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I think we won in Vietnam…a long term perspective from the 60’s to today Why should I even bring this subject up? We all know America lost t...

The American political world has changed, and DC and pundits don’t get it…yet I would not even write about this except for two headlines I s...

Hope for our future…the American people have voted for it Boy, have I been surprised! I always assumed if the Democratic Party took over Con...

Going down the tubes…and we voted for it We have a wonderful country compared to the rest of the world. We can screw...

Over intellectualizing, and steadfastness In wars, physical combat, one can win buy killing the enemy and reconstructing their society in th...

Going forward to the future I have deliberately stayed out of writing on the mid term elections for 2006. Many can express themselves bette...

Prehistory…a perfect subject for conjecture, those that read one or two books, and politicians who can claim about anything By definition, p...

Who’s in charge of the democratic party? I wish I knew, but here’s my guess. I think the former president Clinton is still driving the democ...

Hindsight…and maybe a way out This article is about Iraq. I have eaten a lot of crow with my relatives and some friends. I confidently told ...

It’s a wash I’ve just read another D.C. based article about the near political future. It’s boring for one who seeks to be an informed citiz...

Like the story of the wise blind men describing an elephant to a village of blind people, another what if drill has brought up the subject o...

What’s unique, and what’s not America, the USA, is unique. Never in the world’s history has such a land occupied by various peoples coalesce...

Enough is enough for this citizen who can vote The latest media turmoil over the homosexual congressman from Florida tripped me off. First m...

Our country’s future Another election is on the way and again we vote for our house, and some of our senate, all in 2006. This election is i...

Where have all the flowers gone? …Long time passing. I was born in 1948 and my generation was taught standards and opportunities earned by t...

Don’t forget about bandits They have many names in American English: bandits, banditos, criminals, mafia, guerillas, freedom fighters, terro...

Responsibility for communicating is a two way street, I think Most of us have experience with the subject. It may be our siblings, our spous...

Only a child a mother could love Historical guesses and today’s marital opinions are confusing for most of our younger readers. The immigrat...

Don’t trust anyone under 30 It is a profound time in anyone’s life when something trips you that gradual aging has passed a critical point, ...

Shooting wars 101...a western perspective I am going to be negative, then I will be positive There seems to be an incredible amount of misun...