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American status quo versus American nouveau What if the body politic changed, and the dinosaur politicians lagged behind, or maybe did not e...

Our economic future is our vote If American capitalism and American socialism and the something in-between has brought us to the coming econ...

Peer review is as tough or tougher than spouse review And spouse review can be pretty tough from one who loves you, or maybe hates you. All...

Is America’s defense about us or is it just a jobs program? I’ve made my peace. It is about our defense. The recent decision to award the j...

Our liberal and reporting media Americans can be such a bunch of losers! This group, thank goodness is a minority of Americans and more impo...

There is nothing new under the sun Only the people change. What price glory? Are America’s choices these days more intellectual or practica...

Change in America is about The change is mostly the financial fear and probable impact of a coming depression that will hurt most of us and ...

Will we fight ever? Will we fight to defend Israel, or Taiwan, or our own Country if any are attacked in the future? Will we allow ourselves...

If it is that obvious to me, then it must be obvious to others? The title suggests certain principles that apply to most Americans, and most...

Cold black noses are cold and clammy American dogs are so much like American humans that much is what is new? So who is smarter in the long ...

Election periods always prompt trend observations Reading the tea leaves is chancy work, much as always subject to the eyes of the tea reade...

When east meets west… Both sides are out of their league, or experience level. Expecting humans to think like “our own experience level” is...

Who speaks for Americans? The present 2008 election cycle in the USA still seems too often like the status quo that has existed for decades....

Hollywood is about entertainment That it has devolved to politics and cultural and environmental fads is a most crass abuse of egos by too m...

Financial directions we can vote on Mostly the votes are for the politicians who will do what we want to happen in our best future interests...

When it rains, it sometimes pours. We USA Americans still have a little time to think about what is important internationally, as in worth f...

Just where do your campaign contributions go? Idealism compared to realism can be painful: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8619.ht...

Just wondering Are the media reports about our terrible north American weather fair? After all, it is the winter. Are the media reports abo...

Buy low, sell high, politically speaking For decades we have voted for politicians who placated us with more and more benefits generated by ...

Small Wars and America We’ve got a lot experience with small wars going back to the frontier Indian wars, Pancho Villa raids, the Banana War...