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adamosthegreek
Self Evident Truths: Maine Rejects Same Sex Marriage
selfevidenttruths-euripides.bl… — Stand for Marriage Maine has collected more than 55 thousand signatures and has stopped Maine's legislature from neutering marriage for the moment. Pro-marriage forces collected the signatures after Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed legislation in May that allowed for same sex marriages. More…
EuripidesTruthsAmerican Aristocrats
newmediajournal.us — If Mark Twain had allowed Huck and Jim to slip in the fact that aristocrats also “don’t know nothing”, he would have captured the totality of an ancient breed that never changes its spots — never — explaining why blue-blooded politicians, bureaucrats, and bankers have been creating a painful, ugly economic mess in the US. More…
newmediajournalObama visit to Ghana - a sublime and transformative moment
politicalarticles.net — There are important initiatives of his predecessors that the Obama administration can build upon. President Bill Clinton's most important contribution to Africa was the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that lowered barriers to African export products to the United States. While the Bush administration extended the scope of AGOA. More…
Washington Examiner:Political opposition is not a hate crime
washingtonexaminer.com — What's wrong with this picture? The federal government spends billions on homeland security, but apparently can't stop foreigners from illegally crossing the border or overstaying their visas. The Obama administration wants to bring violent terrorists captured overseas to the mainland and ... More…
SethStuck
6 Types of People Who Know the Most about Government
therealaustin.com — When it comes to running the country or local government everyone has an opinion and everyone thinks they know more. This is the order in which they believe who know best. They think they could do a better job and because everyone is an expert. More…
noutoo
The Health Care We Deserve
mwcnews.net — The givens: our country over decades has jerry-built a health care “system” that is unfair and inefficient. We pay far more for far less care than any other industrialized nation. And we have forty million people uninsured for whom a major illness can mean mortgaging a home, not sending a kid to college, or worse. More…
shahrarn
A Crisis in US Leadership - Part I - the zen Haitian - Open
open.salon.com — My attitude is that there is equal blame to go around for all US political leadership. The fact is that US foreign policy has a major role in many of the conflicts raging around the world. In the media, politicians will generally speak in platitudes and blame the victims of US atrocities for their troubles. More…
aidawedo
dalemberte
dtr300
chicagobiker
Headed to National Socialism
mises.org — What's the point of studying Hitler's rise to power unless it is to learn from that history and apply the lessons? One lesson is to beware of leaders who come to power in troubled times, and then use foreign threats and economic crises to bolster their own power. Unless we can draw out lessons for our own times, history loses relevance. More…
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