The United States has a two party system that shuts out and systematically beats down all contenders for political power. This is not a good thing. I’m torn when I read stories about how voters have acted to preserve this tarnished, corrupt system.
On Nov. 4, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) narrowly outpolled challenger Jim Martin (D), [...]

I got pretty sick for the Thanksgiving holiday. In addition to some sort of virulent bug that caused me to hack, sneeze and lose my vocal abilities for two days, I injured my back carrying an air conditioner. I was nevertheless able to test out Dance Dance Revolution on my Xbox 360.
To say that watching [...]

The state of intellectual and academic freedom in Iraq can be used to measure forward progress. That’s assuming any forward progress is happening.
Scholars in Iraq are still relatively isolated from the outside world, Kadhim said, citing the pertinent example of the difficulty of securing a visa for foreign research. Domestically, he added, most have severely [...]

Some entities are so strong that they can only be defeated by themselves. The United States of America seems to me to be one of those. Idealistically and technologically, the United States has dominated for as long as I’ve been alive. Those days are drawing to an end though, through the magic of bureaucratic stupidity.
Rule [...]

Conn Carroll writes a thought provoking essay on the inevitably upcoming “universal health care” that is going to be rammed down our throats. Most of us are like little birds with our mouths wide open, excited about the free grubs. Me, not so much.
When selling his vision for health care reform to the American people, [...]