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Life and politics

Divorce government from marriage

The gay marriage issue has nothing to do with social values, but a lot with values measured in dollars....

Mar 23, 2013

Capitalism versus socialism,

Conservatives and liberals are much alike. Both want to use the powers of government to impose their views on...

Mar 16, 2013

Conservatives and liberals are much alike

Liberals are just socialists. Conservatism as we have it today is like a once young attractive woman, who a...

Jan 24, 2013

Terrorists won again

The whole world turned its eyes to the hostage drama somewhere in the middle of the Sahara. Seeking recognition,...

Jan 18, 2013

Crowd funding and lotto – which is worse?

Securities and Exchange Commission is finalizing its work on implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, signed into...

Jan 18, 2013

Balcerowicz for president

The WSJ published an interview with Leszek Balcerowicz. Sometimes it feels good to be Polish. I remember Mr. Balcerowicz...

Dec 16, 2012

What can one learn in Springfield?

This is my question for Thomas F. Roeser, in response to his critique of the political inexperience of Adam...

Jun 3, 2009

More brains, less Halliburton: why Dick Cheney is wrong

In his first interview after leaving office, former Vice President Dick Cheney said that Obama’s policies “raise the risk”...

Mar 20, 2009

Leave radical Islam alone

A few weeks ago, Fareed Zakaria questioned our mostly military response to radical Islam. Readers, both at the Huffington...

Mar 17, 2009

The simplest plan for helping homeowners

Some banks gave mortgage loans to people who cannot keep a house under any conditions. These so-called toxic assets...

Feb 15, 2009
Remark of the day

When will DOGE be credible?

March 28, 2025
Life and politics

The interview at FOX sounded good. In the early 1990s, I was looking to expand my small business. I checked the SBA loan option; it smelled of corruption, so I passed. From what I have heard since then, almost everyone interacting with the SBA had the same impression. Why did everyone pretend no one knew? I am leaning toward DOGE's conclusions. However, I will patiently await criminal charges in the cases of loans given to children or seniors over 100 years old. When those who committed these frauds are in prison, DOGE will be credible.

It is much bigger than Ukraine

March 22, 2025
Ukraine

Donald Trump asks Ukraine to make territorial concessions because Russia is stronger. If we accept war as a way of resolving dispute...

Where does the violence against Tesla come from?

March 21, 2025
Health care, Immigration, Life and politics, Ukraine

Elon Musk asked that question on X earlier today. He should look in a mirror for answers. Donald Trump...

American military experts, good at losing

March 02, 2025
Ukraine

American military experts predicted Russia would overcome Ukraine in three days. Ukraine was still standing three we...

What Zelenskyy should tell Trump, but he did not

March 01, 2025
Ukraine

Observers say that Donald Trump and JD Vance provoked Volodymyr Zelenskyy into an undiplomatic squabble in the White House. They...