Monthly Archives: March 2015
Political Dynasties
There is a very good chance that the 2016 Presidential Election ballot will look identical to the 1992 Presidential ballot. While right now, more than a year from the election, it is too early to say for certain who the nominees of the two mainstream parties will be, it seems likely that voters on November […]
Read moreTreason in Congress?
This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was reelected in a surprise landslide victory. Israeli pollsters were predicting his right wing Likud party would come in second place to the centrist Zionist Union party, and are crediting his surprise victory with a blitz of media appearances he made in the final days before the […]
Read moreClosing Guantanamo
One of President Barack Obama’s first actions after being sworn in as president in January of 2009 was to sign an executive order directing the Central Intelligence Agency to shut down its network of secret prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. This closure never happened, both because of Congress’s reluctance […]
Read moreIran Talks
On Tuesday of this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel addressed Congress on the subject of Iran. American diplomats, including Secretary of State John Kerry, have been engaged in negotiations with Iran over Iran’s desire to develop nuclear energy and, many believe, nuclear weapons. President Obama’s government is trying to find a way to […]
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