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No more “war” (emphasis on the quotation marks)
It’s a new year and many altruistic and hopeful people out there, myself included, are longing for world peace. But I temper that aspiration with the understanding that such a utopian state will never occur until we, the human race, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Christian Science Monitor, Fox News, War, War on Christmas, World Peace
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It’s Time to Unify Occupy
It’s been six weeks since the “Occupy Wall St.” movement started at Zuccotti Park in New York when protesters set out to make a statement against the financial state of affairs in this country. After being largely ignored by mass … Continue reading
It goes against all logic…
The recent ugly battles over the federal debt have prominently brought into clear focus the two ways governments can reduce debt — spending cuts and tax revenue increases. This debate over these two methods is not new and is an … Continue reading
Playing chicken with our solvency, recovery, and standing in the world
It was hardly a bold prediction in my post on April 13th that although the government shutdown crisis had been averted, the hard work to put the economy in line had just begun. Well, here we are ahead of the … Continue reading
Civil Politics, Not Civil War
The sesquicentennial of the first shots fired in the US Civil War on April 12, 1861, has been an opportunity for the nation to reflect on the meaning and legacy of the conflict. There’s no doubt the war still has … Continue reading
Shutdown averted but the work has just begun
With only a couple hours before the deadline, congressional Republicans and Democrats arrived at a deal to prevent the federal government from shutting down. In this way, the congress succeeded where it had failed in 1995 when the government shut … Continue reading
US corporate taxes: make it fair and pay what’s fair
60 Minutes aired a piece last Sunday night with “A look at the world’s new corporate tax havens.” Tax havens are nothing new. Corporate tax dodging has been a poorly kept secret for decades; with large companies from the US … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Cisco Systems, Corporate Tax, General Electric, John Chambers, Transocean, US Tax Rate, Weatherford, Zug
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Now is the time…
Over the last decade, and especially the last couple years, the political dialogue in the Unites States has become filled with rancor. We are more divided now, between red and blue states, right and left, and “us vs. them,” than … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Coulter, Civility Pledge, Lanny Davis, Mark DeMoss, President Obama, Russell Bishop
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