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Why I detest Mitt Romney 2008-02-09 14:47:14 Critical essay treating Romney's concessionary remarks where he claimed that democrats would surrender; government regulations need shredded; although, in the same breathe he articulated opposition to the availability of pornography as well as a desire to restrict rights through a Constitutional Amendment forbidding Gay marriage; and that lack of religion, as is the case in France, leads to a demographic crises. ...

Exit the Pig; Welcome the Rat; Screw the Military 2008-02-07 17:09:56 An Article by Ben Tanosborn Many members of the military are not so sure they want to welcome the year of the Rat, not that the Pig now exiting was good for them.  In the enlisted ranks, they’ve just about had it with the civilian top-echelon of command and the multiple tours to Iraq.  And the Rat [...] ...

Oh how we miss you, Molly Ivins! 2008-01-30 22:06:15 An Article by:Ben Tanosborn If only you knew how much we miss your journalistic soft core bellicosity, the political satire and celebrated puns! If only you knew how much more there is to be done to right this ship-nation of ours listing to the right… and ready to sink!  But you know, yes you know… and [...] ...

Has the US defrauded the world’s economies? 2008-01-23 13:24:05 An Article by: Ben Tanosborn A yes answer to a question with such scary implications begs postponement ‘til another day… perhaps it is a question that should never be answered, not out loud.  Let’s just say that Uncle Sam has always appeared to the world as an affable, worldly relative that they never quite really knew, [...] ...

Keep the concert tickets… I’ve had it with the Evil Brothers! 2008-01-16 12:46:42 An Article by: Ben Tanosborn I no longer care how popular the voting concert is, I refuse to pay homage to those untalented, tone deaf rockers!  Every four years we are regaled with the very same quadrennial political tour, the same Evil Brothers, whatever names they may go by this time around, giving us the misconception that [...] ...

New Hampshire primary results questioned: Electronic voting machines threaten U.S. democracy? 2008-01-15 00:52:44 An Article by: Steve Hammons also published in AmericanChronicle.com Results from Diebold electronic voting machines used in New Hampshire’s primary are being questioned this week as apparent anomalies in voting patterns there are examined. According to published reports, in areas of New Hampshire where Diebold machines were used, Hillary Clinton may have received significantly more votes than Barack Obama, [...] ...

Governing by Network is tantamount to Corporatism 2008-01-10 23:57:09 An Article by: Russell Cole The purpose of this essay is to bring scrutiny to an alarming trend in American governance. This growing practice is propounded by differing groups in our society, ranging from the neoconservatives to the quasi-academicians occupying fellowships at the politically moderate Brookings Institute. In a publication produced by members of the Brookings’ Institute, [...] ...

TWO YEARS LATER, (A note concerning the Dustin Brim story) 2008-01-09 17:05:21 A note concerning the Dustin Brim story By Lonnie D. StoryFreelance Writer/Author/Biographer Holly Hill, Florida   Did Dustin Brim truly die from exposure to depleted uranium? How can we adequately justify the contentions that this thing is real and not just some fearful cloud of theorist drumming away at those “powers that be?” Is it real or not? If [...] ...

From a sun-splashed Rose Bowl to wintry Iowa 2008-01-02 18:56:16 An Article by:  Ben Tanosborn For this chronologically-challenged socio-political commentator, multitasking is severely restricted to a couple of things: one active, writing; and one passive, undemonstratively viewing sports on television.  Bi-tasking would probably be a more appropriate name. So today, on this New Year’s afternoon, I am trying to write my first column of the year while watching [...] ...

Not an imperial year for the Empire (2007) 2007-12-26 09:39:55 Being reflective; personally taking stock of a situation, or issue, seems to be antonymic to the nature of most people who prefer that matters be handled by leaders of groups they belong to.  Whether the issue is government, war, crime, drug-addiction, or most anything else, they are quick to pass the buck, determining that it [...] ...

Survey shows majority of Americans suspect cover-ups, distrust federal government 2007-12-25 15:53:21 An Article by: Steve Hammons December 21, 2007 According to a recent Scripps Howard News Service/Ohio University poll, “Nearly two-thirds of Americans think it is possible that some federal officials had specific warnings of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, but chose to ignore those warnings.” That was the conclusion explored in a Nov. [...] ...

Time Magazine’s False Characterization of Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy 2007-12-22 15:38:14 Time Magazine, in their annual declaration of the individual that qualifies as the most influential person of the year, cited Ron Paul, not as the most influential, but as a person worthy of mention. However, in the brief description of Ron Paul and his political advocacies, Time Magazine incorrectly portrayed Paul as an isolationist [...] ... Ron Paul

Meanings of human ‘intelligence,’ new discoveries are important in 21st century 2007-12-20 11:57:37 Meanings of human ‘intelligence,’ new discoveries are important in 21st century An Article by: Steve Hammons Originally Published on: December 20, 2007 http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=46675 It seems helpful for us to continue expanding the meaning of “intelligence” in the 21st century and recognize that the word intelligence has many meanings, including new meanings. For example, in my two novels, MISSION INTO LIGHT and the [...] ...

Real estate slowly becoming “imaginary estate” 2007-12-18 09:03:03 An Article by: Ben Tanosborn Subprime loans, my foot!  That subprime fiasco, which is likely to mount losses between one-half and one trillion dollars, is just a small part of the true real estate problem which little by little is starting to take shape; a problem that Wall Street, politicians, economists, and the public at large have [...] ...

Consentership, far more pernicious than dictatorship 2007-12-13 09:39:58 An Article by: Ben Tanosborn America, more than anything else, more than the proverbial land of opportunity, is very definitely something else. This nation of ours appears to be, first and foremost, a land of contradictions where, while the polls indicate most people feel the nation is being led in the wrong direction, we seem inclined [...] ...