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We teach our children to compromise, but have we forgotten how to do it as adults?
Written on 20 Nov, 2017 at 22:27
We seem to have forgotten that compromise is crucial to our collective future... that without dedication to compromise we are doomed to underperform our potential, assuming we make any progress at all. ... (Continue reading)
Does the GOP Want to Win the Presidency in 2016?
Written on 29 Sep, 2015 at 6:13
I don't believe that the GOP wants to win the upcoming election. Oh, they want to hold onto their majority in the House, but beyond that I think they like having a democrat to blame.... (Continue reading)
BRINGING UP THE REAR: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Written on 12 Jan, 2011 at 20:40
He went from being a man of the people, to being the best friend Wall Street could ever have hoped for, and for that the Republicans accuse him of being a socialist, while the left accuses him of being too... (Continue reading)
A Nation So Utterly Divided…
Written on 6 Jan, 2011 at 11:45
And not only are we splitting off in more directions than the London subway, but I'm afraid too many of us have started to like it that way. It's become a badge of honor for some people. ... (Continue reading)
Obama’s Speech Avoids Using the “N” Word…
Written on 18 Jul, 2010 at 17:24
I realize that his speech the other night was intended to be more State-of-the-Union-like than a presentation of specific solutions, but I still came away feeling a bit like a Christian Scientist with appendicitis. America's banks are, in large part, insolvent.... (Continue reading)
New Legislation to Offer $1 Billion in Federal Loans to Help Unemployed Homeowners Pay Mortgages
Written on 30 Jun, 2010 at 7:58
Plus, if I was at all unsure of my position on this program, the clincher was finding out that the cost of both programs is being covered by a tax on large banks and hedge funds contained in the bill.... (Continue reading)
Vote for South Carolina’s Alvin Greene for U.S. Senate!
Written on 16 Jun, 2010 at 17:55
Apparently, Greene was arrested in November 2009, charged with showing a pornographic Internet site to an 18-year-old female University of South Carolina student. I realize that, traditionally, senators wait until they've been elected to rack up their first felony... (Continue reading)
Obama’s Plan to Create Jobs – I’m sorry, what am I missing here?
Written on 11 Dec, 2009 at 6:25
He also said that he and congressional Democrats took "a series of difficult steps" to try to stabilize the financial system and pull the economy out of a deep recession, and I guess that it probably was difficult to do... (Continue reading)