Tag Archives: War

The Afghanistan War: "They Were Children When the War Began"

I periodically write about our heroes who continue to make the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan.I do so in part to remind myself — once a young, gung-ho supporter of the Vietnam War — that wars come at a price, a very heavy price.More… Continue reading

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Recessions & Recoveries: The Real Story

There appear to be, roughly, three types of recessions.There are post-war recessions. These are easy to understand. There’s an abrupt decline in military spending, demobilization reintroduces a large number of people into the work force, and businesse… Continue reading

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DGA Files Complaint Against Fox News For Illegal Contribution To GOP Candidate

Keeping up its war with Fox News, the Democratic Governors Association on Thursday filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission accusing the network of making an illegal in-kind contribution to gubernatorial candidate John Kasich (R-OH).The com… Continue reading

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Ed Schultz vs. Glenn Beck Over Rally

There’s a new war of words between Ed Schultz and Glenn Beck.Schultz, who — like Beck — hosts both a radio show and a cable news show, diminished the significance of Beck’s rally this week by saying that he could easily bring 300,000 people… Continue reading

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9 Of The Most Valuable Minerals In The World (PHOTOS)

From rubies to painite, coltan to diamonds, nature produces incredible minerals. Whether they are made into dazzling baubles or used in rechargeable batteries, the harvesting of these natural treasures can be damaging to the environment, human health a… Continue reading

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Obama, the Truth Will Set Them Free

President Obama mentioned a soldier from the Army’s 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, who stated that he wished those who are no longer here could have seen the withdrawal.In last week’s LA Times, Ned Parker reported comments from the same Army 4th B… Continue reading

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Prohibition and Civil Unrest

We read of it nearly every day: Mexico appears to be imploding. Murders, assassinations of local politicians, kidnappings. A war between the drug cartels which acted with what appeared — from the outside at least — to be governmental neglect if not … Continue reading

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A Trillion-Dollar Catastrophe. Yes, Iraq Was a Headline War

Mission accomplished? The Iraq war did more than anything to alienate the Atlantic powers from the rest of the world today the Iraq war was declared over by Barack Obama. As his troops return home, Iraqis are marginally freer than in 2003, and consider… Continue reading

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Journalist At Center Of Bogus Laredo Ranch Story Accused of Plagiarism

If you spend enough time getting to know bloggers, you’ll find that plenty of them have a story or two to tell about their uneasy relationship with traditional media outlets. Most of the time, the story will be about how some obscure writer took on an… Continue reading

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Iraq/Afghanistan: A Promise Kept, A Promise Deferred

President Obama wants credit for keeping his promise to end the war in Iraq. Some credit is due: the President reaffirmed his commitment to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, as required by the agreement between the U.S. and Iraq. B… Continue reading

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