Now that it's official that the "public option" died on the table today at 11:12 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, I can only say that I'm really not surprised. As I stated in an August blog post, I'm sure that Congress will eventually pass some form of...

Every once in a while something truly special airs on television. When "The People Speak" airs on The History Channel this upcoming Sunday it will be one of those moments. Inspired by the books of Howard Zinn, ("A People's History of the United...

or, Why Sometimes It's OK to Be A Little Paranoid. Remember this story: United Arab Emirates Firm May Oversee 6 U.S. Ports By Ted Bridis
 Associated Press
 Sunday, February 12, 2006 A company in the United Arab Emirates is poised to...

Ok readers, you can get up off the floor now. I haven't suddenly lost my mind. But you know that I have to call them like I see them, even when it gets me into big trouble. So here goes. In a recent interview with FoxNews on the topic of the...

First, let's get the partisan politics out of the way. It might have been the Clinton or the Bush (41& 43) administrations that got us in to this economic mess. And the policies of the Obama administration may be: correcting the problem; making...