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Thomas Hobbes: the Long Reach of the Leviathan

Sunday, 11 May 2008
it appeared in 1651 with a famous title-page engraving showing the towering body of a crowned giant, made up of tiny figures of human beings bearing swords.

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Article: New Push in Congress to Throw in the Kitchen Sink...

Saturday, 19 April 2008
"Nobody wears beige to a bank robbery!" - Virgil Starkwell, Take the Money and Run

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Commentary: McCain's Iraq Stance Echoes a Long Dominant American Tradition

Saturday, 19 April 2008
General Mark Clark signed the peace document ending the war (Korea), even though the official goals had pretty much been achieved he stated later "I cannot find it in me to exalt at this hour." (Clark was the first U.S. commander to agree to an Armis

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Profiles in Courage? From JFK to the Silence of the Lambs

Wednesday, 16 April 2008
"Faith and Values Debate"? What has happened to the Democratic party? Read the speech given by JFK to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in 1960-- ahh the good old days...

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History: Before Khe Sanh Came Chipyong-ni

Sunday, 13 April 2008
The next time you drive your Hyundai or watch your Samsung HDTV remember the heroes of Chipyong-ni

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Commentary: Disaster Capitalism Fed Style

Saturday, 29 March 2008
Headline: The "creature from Jekyll Island" (the Federal Reserve) to eat steak while the rest of us must settle for hamburger (if we're lucky)...

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History: The Panama/Nicaragua Canal Debate of 1902 (and the Fletcher Brothers of Pennsylvania)

Friday, 28 March 2008
Today's riddle: How can a salesman cut a country in two using only a postage stamp?

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Brother, Can You Spare a Trillion?

Thursday, 27 March 2008
New estimates for short- and long-term expenditures in Iraq skyrocket while we arm Afghan allies with Vietnam era weapons and equipment. Includes link to Video.

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Video: Billie Holiday and friends

Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Billie Holiday With Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge

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Commentary: Back to School With Muqtada al-Sadr (Updated)

Sunday, 23 March 2008
BBC: "The Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has explained why he has not been seen in public for more than nine months. He has reportedly resumed his religious studies to gain the title of ayatollah."

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Article: Whistleblower exposes insider trading program at JP Morgan

Saturday, 22 March 2008
The document is a training manual that explains how to take advantage of SEC Rule 10b5-1...

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Commentary: Barack Obama - Deja Vu (all over again)?

Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Once upon a time there was a one-term congressman from Illinois who decided to run for President...

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