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Face It
In the early days of the nation, back in 1789 at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention, a woman approached Ben Franklin and asked, “So what will we have Doctor Frankiln, a monarchy or a repu
By g.h.kirsch · Wed May 20, 2009
2 min read · 5 comments
Shocking Revelation: President Impotent
Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, asks, “What do you suppose it is like to be elected president of the United States only to find that your power is restricted to t
By g.h.kirsch · Thu May 14, 2009
2 min read · 4 comments
Coming Up - The Weather
Events have forced those who earlier warned of global warming to modulate their hysteria and instead ring the alarm for catastrophic “climate change” instead.

Why the nuance? If
By g.h.kirsch · Thu May 14, 2009
4 min read · 2 comments
Bait and Switch
While after a hundred days the Obama administration may be spinnin’ and grinnin’, the rising chorus of criticism on the left evidences the disillusionment and disenchantment growing among those who be
By g.h.kirsch · Wed May 6, 2009
5 min read · 4 comments
Doug vs Doug
Clearly, Doug Karlberg’s announcement, he’d be a candidate for Doug Smith’s position at the Port of Bellingham, was the highlight of the week for local political junkies.

Indeed both the Her
By g.h.kirsch · Sat May 2, 2009
3 min read · 6 comments
Some Piggies More Equal Than Others
Congressional correspondent Susan Ferrechio reports passing cap & trade legislation is business as usual in Washington, not always pretty to watch.

“In exchange for votes to pass a controversia
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Apr 27, 2009
3 min read
Osgood Wonders
Evidencing the emerging understanding that not all is right with the theories of global warming doomsayers, the completely mainstream Charles Osgood offers this in support of skeptics backing the sola
By g.h.kirsch · Wed Apr 22, 2009
1 min read · 4 comments
Global Warming Warnings
As we race towards a future fraught with economic and environmental uncertainty; and as global forces pull at our cherished freedoms and political institutions, at the risk of more ridicule and condes
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Apr 19, 2009
4 min read · 5 comments
Nader Counterpunches
The eternally committed Ralph Nader continues to follow and speak frankly about the affairs important to average Americans.

In an article today at Counterpunch, The Greedsters
By g.h.kirsch · Fri Apr 17, 2009
1 min read · 2 comments
She Said He Said
Mark Russell used to joke, “If you call your opponent a politician, it’s grounds for libel.”

But I must admit I was amazed as the minions of the McShane machine mobilized to march
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Apr 14, 2009
3 min read · 7 comments
Draft McShane ???
Remember when Tricky Dick told reporters in California, “You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore.”

Remember when Dan McShane told us, after a brutally negative campaign for Ma
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Apr 4, 2009
2 min read · 2 comments
A Convenient Half-Truth
What do you know, and what do you take on faith? Who do you trust, and should you trust them? Do you believe that failing to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere will have catastrophic environmental consequ
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Mar 29, 2009
2 min read · 11 comments
Outa Sight & Outa Their Minds
The good news for ordinary American taxpayers just keeps coming. Monday’s formal announcement of Treasury Secretary Geithner’s oft floated It-Ain’t-Really-a-Bailout Plan thrilled Wall Street.
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By g.h.kirsch · Tue Mar 24, 2009
2 min read · 7 comments
Still Moron Money
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it would buy $300 billion of long-term Treasurys over the next six months. The Fed also announced plans to buy an additional $750 billion in mortgage-backed se
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Mar 22, 2009
1 min read
Moron Money
“I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.”
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By g.h.kirsch · Sun Mar 15, 2009
6 min read · 6 comments
Blind, Deaf and Dumb
Kremen County has re-issued and revised its earlier Determination of Non-significance for the road to Vineyard Development. And as predicted (surprise, surprise) again determ
By g.h.kirsch · Sun Mar 8, 2009
3 min read
Cap or Trade
There’s a disturbing pattern emerging in the current administration’s approach to national problems.

Last week they proposed to saddle the citizenry with the costs of salvaging a priva
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Mar 3, 2009
16 min read · 1 comment
Banking and Revolution
It is difficult to appreciate the momentousness of the moment at hand as the struggle to resolve matters swirling in the banking sector come to the critical pass. The debate over nationalization of o
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Feb 21, 2009
11 min read · 6 comments
Self Fulfilling Profits
Our friend over at The Syre Times continues with great circularity to confound the growth debate. And what better way to begin than misstating the position of those opposed to continuing unman
By g.h.kirsch · Thu Feb 19, 2009
3 min read · 3 comments
Give a Damn for the Greenback Dollar
Lest you think our current financial crisis is unprecedented, it’s not. These crises have been occurring since the Dark Ages; probably earlier. They always are tied to the struggle to create and con
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Feb 16, 2009
3 min read · 6 comments

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