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Life and politics

It’s time for financial dinosaurs to die

If governments had been around 65 millions years ago, they would have used taxpayer’s money to save the dinosaurs...

Sep 20, 2008

Polish kings and American presidents

Surprisingly, they have a lot in common. Starting from the beginning of the 14th century, Polish kings were elected;...

Sep 7, 2008

Emergency response?

The GOP leaders decided to alter the scope and practically postpone the 2008 Republican National Convention because of Hurricane...

Sep 1, 2008

Obama’s politics as usual

In my report from the “Listening to America” meeting, I called the whole idea silly. Let me explain. A...

Aug 8, 2008

Spinning our wheels – Chicago Area Obama platform meetings

I signed up for two of Obama’s “Listening to America” platform events. The first one was advertised as “Talk...

Aug 3, 2008

The war in Iraq is already won, by Iran

Listening to arguments of proponents of our prolonged military presence in Iraq – Bill O’Reilly of Fox News would...

Aug 10, 2007

Conservatives, liberals, and freedom

For the last several years, conservatives have been dominating the political arena. Eventually, they ran out of appealing ideas,...

Mar 27, 2007

Kings fight wars; soldiers die

A man whose brother serves in Iraq and whose wife might be deployed there soon asked me about profits...

Jul 5, 2006

How to end the war in Iraq in nine weeks

The first twins, Barbara and Jenna, need to enlist in the Army, and select a unit that will guarantee...

Jun 19, 2006
Remark of the day

Tom Homan, Eliot Ness of our era

December 19, 2024
Immigration

For a hammer, everything is a nail. Carlson Tucker's interview with Tom Homan shows a decent cop trying to enforce our immigration laws, which are as good and as unenforceable as Prohibition. The same politicians voted in both in the early 1920s. Eliot Ness did not make Prohibition work. People wishing to live in the U.S. come to the country illegally because it is the easiest way to obtain legal residence. Even the best police work by the Border Czar will not change it. Many will get hurt, but maybe Americans will realize that ending illegal immigration could be as easy as ending the menace of Prohibition — by repealing our immigration laws.

Killing CEOs does not solve the problem

December 12, 2024
Health care, Media

The media noticed that the public shows solidarity with Luigi Mangione and has little ...

DOGE is much ado about nothing

December 05, 2024
Life and politics, Media

The media noted that even Trump opponents see potential benefits of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. ...

Two jokes about Russia

November 28, 2024
Ukraine

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States. I remember a similar...

How to respond to the nuclear blackmail?

November 19, 2024
Ukraine

Putin always waved that he had atomic bombs. Now, he claims that he might use it if, thanks to the military help, Ukrai...