| Jan 24, 2011 | Peace / SecurityFighting drugs, A lifelong job; It makes big profits For the Mob. The Afghanistan War sometimes seems interminable. It just became the longest hot war in U.S. history. Europe’s Hundred Years War remains the world record holder, but things moved slower back then....
| Jan 17, 2011 | Rights / DemocracySay what you will about the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). Add in the murder and severe injuries suffered by assorted bystanders in Tucson and it all proves that we’re still a free country. God bless America! Where else can a...
| | Economy / BusinessPopulist banker. Now those are two words you rarely see linked together. But Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, truly is a rarity. Firmly rooted in small-town Iowa and Kansas, he has never aspired to be part of the Wall...
| | Environment / HealthFind that oil To run my yacht; And fuel my A/C When it’s hot. It wasn’t long ago that climate change was all the rage. Newspaper headlines were touting the Kyoto Protocol. Scientists and citizens alike were discussing Al Gore’s documentary An...
| Jan 16, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyIf you find it necessary to declare on national television, “I am a serious person,” you’re probably not. Meet Michele Bachmann. She’s currently running for president, but suffering a few credibility problems. One is that she keeps creating her...
