The policy of the United States towards recent events in Libya seems to be taking shape. President Barack Obama wants Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi out of power. the United States will not try to oust him, but we are participating in the creation of a no-fly zone over parts of Libya in an effort to […]
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Lots of stuff going on in the world. Let’s see what the President is doing about it. But let’s recognize at the outset that he is not a miracle worker. Gas is over $3 a gallon. I don’t know that the President has said anything about that recently. You know, if we would start going
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If the House, Senate, and President can’t all agree on a budget by early March, we’ve been told, we’ll face another government shutdown like we had a few times in the 1990s with a Republican Congress and Bill Clinton in the White House. Back then, Clinton effectively painted the Republicans as unreasonable, and their popularity
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I don’t envy President Barack Obama as he tries to figure out what to do, if anything, about Egypt. The Egyptian people want freedom, opportunity, and an end to corruption. All of that is easy to root for. But what are we supposed to do about it? If we do nothing, and the movement fails, some
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Dear Reader: If you read this recently you might have noticed that some distracting words in blue were added to the text. I was hacked. Moving on… President Obama had some interesting things to say during his State of the Union Address. I like the themes of cleaner energy, improved education, and more jobs. Though
