John Boehner’s comments about gas prices comfirm that this crisis does not have a political affiliation. Democrat and Republican supporters are both suffering at the gas station. If, in politics, leaders speak for the people who elected them, then this is the best opportunity for both political parties to do something together about the high gas prices. There [...]

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The US military will not succeed where the Russians failed. The war against the Taliban is not a winnable war. Events lately only confirm this: An escape tunnel was dug to free 480 prisoners, an Afghan pilot shot and killed 8 US soldiers and a contractor out of anger. The US must leave both Afghanistan and [...]

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Finally, President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has agreed to step down in exchange for immunity so he and his entourage will not be prosecuted. President Saleh has certainly learned lessons from the latest world agitations. He has learned that Western governments do not protect their allies in bad times. Ex-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is being prosecuted in his country. Moammar Ghaddafi, who [...]

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By using her veto to stop the “Birther bill” in Arizona, Governor Jan Brewer has distanced herself from the Birthers (people claiming Obama was not born in America and therefore not qualified to be president). Historians will remember this bill as a continuation of the struggle for racial equality in America. Not only did Governor Jan [...]

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The French, Italians, and British are struggling to finish their “mission” in Libya. Colonel Ghaddafi’s troops are using human shields to fight the rebels supported by NATO air strikes. Technically, it is impossible to defeat Colonel Ghaddafi by throwing bombs from the air. The latest news from the field is not so good for the rebels: they [...]

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It is hard to resist Donald Trump’s folly. He’s everywhere, on every TV station. Trump didn’t miss trashing ex-President George W. Bush and calling his potential GOP contenter Mitt Romney a “small businessman.” Trump has also clearly become the voice of the Birthers, a fringe group that claims that President Obama was born in Kenya and is not [...]

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The unrest in the Arab world is making China paranoid. Lately, China is cracking down on its dissidents including the recent arrest of Ai Weiwei, a famous and respected artist known for his criticism of the Chinese government.   As usual, the US government was one of the first to criticize China. The Chinese government [...]

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Carl Lewis, one of the best athletes of our time, has announced that he’s running for the New Jersey State Senate. We hope that he will be successful in his campaign and will bring a sense of civility, which is lacking in politics lately. Carl Lewis is admired, but running on the field is different [...]

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Mike Campbell has died. Many of you have never heard about Mike Campbell. This white Zimbabwean farmer was a victim of racism; he was beaten by a Mugabe Black militia group and lost his land. Campbell took President Mugabe to court and won his case, but in a dictatorship, the dictator ignores the law. Mr. Campbell certainly, [...]

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Sometimes, crazy people tell the truth. America is broke. The Tea Party insurgency is right about this and their goal is to cut government spending. It is true that the American government cannot keep spending money that it does not have. The irony is that those who are talking about fiscal discipline today — the Republicans – are those who put the [...]

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