Thankful we have the NSA to protect us
“NSA is a professional foreign-intelligence organization with a highly trained workforce, including brave and dedicated men and women from our …
Monthly Archives: July 2014
No apologies, no condolences
Putin and company mounted their usual round of lies and accusations after Russians in eastern Ukraine shot down MH17 last …
Memory holes everywhere
The latest warnings about Iraq are that leaders in Iraq must make political progress, or the country will plunge into …
Impartial investigations: how to make sure they never happen
It’s instructive to listen carefully to U. S. commentary after the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. Observers make …
How do we create more jobs?
That’s the question: how do we create more jobs? When a politician asks it, the question becomes, “How do we …
Articles about children, parents, and the state
Not so surprisingly, I enjoy reading the articles at Reason.com. They are well done, and if you don’t read too …
Don’t think it can’t happen here
I read this week the White House is baffled the CIA did not report up the chain of command that the …
State gambling operations
I hear the Massachusetts state treasurer wants to add online gambling to the state’s line-up of revenue raising endeavors. That’s …
Thoughts on the Fourth of July
It is the Fourth of July. The occasion seems to assume more meaning each year, as the Republic launched this …
How we can help Ukraine
MOSCOW — The simmering standoff in eastern Ukraine exploded into warfare early Tuesday, pushing the conflict to a dangerous new …
The Jeffersonian 