We've often heard of the "War on Terror." How much public support would this effort have had it been called the "Initiative to Bomb and Shoot People This Administration Deems Bad"? Not as much, I assume. Sometimes the titles to laws and policies suggest the opposite of the true effect…
Consider the reasoning process of our top leader, who has the responsibility of steering us through incredibly dangerous times. The following excerpt is from Editor and Publisher: I base a lot of my foreign policy decisions on some things that I think are true . . . One, I believe…
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Today, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said: Gasoline prices have soared an average of 60 cents a gallon in less than a month because suppliers are unable to keep up with demand, a situation that could persist up to three more years. Bodman went on to suggest that stablilizing Iraq is…
I recently dug out three interesting quotes of George Washington, our first president: A historical revision on a unique scale has been imposed on us by the Creator. Only constant repetition will finally succeed in imprinting an idea on the memory of the crowd. I go the way that Providence…