Month: November 2008

Deep Thought

Funny how an election result suddenly changes the tune of the head of the CIA regarding whether Iraq really is the “Central Front” in the “War on Terror.” What a shock. CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said...

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FDIC vs. the Paulson Bailout

An unlikely source has entered the mortgage crisis fray offering assistance to mortgagors (i.e., the people who took out mortgages to purchase their homes, not the lenders and others who hold the mortgages): the FDIC (Federal...

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Friday Foto Flogging

Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual...

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Violent Opposition

You know, I opposed the war in Iraq, if not quite from the very beginning, at least by August of 2003. By that time I had learned that we’d been thoroughly lied to and that we were headed into a quagmire. I never claimed...

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