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Posted on Thursday December 31st, 2009 at 10:13 in politics government
Among serious pundits and analysts, it's become commonplace in recent weeks to talk about the need to "fix" our "dysfunctional" government. The political struggle over health care and other elements of the progra...
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Posted on Wednesday December 30th, 2009 at 19:21 in politics government
I recommend today's column by Steven Pearlstein, "Big Business vs. Big Government," as a brief must-read item. Basically, it reminds us that our political/social/economic philosophies tend to seesaw back and forth, emphasizing at...
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Posted on Wednesday December 30th, 2009 at 12:13 in defense and security
After a few days of everyone reflexively shooting off their mouths about the Nigerian Christmas terrorist, it seems thinking is now becoming a little more reflective, focusing more on finding solutions that might be effective, rather than...
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Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 16:18 in defense and security
I hate to beat a dead horse, but some of the reactions I'm hearing to the Christmas bomber incident in the 12 hours since my last post drive me to revisit the issue of how we should react to such news. First, I'd suggest that the &quo...
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Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 00:43 in defense and security
The would-be Christmas bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, might have been successful in blowing up a plane over Detroit* if his equipment had not malfunctioned. Terribly, terrifically, terrifying terrorism? Well yes, in one respec...
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Posted on Sunday December 27th, 2009 at 13:10 in Current Events
I'm sure readers in the U.S. are familiar with the work of humorist Dave Barry, and particularly his annual summation of the "lighter side" of the year's events. For the past two or three years, I hadn't even bother...
Prolific writer while keeping his analysis sharp. There are a lot of current critical event topics on the site. If you need something like an editorial-like analysis from an independent website, this site is for you.
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