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Don’t play the Trump Distraction Game. Focus on Congress.

We're fighting the wrong wars with Donald Trump in particular and with Republicans in general. It's not about refugees coming to America. Banning immigrants without...

Putin

What is Vladimir Putin doing and why is he doing it? Putin has made his move into the Middle East. One of the most...

The Obama Presidency, Looking Back

It’s been a quarter of a year now, a little more, since the end of the Obama Presidency. The contrast, and the events that...

Facts About Global Warming

The fact is that the earth is warming. Glaciers are melting, and most importantly, the earth's weather patterns are beginning to change. Northwest United...

More on…Project for a Ruined American Century

We have come to the end of December 2009. We recently completed a year in which a former political administration, the Republican Bush Administration,...

The Republicans and Growing Neo-Fascism in America

Many people think of Fascism and they think of Nazis and the Gestapo and concentration camps. That concept, while accurate as far as it...

Are Neocons Making Us Latin America?

This is not about immigration or our borders. It is not about cultural differences or becoming more Hispanic. This is about a growing income...

How the Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Bill Will Devastate Average Americans.

The Republicans are up to it again. Once again, they are trying to further devastate the Middle Class. Under the guise of a popular...

Lessons for the “Tea Baggers” on the Bush Recession and Republican...

In November of 2008, while Barack Obama was winning an election, George W. Bush was already planning his exit. In addition to the two...

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier….Muslim?

Are American Muslims here only to spy on us? Are they inherently evil? Are they keeping deep dark secrets hidden in the bowels of...

Should We Be Taking Michael Moore Seriously?

Have you seen “Where to Invade Next,” the title of the latest film by gadfly documentarian, Michael Moore? I guess his films are supposed...

Putin and the Russian Economy

In the Fall of 1952, Vladimir Vladimirovitch Putin was born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, to Vladimir Spirodonovich and Maria Ivanovna Putin. His father...

Rumsfeld Running Scared

Apparently Donald Rumsfeld, looking out at the future, seeing unrest everywhere, knowing that that the world is changing, wants to deflect some of the...

It Can Happen Here. It’s Happening Now.

First they came after our land. Then they came after our trees. Then they came after our money. Now they want to take our...

Lou Dobbs and the Mystery of the Missing Birth Certificate

Lou Dobbs has been on the air for 30 years. In chronological years, he is not an old man these days. But in keeping...