My Comment: At last, a positive message! From time to time you’ve heard me rant about the negative messages that surround us. And I’ve promised from time to time to give you something “not negative”. Yeah, I know, I need to get my head fixed as well. Here is a post from my favorite thinker. …
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My Comment: Several years ago, a comment by Barack Obama, long before there was any real discussion about his running for President, he more or less said in a speech that “... we are not red Americans, or blue Americans, but simply Americans”. It was an idea that resonated with me. As an immigrant and …
My Comment: You may have noticed a little more structure to my blog posts recently. I've identified four basic themes I want to talk about, so on Monday thru Thursday my plan is to provide what I hope is interesting material on that particular "theme of the day". On Friday, it's going to miscellaneous since …
My comment: The Republican presidential march is now in Florida. In a few days, the Republican party of Florida will have identified it’s candidate of choice in this years presidential election. The article that follows came from The Financial Times, a publication out of Great Britain that is usually focused on business, economics, etc. It's …
My comment: Since this appeared two months ago, the GOP campaign to determine who will oppose President Obama next November has experienced many changes. Today, Mitt Romney appears likely to earn the nomination. While readers of this blog probably know my leftward leanings, I’m particularly confused today by the attacks on Romney by his competitors …
My Comment: For several years I’ve warned my children that if the gap between the “haves” and the “have nots” becomes too great, their generation and the next will likely face social chaos in this country. This idea is starting to resonate as articles like the next appear in print, and one sees and hears …
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There's been a lot of conversation in the media for the past 18 plus months about "job creation". If you are on the right politically, then you simply blame President Obama, never mind that the presidency is not the source of jobs. If you are on the left, then you blame anyone and everyone on …
By Michael Moran Much has been made of the depth of the economic crisis facing the United States, and it should not be underestimated. But only about 30 percent of the trouble facing the U.S. today is economic -- the U.S. economy, compared with all the other developed economies, is in the best structural and …
Fox Pollster Tells GOP Governors Why 'Occupy' Scares Him Thu, 12/01/2011 - 11:32pm — Joe Conason When the reigning wordsmith of the Republican right says that he is “frightened to death” by Occupy Wall Street, there must be a compelling reason for him to admit his fear. Such was the confession of Frank Luntz, famed …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the money from President Barack Obama's health care law is flowing to places you might not expect. Two Texas public employee programs are among the top 25 beneficiaries of a $5-billion fund to shore up employer coverage for early retirees, despite Texas Gov. Rick Perry's vow to repeal what Republicans …
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