Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left – Outgoing Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, to his successor, David Laws Trying to make sense of the growing financial crisis in Europe is like attempting to explain the Tim Tebow phenomenon in the United States. It’s simple yet complicated. [...]
It’s a loaded question and borderline irrelevant, yet I can’t resist asking. In recent weeks the so-called conservative “establishment” has come out with guns blazing against Newt Gingrich’s schizophrenic Presidential Campaign. A recent Politico article portrayed conservative luminaries such as Ann Coulter, Elliot Abrams, Bob Dole, Drudge, and former Gingrich hatchet man, Tom Delay, in [...]
Foreward In light of President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s recent remarks regarding the new face of the American military, I felt that a look back into the successes and failures of the last decade could shed some truth on an increasingly complicated matter. Gone are the days of ambitious nation-building and an aggressive commitment to spread the American [...]
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While a new year is upon us and unemployment is down to its lowest level in recent memory, there is reason for quiet optimism in 2012. You’ll forgive me if I remain skeptical. The global economy for one still faces enormous uncertainty. In Europe we see countries teetering on the brink of collapse brought on [...]
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I’m honestly sick of hearing so much negativity from the left. If you’re a frequent viewer of this website, I apologize if you’re offended that the GOP candidates don’t have the same sense of self-righteousness that leftists carry. They still care about repairing the economy, restoring jobs, and making the American system work again, they [...]
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The political, social, and economic recall of popular leftist idealism has come full circle. The 2010 election was more than realignment, it was a swan song. That fateful November marked not just the end of the Southern Democrat, but also the continued destruction of Democratic strongholds in the Rust Belt. The heartland of the United [...]
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As much as I want to make this a partisan issue of Republicans being the bad guys, I can’t. The true problem lies in the system and a corrupt structure that allows for the supremacy of money. Unsurprisingly, capital, specifically big business, has gained too much power and influence in government. Lately, I have become [...]
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