What America needs more of

This statement is copied from http://timruskforcongress.com/ - the site of Jim Rusk, a Democratic candidate for Congress from Texas:   Like many Americans, I did not start out with a silver spoon in my mouth. I was raised by a single mother, and I never met...

Responsibility and Externalization of Costs

Once again we are seeing Republican politicians claiming that they speak for individual responsibility. This claim was not addressed adequately the last time that it was made, and it's time that it be addressed now. The fact is, most Republicans do not practice individual...

Suggestions for Russia

Russia has gone a long way since the mafia state of 1990s; but there is a lot further to go.  My past as someone who's both been inside Russia and outside of Russia for significant lengths of time allows me a fuller perspective: As someone who (from outside of Russia)...

The greatest Russians

The Greatest Russians Georgy Zhukov - the leader of Soviet military from autumn 1942 to summer 1945. Took over a military effort that was failing disastrously and lead the Soviet Army to victory over the Nazis. Winston Churchill stated about the Royal Air Force that "never in...

Democrats and Wealth

In 1997, I caught up with my former university roommate, who has been a lifelong Republican. When I told him that I had gotten a job that was paying $70,000 a year, he started questioning how I can be well-off and a Democrat at the same time. In fact, there are many reasons...

Left and Patriotism

An error that many on the Left make is believing the right-wing conmen who claim that they are America or that they are Christianity. From that position, these people start going against America and Christianity. In fact, both the conmen who make such claims and the people...

Father's Plea: End the War on Drugs

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/10/opinion/sicilia-cartel-killed-son/index.html?hpt=hp_c1(CNN) -- Why was my son murdered? He was 24, and he had never tried drugs. He didn't even smoke. He had paid half his university costs with a sports scholarship and was working as...

Sheep, Wolves, and Other Species

Much discourse concerning interpersonal interactions centers around the wolves and the sheep. Apparently there are wolves; apparently there are sheep; and apparently there are wolves in sheeps' clothing. I am not concerned with any of the above.The wolves can take care...

Hillary Clinton and Marital Infidelity

A lot of people despised Bill Clinton for having sex with Monica Lewinski. Most of these people make much worse husbands than Bill Clinton made. The only person who stood to get hurt by his affair - Hillary Clinton - got a very good deal in the relationship. She was allowed...

International Trade and Public Works

In 1992, Ross Perot warned that the NAFTA agreement would lead to a "giant sucking sound" of American jobs going south to Mexico. He was part-right. There was a sucking sound, but it wasn't immediate. Many American companies moved operations south of the border a number of...

Vladimir Vysotsky: Performances and Translations

Unfinished Flighthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIFPmjvZ39M&feature=related       Someone saw the fruit, that could not get ripe       They shook the trunk - it fell, just so...       Here's the song of him who...

Christianity and Disinformation

Having been around serious Christians for a number of years, I have developed respect for a creed that I originally saw as being thoroughly wrong. That respect however does not extend to deception that passes in many places as Christian teachings or Christian values.One of...