By Conn Hallinan - 07.28.13
The Obama administration’s decision to directly supply weapons to the Syrian opposition may end up torpedoing the possibility of a political settlement. It will almost certainly accelerate the chaos spreading from the almost three-year old civil war. It will also align the U.S. with one of the most undemocratic alliances on the planet, and one that looks increasingly unstable.
Read MoreBy Loren Adams, 28 July 2013
Twelve years ago I posted a commentary predicting that the detrimental effects of George W. Bush would last at least a generation – if not in perpetuity, long after baby boomers have left the scene. I couldn’t blame Bush exclusively, because the “loyal” opposition maintained the character of a Stepford wife. Al Gore had just conceded, the Supremes had delivered GW the election where the “winner” received fewer votes, Baby Jeb had handed his state’s electors over to big brother, and Cheney held
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By Michael Faulkner – 07.28.13
The British government does not expect the people of Scotland to vote for independence in next year’s referendum, according to the defence secretary, Philip Hammond. In this expectation he may well be right. Nevertheless, the old saying about counting chickens from un-hatched eggs comes to mind. If the Ministry of Defence had wanted to hand a...
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By Donald B. Ardell – 07.19.13
Introduction: Best Deal of the Afterlifetime
The church's Crazy Uncle role in society is great fun for secularists. However, Church doctrine is taken quite seriously by the devout, fervent majority of Catholics.
The latest manifestation of the Catholic Church's Crazy Uncle tradition is an offer of time...
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By Donald B. Ardell – 07.11.13
Introduction
Another 4th of July holiday has passed. The parades are over now, the fireworks have gone out, the bands have disbursed and the flags have been put away. Everyone with jobs is back at them. For most, I suppose the holiday was good fun. “God bless America,” but don’t hold your breath....
Perhaps there should be a debriefing after such a holiday. Did we learn anything new about our national independence?
By Mickey Walker – 07.21.13
Glory be for Ben Bernanke and Quantitative Easing. If you are the Fed, you can buy up the shortfall of Treasuries at auction that Japan and China don’t want some more of, that is to say, you can print new dollars out of thin air to pay for the dollars you first borrowed out of thin air to begin with, right? Everybody knows that. P.T. Barnum got it right on all counts about human nature and...
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