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This week, in the last gasps of his flatlining campaign, John McCain has been mumbling scaremongering riffs about Barack Obama’s alleged intent to use the tax code to “spread the wealth.” Never mind that Obama’s position on taxes today is the same as McCain’s was just eight years ago – when he opposed President Bush’s… Read more.
…a benign (i.e., popular and bloodless) military coup is not only inherently inconsistent but also politically untenable in a democracy. After all, no matter the extent of Thaksin’s corruption (highlighted by an insider’s deal where he allegedly sold his family’s stake in a state telecommunications company to Singaporeans for $1.9 billion), constitutional provisions were in… Read more.
If you’ve noticed temperatures getting cooler sooner or more and more news reports about a phenomenon called “global cooling,” fear not, because this only indicates that Mother Nature has determined that it’s time for a change: I am convinced that all of the preaching about global warming is just hot air. Of course the planet… Read more.
On Saturday evening, I attended a dinner party at the home of a friend who is a proud Republican. And, as you can well imagine, it did not take long before our conservation turned into a spirited debate on presidential politics. However, as I invariably opt for asking questions instead of making assertions during such… Read more.
But neither does the pot calling the kettle black, which is what Republicans accusing Democrats of voter fraud is! Read more.
Despite all the media hype, presidential debates have very little bearing on how people vote on Election Day. Instead, they tend to merely reinforce voters’ pre-existing feelings about the candidates. This means that who won the debate is invariably in the eye of the beholder. [The McCain-Obama “debate” of 08: round I, The iPINIONS Journal, September 28,… Read more.
King’s legacy has not been enhanced by the squabbling amongst his four children – pitting two of them who regard it as their inheritance to use for their personal benefit against the other two who regard it as a public trust for them to manage as zealous trustees. [Children of Martin Luther King fighting over his estate,… Read more.
Frankly, if nothing else, this latest bailout should finally destroy the myth that the US is running a capitalist, free market economy. After all, this (and the other government bailouts cited above, which effectively privatized shareholder gains and nationalized losses), coupled with longstanding corporate subsidies, is indistinguishable from the way China runs its socialist, centrally planned economy. [Chickens come… Read more.
