It’s hard to generate much sympathy for BP. Their operation led to an explosion that killed several people and is now pouring countless amounts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. I understand President Obama’s desire to make them pay, and I see where they really couldn’t put up much of a fuss about […]
I read an interesting article online today. The writer expressed his frustration that the international community has made a much bigger deal out of an Israeli action that killed 9, rather than a North Korean action that killed over 40. Let’s look at some of the facts: Israel was inspecting goods that were going into
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I’ve read a few articles recently that discussed President Obama’s new foreign policy principles. He has committed himself to working with other countries in carrying out international objectives. This is supposed to be a change from the George W. Bush era when the United States acted in a unilateral fashion. Frankly, I’ve read the articles,
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President Barack Obama’s pick to be our newest Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, is at the same time both a predictable choice and a surprising one. Here’s what I mean: Ms. Kagan has a liberal world view, which is totally unremarkable. The President is left of center, so it only makes sense that he wants
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I couldn’t really come up with one strong idea to write about this time, so I’m going with two, half-formulated thoughts on politics and the movie “Avatar.” One, this huge oil spill will help President Obama with his base supporters. I was pretty surprised when he expressed some openness to drilling for oil. He hadn’t
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