has been off limits to Americans since the Kennedy era. It remains the only place in the world which Americans are forbidden to visit by their own government.
President Obama’s recent removal of travel restrictions for Cuban Americans visiting family has given hope to those who assert our freedom to travel [...]
There’s a very interesting conversation going on at the Financial Times about whether there is an argument for higher taxes in the long-term. While we must give Martin Sandbu credit for sparking a thought-provoking debate, he makes the mistake of over-simplifying the basic question at the heart of the problem;
What will be the consequences of [...]
Just kidding… but there’s a good chance that if you’re one of the first new people to visit the site and read this in the next hour or so, you’ll be our 1,000th unique visitor – not bad for a site that’s been up for 7 weeks! We’ve had visitors from all 50 states and [...]
It seems that lately, any time the president or first lady of the United States touches anyone, the media has some kind of creepy seizure.
First, there was Michelle Obama touching the Queen!! Oh dear heavens!
Then there was President Obama’s “servile, scraping” handshake/bow with the Saudi King.
If you’re sympathetic to Newt Gingrich, you were no doubt [...]
After the navy snipers’ recent heroic rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from the hands of 4 Somali teenagers who attacked the Maersk Alabama, piracy has become a serious concern for many Americans. While some have accused the U.S. media of “hostage jingoism,” it’s worth noting that several news outlets have been following the increase in [...]
Just in time to preemptively address the inevitable international remembrance of the 20-year anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese State Council released its “Human Rights Action Plan” for the next two years on Monday. Unfortunately, the “plan” contains very few concrete actions to be taken that will actually improve civil liberties.
The document primarily [...]
It’s that dreaded time of year again – the end of tax season. This year, facing one of the worst financial crises in several decades, it’s more important than ever to make sure you don’t make a mistake on your taxes that could lead to penalties or audits – and while paying your dues and [...]
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