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Elizabeth is a friend from Chile. She has been in the U.S. for more than a decade after being raised under one of our government’s favorite dictators, the brutal human rights abusing Augusto Pinochet. I am originally from Chile, but two years ago I became a naturalized US citizen. This upcoming election is the first time I will ever vote for a president. I was born and raised…
I got a trackback link today from UK Guardian reporter James Jeffrey from his article Drone warfare’s deadly civilian toll: a very personal view. Jeffrey, a British journalist based in the United States, left the British army as a captain in April 2010. He had served over nine years in the Queen’s Royal Lancers, including operational tours in Kosovo (2002), Iraq (2004, 2006) and Afghanistan (2009). No panty…
As accusation and counter-accusation fly around during the election season few places–excepting the recent, tragic embassy attacks–garner any more attention than taxes. Should we raise taxes on the rich and cut taxes on the middle class? What about that phantom 50% who, supposedly, do not pay any taxes at all? Should we extend the Bush tax cuts?? The Democratic Party wants to raise taxes on the “wealthiest Americans,”…
Last week Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke announced a positive outlook for yet another round of quantitative easing (commonly abbreviated QE3 since it is the third round). According to a report from Rueters, The euro slipped against the dollar on Monday but was still close to a near four-month high hit on Friday when disappointing U.S. jobs data fanned speculation the Federal Reserve may launch more monetary stimulus…
In an August 31, 2012 piece entitled, “Are Entitlements Corrupting Us? Yes, American Character Is at Stake,” Wall Street Journal essayist Nicholas Eberstadt charges the greatest contributors to the burgeoning entitlement crash in the American economy are the ones who rail against it the most and loudest: Republicans. We are heading in a direction which is uncharted in our history of governance. He writes, A half-century of unfettered…
