Five To Four

The Supreme Court issued a ruling yesterday, striking down a lower court decision, that favored New Haven’s action to throw out a civil service test as grounds promotion in their fire department. The merits of the case appear to me as very complex and questionable depending upon what responsibilities one assigns to the City and [...]

Don’t Go Jimmy Carter

President Jimmy Carter was certainly one of the best intentioned Presidents but as a leader and commander in chief, he was a bust. Carter tried to fix everything and ended up fixing almost nothing while watching the economy go sour. It is very important that President Obama find a way to step away from the [...]

Who’s Fooling Who?

Iran is a country that most Americans do not and probably can not understand. Its form of government is unlike what we know in America. Its religion is both different and its practices, especially towards women, strange and unfamiliar when compared to America as a whole. Iran is not an Arab country yet it is [...]

Definitely Wrong

The Washington Post is reporting that the Obama Administration is drafting an executive order that will allow “indefinite detentions” of about 90 detainees already held at the Guantanamo Detention Facility. This is shameful and a betrayal of America’s core legal values. The alleged executive order targets detainees that are viewed as the “worst of the [...]

Big Picture

We have a lot of data thanks to the 24/7 news cycle. At times we receive a lot of analysis on each piece of data.  But when one stops and thinks, one wonders what it is all about?  What we are missing is an understandable summary, sort of a “big picture” of how all this [...]

What Is A Conservative?

Like a broken record, right wingers and Republican politicians proclaim themselves to be “conservative” as if that is good medicine. When asked what do they stand for, they reply consistently, “I’m strong on defense, fiscal responsibility, and solid conservative values, You know values like marriage (to the opposite sex), family, and my moral (religious) beliefs”. [...]

No Big Deal, But…

The morning newspapers featured, front page, lead articles announcing President Obama’s new tough approach towards Iran. The Wall Street Journal signaled “a shift in tactics”. The age of reason may not have been destined to not last too long. In the Clinton Administration, official White House statements would be delayed until polls and the results [...]

Change?

In Monday’s Wall Street Journal, Professor Fouad Ajami wrote a typical WSJ opinion column. It is very possible that Ajami truly believes that President Obama is naive in his dealings with Iran but I think Ajami is more worried that someone might stick with another approach (than his) towards Iran and make progress. Ajami writes [...]

The Neoconservative Chorus

If you want to see what lies ahead if a Republican conservative is elected President again any time soon, check out the pages of the The Weekly Standard. A free press is an important part of the American way but it is not without its dark side. From this pulpit, a slice of conservatism spews [...]

One Third Approve

Congressional approval ratings continue to run in the gutter. Roughly one third of voters rate the job Congress is doing as good or excellent. Or saying it differently, a veto proof majority of voters disapprove of Congress’s job. I wonder why? Most often cited is the notion that members of Congress are corrupt. I wonder [...]