Opinion

BenB on October 29th, 2010

While President Barrack Obama figures out how to get his teleprompter to fit in his travel bag so he can show the Indian parliament how it’s done, the early voting has started. Unfortunately, fraud has started along with it. One woman in Nevada went to vote on Tuesday only to find her ballot with Harry [...]

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BenB on October 13th, 2010

The Economist tells us that they aim to, “take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.” Which side are they on? The Economist is widely accepted to be one of the best sources for international events abroad. But having read their magazines, I often [...]

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BenB on July 13th, 2010

Calling someone a racist is losing its seriousness, now it’s becoming another political tool. In May, 1773 the British government devised a plan that gave East India a monopoly over the tea exported to the American Colonies. But the tea that came from East India had a British tax on it, if that tax was [...]

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BenB on June 24th, 2010

(You can view the beginning of this conflict here.) Fifty-five year-old four star general (commander and strategist in Afghanistan)  Stanley McChrystal walked into the spotlight this week with remarks recorded and published by Rolling Stone magazine (please note that the article is explicit.) The article quoted McChrystal disrespecting colleagues and superiors in Afghanistan such as [...]

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BenB on June 20th, 2010

Politics. What a nasty word these days. I’m sure we’ve all heard about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from one of BP’s rigs. You’d almost have to live in a cave not to hear the media ranting and raving. But the media only tells one-third of the story. Before we delve further [...]

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