Aug 31st, 2010
by James Kane.
President Obama delivered an address Tuesday night to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq. While the speech featured no surprises, it is memorable both for its tone and for what was not said. The change of status in Iraq, however, may not be a harbinger for course correction in the United States. Every elected [...]
Mar 23rd, 2010
by James Kane.
With the stroke of a pen late Tuesday morning came the latest challenge to the land of the free and home of the brave. There is nothing free about imposing on the American populace a mandate to purchase a particular product. Likewise, there is nothing brave about failing to stand up to an administration more invested [...]
Mar 17th, 2010
by James Kane.
Democrats will do anything to pass health insurance reform, even, it seems, subvert the constitution. Knowing that they still lack the votes to pass the kickback-filled Senate health reform bill word-for-word, Democrats in the United States House of Representatives have concocted what they think may be a way around having an up-or-down vote on the [...]
Dec 2nd, 2009
by James Kane.
Recent polling has found that a majority of Americans feel that the country is too politically divided. No, this does not mean that the American people feel that fifty states are too many, or that counties, cities, parishes, and boroughs should be dissolved across the board. Rather, the concern is that there is too much [...]
Mar 4th, 2009
by James Kane.
One of them is wrong. While there was some overlap in what the two leaders had to say, the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, seemed rather more upbeat in his remarks before Congress Wednesday than the President was in his own just over a week ago. Even if both men favor radical reforms in governance, domestic [...]
