The GM Comic/Tragedy

The spiral of General Motors into Chapter 11 has been amazing to watch. When GM first announced last fall that it would seek Government assistance to tide it over until car sales picked up again, GM’s attitude was that their cash shortage was no big thing, it just needed a few billions and life could [...]

What’s Good for General Motors is Good for the Country…

Former GM Chairman Charlie Wilson is given attribution for the phrase “What’s good for General Motors is good for the Country” and whether that is exactly what he meant or not, it certainly stands for the way most General Motors top executives have been thinking for the past 50 years. The pending Chapter 11 bankruptcy [...]

Recovery or A Dead Cat Bounce?

President Obama said yesterday that there were definite signs that the economy was showing signs of recovery. This is great news if it is true. It could also be analogous to a cat dropped from a 50 story building. You may think the cat has nine lives when after it hits the ground you immediately [...]

Speak Softly

North Korea is either the victim of very more translations of the leaders’ speeches or they are plain dysfunctional. North Korea is a dirt poor country surrounding by relatively rich, and comparatively open societies (China, South Korea, and Japan). What is it about life in general that they do not get? So this weekend, North [...]

Senator Bluster or Senator Snarl?

President Obama is set to announce this week (probably today) his nominee for the Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Regardless of his choice, you can go to the bank that his selection will not resemble Justices Alito or Roberts except as intelligent and accomplished jurists. Most probably Obama’s selection will tilt as [...]

What’s Wrong With The Republican Party?

Tom Ridge and Colin Powell think the Republican Party is too “shrill” and far too much to the right (where ever that is), and as a result has become a regional and not a national Party. Powell and Ridge, both known as moderates, believe the Republican Party needs to reach out and become more inclusive. [...]

Irish Eyes Are…

Irish eyes are not smiling right now. They are a bit hazed over with disbelief, shock, and sadness that a “few bad apples” was in fact a lie. The Irish are sobering up to an Irish Government report that chronicles the enormous size and scope of child abuse gratuitously doled out by the Roman Catholic [...]

A Fine Point?

President Obama has said he would hold some of the Guantanamo detainees, the so called worst of the worst, indefinitely, id necessary, in the US without charges or trial. What is it that he knows about these individuals that would prompt him to attempt to throw out three hundred years of American history? To be [...]

What Is It About Due Process People Don’t Understand?

Imagine in World War II (the last time the US was in a Constitutionally declared war), German or Japanese soldiers were captured on the battle field. The prisoners were sent to secure holding areas, processed for name, rank and serial number (and whatever other information that could be gotten without torture) and then placed in [...]

American and Apple Pie

What is more American than Apple Pie? From our earliest days, the founding fathers stressed the importance of due process, the rule of law, and habeas corpus. The founding fathers did just not make these concepts up. They were determined to set the new Country on a course that would avoid the abuses that were [...]