4th Of July Patriotism Is Buying American Products — Everyday
There’s no denying it– the U.S. economic downturn is evident everywhere from lagging home sales to rising gas and food costs. And as companies downsize and shift jobs overseas to save money, unemployment fears rise. Let’s face it, we’re all looking to stretch our dollars these days but we should also be looking to support […]
The Need For A New Ethic In America Presidential Campaigns
America’s love for a display of might and power, of triumph over the adversary, and of a ‘winning strategy’, is not only evident in her foreign policy and conduct of war, but also in her presidential campaigns. Here, aggression, while disapproved of by many at one level, is also admired by others, and seems almost […]
Subprime Mortgage Crisis; Democrats Want Too Much And Republicans Want Too Little
It’s the same ole same ole, sound-bites and finger pointing as to who can solve the mortgage crisis plaguing American homeowners. During an election year it’s harder than usual to separate the malarkey from the earnestness of the politicians on this matter. Each side is shucking and jiving or running and hiding from the real […]
An Astronaut For Second Chair On The Democratic Ticket
While I went out on a long limb to suggest that Rudy Giuliani may be the best running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, I am at a loss to guess who would run with whom on the Democratic ticket. The highly competitive race between Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator Barack Obama has […]
The Last King Of Spain?
A young King Juan Carlos helped steer Spain from a dictatorship to a modern democracy after he came to the throne some 32 years ago, and his achievements include defending the fledgling democracy in 1981 from an attempted coup.
Once popular and regarded as a man of the people, recent times have been more troubling for […]