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• One Nation, Indispensable, With Bluster and Pandering for All

  By Drew Gibson on October 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  What we witnessed last night was not a debate on foreign policy. It was not a nuanced discussion of America’s place in the world and the role we play in a post-Soviet international community. There was no real talk of… Read More ›

• Synthetic Weed & The Kids Menu of Designer Drugs

  By Drew Gibson on October 20, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  If you put it in front of me, chances are I would have done it. And if I liked it, which I invariably would’ve, then I’d keep doing it until I passed out or we ran out. Like many of… Read More ›

• The POTUS Strikes Back

  By Drew Gibson on October 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s over. Barring some sort of unforeseen political calamity over the next three weeks, Barack Obama has locked up a second term in The White House. Mitt Romney’s spirited comeback attempt over the past 10 days has turned out to… Read More ›

• Who’s Up For Some Drug Supply Whack-a-Mole?

  By Drew Gibson on October 14, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  After almost four decades of The War on Drugs, President Obama and his administration finally declared a ceasefire during his first year in office. Regardless of your views on the efficacy and earnestness of this declaration, the fact remains that… Read More ›

• Uncle Joe’s Finest Hour and a Half

  By Drew Gibson on October 13, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Four years ago, I had no idea what he was thinking. After going through maybe the toughest primary fight in the history of the Democratic Party, then-Senator Barack Obama had in his pool of vanquished opponents an embarrassment of riches… Read More ›

• What Time is it Mr. President?

  By Drew Gibson on October 10, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  President Obama has always been the unflappable one. From guiding our nation’s response to the recent attacks on our embassies to making the decision to send the Seals in after Bin Laden, he has been cool under pressure. What we… Read More ›

• Unemployment’s Below 8%: So, Are We Recovered Yet?

  By Drew Gibson on October 5, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  With the release of the September jobs report, the new number du jour that is on the tips of the tongues of the national punditry is 7.8. According to the Labor Department, the unemployment rate in America dropped to 7.8%… Read More ›

• Stoppage Time Casualties in Afghanistan

  By Drew Gibson on October 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Early Sunday morning, a US official was tasked with the unenviable responsibility of confirming reports that a new milestone had been reached regarding American involvement in Afghanistan. During war milestones are rarely causes for celebration and this was no exception,… Read More ›

• Ruthless, Heartless & Running for Office

  By Drew Gibson on September 30, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  The names are familiar to all of us who spent our childhoods delivering flying elbows from the top turnbuckles of our living room couches and putting our friends in figure four leg locks. We spent many a Saturday morning and… Read More ›

• In Sickness & In Health (Pending HIV Test Results)

  By Drew Gibson on September 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  “A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.” – Margaret Atwood Every couple of months it seems as if some superbug pops up in the news as the latest evidence… Read More ›