Archive for October, 2008
A clear choice for America: Obama or oblivion
Ben Tanosborn
Why would any sane politician wish to become janitor-in-chief of a nation just waking up to the incredible mess piled up after a quarter of a century of misgovernment in both domestic and foreign affairs, with the last six years in complete drunken recklessness under such a supreme a-bush-er by popular consent?
Indeed why! Politicians, [...]
Election countdown: Just three weeks left
Ben Tanosborn
Not that my writings have shown support for Barack Obama in his quest for the White House – although my total disdain for McCain could have elicited such interpretation – but for the past few days, and in ever increasing numbers, I’ve received congratulatory and celebratory emails from an [...]
Sermon on the Mount Two Millennia Later
By Ben Tanosborn
It was a much better setting for Barack Obama in mile high Denver than Jesus of Nazareth had in Galilee almost two millennia ago. Mountains versus hills, and a crowd probably 500-fold! But just as Christ is said by many to have given the central tenets of Christian discipleship on that momentous occasion, [...]
Transcendent warfare: New Army manual, research report are valuable
By Steve Hammons
Two new documents by and about the U.S. Army are sparking discussion and debate about various elements of the Army’s missions and future directions.
Both documents, a field manual and a research study report, expand perspectives about achieving short-term and long-term success in various kinds of missions.
Taken together, along with other comprehensive considerations, these [...]
Austrian School’s interpretation of current economic problems: what they get right and where they go wrong
An Article by:
Russell Cole
Virtually every mainstream economist has consented to the veracity of the following proposition:
The current financial turmoil has been created by the deregulation of the housing mortgage industry.
Despite near consensus over the causation of America’s current hardships, there continues to exist one ideological camp that argues differently. This is not unexpected, however, [...]
Make a Run for the Banks
A letter that was authored by:
Martin Zehr
Green Party Member
As Wall Street holds our pensions and 401(k)s hostage, we need to develop a tactic as effective as theirs. It is overdue for us to express our outrage in an effective way. We have our own assets in this economy. We bring the millions of dollars [...]
