Category Archives: Opinion

Early yesterday morning, the Wall Street Journal posted an editorial by Timo Soini, a Finish politician and Euro-skeptic who opposes the European central bank led effort to bail out Portugal.  In the editorial, Soini criticizes the bank bailouts and weak willed politicians who support them.  He writes: “The official wisdom is that Greece, Ireland and […]

In Foreign Policy Magazine today, associate editor and author Joshua Keating asks, “Since when does the CIA need a country’s permission to spy on it?”  Pakistan has recently demanded that the CIA withdraw its agents from their territory and that the United States cease drone attacks within its borders, exemplifying new tensions between the nations. […]

Can an anti-government group founded on principals of anti-corporate thought, individual liberty and skepticism of government power survive in the wake of an electoral victory?  What if the movement is supported by members of the establishment who go on to win elections; does the pressure that got them there remain?  Put simply, can that movement […]

In almost all societies, the military has a high level of prestige and influence. In healthy democracies, the civilian leadership has ultimate control, but under the pressures of war time conditions, militaries have a tendency to become more engaged in the decision making process, often with unpleasant results. According to Rolling Stone’s Michael Hastings, high […]

The Wall Street Journal recently called the current 111th Congress, “the worst congress in modern history” and although I fully admit that I lack the historical context to declare it the worst congress in all of American history, you’d be hard pressed to find a congress that has done more to damage the nation’s fiscal […]

For most people in the modern world, science is the cornerstone of our society and our growing economy, even if we don’t fully realize it. You could argue that its influence on our society is as great or greater than that of Christianity, with technological advancements being the most visible representation of the study. Less […]

It’s no secret that paranoia often goes hand in hand with economic stagnation and as a result, suspicion of America’s institutions is increasing. The bank bailout, the scam that was cap and trade, the obvious fraud that congress calls “financial reform,” there’s certainly good reason to be cynical, but it hasn’t always been this way. […]

I noticed this photo a week or two ago, but considering we are on the verge of an pivotal election, I think it’s worth posting here since it conveys the mood of the country better than words ever could. Politico did a story on President Obama’s attempt to repair relations with the White House press […]

This site began with an article about John F. Kennedy’s presidency, what it meant to the country and what it should mean for us going forward. Yesterday speechwriter Ted Sorensen, a man central to Kennedy’s ideological maturation, passed away a few days ago. I think it’s important to comment on how his vision for a […]

I’ve always hated the phrase “facts are stubborn things” and this election year, its presence is felt everywhere. It’s probably the worst phrase in the modern political discourse. Whenever a candidate or a pundit uses it, you can expect they are about to completely warp or distort those supposedly stubborn facts for their own agenda. […]