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The Late Great Conservatism

Should historians someday choose to reflect upon the demise of the Conservative movement in this country, they must examine the shards of ill begotten theory which peeled off and flew in all directions as the...

1 comment    health care poverty george bush
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Same Story-Different General

Last week retired Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez joined a growing number of former military brass in throwing the Bush Administration under the bus when it comes to the war in Iraq. He cited a lack of leadership...

2 comments    diplomacy war in iraq
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Pan-Middle Eastern Initiative To End The War In Iraq

Lord Esher of England declared “The consequences of commercial disaster, financial ruin, and individual suffering would be so pregnant with restraining forces as to make war unthinkable”. Within a...

0 comments    peace plan
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The Virginia Tech Mass Killings- My Take

It seems about time to account for everything that allowed the mass murder this spring on the campus of Virginia Tech. Any one of a thousand different circumstances could have changed ever so slightly the life...

1 comment    guns gun control michael moore
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The Case For Universal Health-Care In The U.S.

Which one of the following statements is true? -The U.S. has the best health-care system in the world. -Universal health-care in the U.S. would be too expensive. The answer is- they’re both flat wrong....

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Thinking The Unthinkable

Somewhere in the caves and canyons of Western Pakistan, Osama bin Laden is safe and secure, hidden from the prying eyes of the U.S. intelligence and military apparatus that has hunted him unsuccessfully since...

2 comments    technology politics
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Americans Are All The Same

I’ve just returned from a two-week business trip, which took me throughout the Midwest and Deep South. While a lot of the geography I saw differed greatly from the sprawling Tennessee Valley, which has...

0 comments    drugs health care americans
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Front Runner Aint What It's Made Out To Be

Congratulations to Vice President Cheney. Due in large part to his hard work and vision in putting together his “Energy Task Force” just weeks after assuming office, (you remember the one. He invited all...

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The Petraeus Report

With the much anticipated report by Gen. David Petraeus on the situation in Iraq having just been delivered to the Congress, and with President Bush hearing from yet another subordinate precisely what he wants...

0 comments    iraq bush white house
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Choose Well

Our quadrennial season of renewal has begun. Exactly one year from now we will elect our next President. The number of candidates has thinned but remains higher than at any time in my life. This owes to the...

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