Category Archives: Originals

Michelle Goldberg: Should Buying Sex Be Illegal?Michelle Goldberg:

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Nation– with an article about prostitution in Sweden. You can also see this post on Blogger. You can also see this post at FreeState MD, on Blogger. Source:The Nation: “Editor’s Note: Reporting for this article was funded by a grant from … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy: Tom Ricks: Want a Better Military? First Make it Smaller

Posted on July 24, 2014 by kireschneider

Foreign Policy If you truly believe in a strong American military and that it is essential for not only America to be safe, but for us to play our part in seeing that the rest of world has a shot … Continue reading →

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John Pilger: George Wallace: The Most Powerful Politician in America

Posted on July 22, 2014 by kireschneider

Was Governor George Wallace ever the most powerful politician in America? I have my doubts, but he probably was the most powerful Southern governor during his time as far as the amount of power he had in his state. The … Continue reading →

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The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur: ‘Bill O’Reilly Looks Sane Next to Laura Ingraham’

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The Young Turks– Cenk Uygur is not exactly sanest guy you’ll ever hear. Or maybe that’s just all the caffeine doing the talking for him. “Bill O’Reilly is pegging Laura Ingraham’s opinion of using mass deportation to address illegal immigration … Continue reading →

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PBS: NewsHour: Shields & Brooks On Suing the President & The Texas Border Crisis

Posted on July 11, 2014 by kireschneider

Is the President going too far with executive power? It depends on which party you are a member of and which party the President is a member of. Congressional Republicans didn’t seem to have any problems with President Bush during … Continue reading →

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Townhall: Terry Jeffrey: ‘Pat Buchanan’s Chronicles of the 1960s’

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:Townhall– Longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas with President Richard Nixon. I don’t know who the other man is. “Shortly before Richard Nixon was going to formally announce that he would be running again for president in 1968, Pat Buchanan … Continue reading →

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Washington Post: EJ Dionne: The Vital Incoherent Center

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The Washington Post Again it depends on what you mean by liberal and conservative and you do lump Religious Conservatives, Neoconservatives and Libertarians in with Conservatives on the Right and do you lump in Progressives and Socialists, or Social Democrats … Continue reading →

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RAND Corporation: Brian Michael Jenkins: Iraq Observations: The Future of Iraq

Posted on June 26, 2014 by kireschneider

RAND Corporation I posted this a few days ago on this blog about then Senator Joe Biden proposing back in 2007-08 to partition Iraq which of course the Iraqi people would have to approve themselves. And how that may of … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Rob Garver: Senate Alums Have a Plan to Fix Our Broken Government

Posted on June 25, 2014 by kireschneider

The Fiscal Times There really isn’t any plan that would fix our U.S. Congress that is so unpopular that only its members, family and staff for the members and perhaps some mental patients approve of the job that it is … Continue reading →

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The Bully Pulpit: JR Benjamin- William F. Buckley on Drug Legalization

Posted on June 20, 2014 by kireschneider

The Bully Pulpit William F. Buckley’s basic position on the War on Drugs was that it was a failure. That he wasn’t in favor of legalizing illegal narcotics which is really what the War on Drugs is. And that is … Continue reading →

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