Ben Tanosborn
Klutziness by Obama in trying to marshal public support for health-care reform is now erasing the last remaining dash of hope held by the true progressive crowd; and even the most loyal and patient among them appear ready to throw in the towel. Perhaps there were too many of them that, during the last [...]
In less than two weeks, Afghanistan will hold its second presidential elections since the United States occupied that country in November 2001. Democratic elections, we deem them to be, although many Afghans and foreigners alike consider the process more of an American coronation of another vassal-monarch from that celebrated dynasty: the House of Dollar. Of [...]
By Ben Tanosborn
Ten years after World War II had ended, as the US was exercising economic hegemony over much of the world, Will Herberg came out with his book, “Protestant- Catholic-Jew.” A book which socio-politically went a long way defining the American Way of Life as a recipe of two lofty ingredients mixed in equal [...]
Ben Tanosborn
Obama is coming home after two difficult summits, Russia and the G-8, to a domestic agenda not likely to yield better results. If our pessimistic selves paint a world which is economically poisoned and environmentally doomed, Air Force One’s landing at Andrews AFB will bring back this president to the epicenter of it all; [...]
Ben Tanosborn
“Everything would be ok if it weren’t for that CNN scaring us out of our wits, giving us all those stories and commentary on the recession and presumed bad economy,” was the statement someone made at the table as we were having breakfast at a delightful B&B of the most charming Victorian-accented town in [...]
By Ben Tanosborn
Few speeches during the past decade have been so eagerly awaited as was Obama’s address in Cairo last Thursday, June 4th. And few speeches have received such wide and far review during these early days of the millennium.
This flawlessly delivered speech, paused with 33 applause interruptions, was hosted by the Islamic epicenter of [...]
By Ben Tanosborn
If you want an accurate representation of the world, I am reminded… get a globe! A two- dimensional geographical sketch of our planet just won’t do.
As I type away my thoughts for this article, right above the monitor, hanging on the wall, is a 4’ wide by 2 ½’ high Rand McNally world [...]
By Russell Cole
This essay is a response to John Browne’s article, Socialism is Coming Back to Haunt the US, published by the Populist Party of America, (www.populistamerica.com).
This argument has some interesting points. However, the crux of the argument appears to rest entirely upon the validity of the proposition, entitlements were the cause of the decline [...]
By Russell Cole
After reading the opinion piece by Rev. Marty Fields, entitled “Religion and Culture: Democrats and the ‘God gap’ (http://www.leadercall.com/),” I feel the need to bring attention to the fact that his assessment of Democratic Party failures in the South indicates a profound ignorance of the historical realities underlying the Republican rise to Southern [...]
By Ben Tanosborn
For a politician, being articulate and intelligent, even when saying the “right things” to please friends’, foes’ and fence-sitters’ ears, does not imply existence of wisdom or, for that matter, leadership. We have just placed such a politician in the White House to take on the reins of this nation, and from day [...]
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