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Life and politics

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

So little, so late

Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi is history. Finally, there is a measurable success in an otherwise murky situation. Someone will collect...

Jun 12, 2006

Politicians are right; reality is wrong

Twenty years ago, Congress presumed how fast the economy would grow in the future, and how many foreign workers...

May 18, 2006

Can we agree not to use words like “liberal” or “conservative”?

“Liberals hate it” – one can read this on the billboards advertising some conservative radio station.  In their disgust...

May 15, 2006
Remark of the day

Are comparisons to Hitler justifiable?

April 26, 2025
Life and politics, Media

In the criticism of the Trump administration’s concepts and methods of implementation, some see parallels to what extremists like Hitler had done in the past. Others see that comparison as an unacceptable exaggeration. After all, we cannot compare Trump’s policies to the Holocaust. However, we should not forget that until 1939, Hitler was a respected leader of a large nation, vide Munich in 1938. Therefore, if we see signs of the same behavior in current leaders that Hitler exhibited before revealing his true nature, it is our civic duty to call it out. We may or may not be right about a particular politician, but it is the only way to prevent another Hitler from reemerging. The warning of Martin Niemöller comes to mind.

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 ...

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...