According to Newsweek, "Conservatives have been quick to declare that "ObamaCare is on life support" in the wake of federal ...

"The most significant threat to our national security is our debt." Micheal Mullen, Jount Chiefs of Staff Chairman, August, 2010...

I contend that Obama caved on his campaign pledge (or promise) not to extend the bush tax cuts for the rich.  The added growth expected in ...

The stance of Sen. Jim DeMint (SC-R) in 2010 is emblematic of the ambiguity in the hierarchy of goals in the Republican party. DeMint can b...

In classical literature, an apology can mean a defense, such as Plato’s Apology . In modern parlance, an apology is known as an expression...

In 2010, the EU Parliament passed a law to protect internet users from invasive “cookies,” which track computer usage at the expense of pri...

I submit that most Americans are unaware that the EU has a Supreme Court, a Parliament and a Council/Senate.   Few Europeans are wont to ad...

The Republican surge that gave that party control of the US House of Representatives reflected a shift of some moderate independents, even ...

Both capitalism and democracy claim to maximize individuals’ freedom—capitalism in the economy and democracy in politics.   In spite of this...

What to do when analogies go over the top. As an aspiring writer, I was chastised by more than one writing tutor for mixing analogies. The...

I contend that a trajectory wherein capitalism came to eclipse or capture democratic governance occurred in the nineteenth century in the ...

Geert Wilders, head of the Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Netherlands, went on trial on October 4, 2010, in the Netherlands on charges of i...

Thousands of Romania’s Roma people (also known as Gypsies) headed for the wealthier Western E.U. states, setting off a clash within the Eur...

The $800 billion stimulus law had as much (or more) to do with improving the education system and rail lines, installing universal broadba...

Mark Bly, BP’s head of safety and operations, released an internal report  on September 7, 2010  blaming not only the company, but also its...