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 ›
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Unemployment’s Below 8%: So, Are We Recovered Yet?
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
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 ›
50 Shades of Mitt
To call Mitt Romney a lemon of a presidential candidate would be an insult to lemons. When the Republican Party began the arduous process of numbing themselves to the reality that Mitt Romney was their last, best hope for The… Read More ›
Netanyahu Cries Fire, Obama Asks To See The Smoke
In a time of widespread unrest and anti-western demonstration in the Arab world, one would have hoped that America’s biggest ally in the region would step forward to try and reinforce our policies and provide a stabilizing influence in a… Read More ›
Super Tuesday Meets Super Sunday: Politics & The NFL
Between pyromaniac anti-American riots spreading like an Arizona brushfire through the Middle East and a sizable army of Chicago kids playing state-subsidized hooky from school, it’s been a fairly crap week for old glory and those of us who make… Read More ›
Isolation Row: Libya, Egypt & A Diplomatic Hammer
Disclaimer: I will not under any circumstances so much as mention Mitt Romney’s recent actions in this article. His comments regarding the attacks in Libya & Egypt were so obscenely mendacious that dignifying them with a cogent and rational response… Read More ›
Drachma’s Coming, Hide Your Cash Girl
With less than two months until the US Presidential Elections and a fortnight of convention madness still lingering in our collective unconscious, you would be forgiven if you forgot that there were other countries in the world that weren’t America…. Read More ›
This Isn’t About Me, It’s About You: Obama & The DNC
On Thursday night, Barack Obama stood behind a dais in Charlotte, North Carolina with two things on his mind. Like his Republican challenger, the President set out to deliver a speech that would capture the hearts and ballots of the… Read More ›
Climate Change Doesn’t Have To Exist When There’s Central Air
To hear both sides tell it, America would erupt into a pit of molten lava were we to elect the candidate that isn’t them. One man is a Kenyan socialist who wants to take away your guns and shoot you… Read More ›
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