By Alan Caruba Sometimes a small incident says volumes about a large government agency. In this case the Environmental Protection Agency. Around 1.45 PM on May 23, Ashville, North Carolina resident Larry Keller was in the midst of an international call which he had to cut short in order to answer his front door. He…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
The World as a Giant Playpen
By Alan Caruba Having spent most of my life in the last century and the rest in the new one, it affords me the opportunity to look back at the blunders, the slaughters, and the triumphs of a considerable period of time. I often wonder why people like scary movies when all they have to…
The DNA of the CIA
By Alan Caruba In June 2010, the arrest of ten members of a Russian spy ring barely caused a ripple of public consternation. One of them, a beautiful redhead, Anna Chapman, aroused some interest, but in the end they were all sent back to the Russian Federation, perhaps in an exchange agreement or just to…
Can We Avoid “Taxmageddon” in 2013?
By Alan Caruba In 1959, during an interview with the late Mike Wallace, Ayn Rand, the author of “Atlas Shrugged”, said “A free market will not break down. All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure that is always offered is more of the same poisons that caused the disaster.” After the stock…
The Middle East Mess
By Alan Caruba I have a novel idea. Let’s just let the Middle East stew in its own Islamic juices. Along with the Maghreb, the northern tier nations of Africa, down into Nigeria, wherever you find an Islamic regime, you find millions of very unhappy people. I am not the only one who feels that…
Gay Marriage is Obama’s Poison Pill
By Alan Caruba Let the chatteratti and political pundits say what they will, dancing around the issue of gay marriage on Obama’s chances of reelection, but I will tell you plainly that he has swallowed a poison pill. Gay marriage is a deal-breaker for a vast swath of American voters that includes Catholics as well…
Reince Priebus – More Wisconsin Shenanigans
Reince Priebus – Wisconsin Shenanigans Scott Rohter , May 2012 The word was when Reince Priebus was first being touted for a position as the National GOP Chairman in January 2011, that he was a good strong conservative from Madison Wisconsin. Hummm… I thought. “A strong conservative voice from Madison Wisconsin.” Is that even possible?.. …
Is Fast and Furious the Next Watergate?
By Alan Caruba When suspects in a crime are interrogated, they often develop memory loss. When the crime is running guns to drug cartels on both sides of the border, the crime involves the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol officer, Brian Terry, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, Jaime Zapata, and countless Mexican citizens. Katie…
Playing God with “Endangered Species”
By Alan Caruba According to Wikipedia, “A typical species becomes extinct within 10 million years of its first appearance although some species, called living fossils survive virtually unchanged for hundreds of millions of years. Most extinctions have occurred naturally, prior to Homo sapiens walking on Earth: it is estimated that 99.9% of all species that…
Political Pandering in American Politics
Only Pandering, Insincerity, and Political Expediency Do I See By Scott Rohter, April 2012 Two months ago nearly all of the Republican candidates in the Primary were literally “one-upping” each other to sound tougher on illegal immigration… A border fence, NO amnesty for illegals, NO pathway to citizenship, mandatory use of E-Verify, and tougher sanctions…
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