Here from a recent article I just read: "Other authors and historians, including , assert that new evidence—in the form of  decrypted Soviet messages, Soviet espionage data now opened to the West, and newly released transcripts of closed hearings before McCarthy's subcommittee—has partially vindicated McCarthy by showi...more

Any idea that used to be considered "normal" is being increasingly demonized. For example, understanding mathematics and the laws of economics now makes you a "fringe whacko" in any discussion about the national debt or budget deficits. Ideas like "we should be responsible for our own actions" are becoming increas...more

So it is in fact ok to waste it on baby machines & crackheads? Of couse these group is the core of the 47%, we need to preserve this group at any cost.

I got my degree "working full time". Fortunately I received tuition assistance (I was in the Air Force), but it also took 10 years to complete a degree. No debt, which was a plus, plus I took classes while stationed in the Philippines and Germany (total of 6 years overseas). It took a lot of self discipline, but I set ...more

It technically not a "free ride".  For one, it's not a 40-hour a week job, Second, it is the only employer in the US that runs its own courts and prison system.  That said, I took advantage of tuition assistance and got my 4-year degree (it took 10 years to do so) but I was also complete debt free when I finished.

I drive my Civic to work. It gets 31 mpg city, best I got on a trip was 41..  I drive my van to Lowe's. It has a trailer hitch in case I need to haul even more. But it get 20 mpg on a good day with a tail wind. I see no point sending Oil company execs kids to Harvard unless I have no choice.

No.... From my understanding most of the drug production still occurs in Taliban-controlled territory. They have no religious aversion against producing it for Western consumption. Pakistan, for example, has breweries that can only export their product. Think twice before claiming the US was behind 9/11. After all, ...more

That is the one of the cornerstones of our problems. When you read how quickly some "CEO" rise through an organization it is incredible. It must be nice to have connections. I hear women complaining about the "glass ceiling" but remember that most men are also in the 99%. Sadly, I have rarely work of a manager that ...more

Grey: You hit the nail on the head. Politics, business, even religion have the same issues,...people who dominate them are most often attracted by power. They want, no demand to be our boss. Period.