Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which served notice to the King of England that the Amercian colonies no…
http://www.examiner.com/a‑564555~Is_Medicare_the_more_efficient_plan_.html
Interesting editorial and I absolutely don’t trust it.
Today marks the 44th anniversary of the trade embargo on Cuba. Now, I know that they aren’t doing all that well there, and Castro is, shall we say, a leader of mixed virtue, but every time I think of the trade embargo I am impressed with the resiliency of the Cuban people. Every time it crosses my mind I also think that Communism must be more stable than we like to think if it could survive all this time cut off from its biggest, richest, and nearest potential trading power.
I’m writing about this a full week (or more) late, but hey, you don’t come read Monochromatic Outlook for the news. I try to ignore sex…
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/000784.php I think J. R. Knight and his family must be the one good family that prevents God from destroying Meade Kansas in a rain…
This is a comment published in 1776 about a leader who died early in the second century CE: “Trajan was ambitious of fame; and as long…
California can be a pretty wacky place sometimes. It’s a pretty heavily polarized state politically, garnering it a reputation (depending on who you ask) of…
The news can be such a pit of despair. Last night I heard the headline on TV, something to the effect of «Convicted rapist kills…