Obama’s Dilemma: Jobs

Today, the national unemployment rate is at 10%.  So far, the Obama administration has spent only about $200 billion of the allocated economic stimulus money- about 1/4 of what has been appropriated. One might conclude that President Obama doesn’t have a sense of urgency about the country’s economic situation.  While the President’s attention has been [...]

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The Coagulation of Wealth – Is It a Christian Value?

I suppose it might be difficult for some members of the extreme right wing to accept, but God did not invent Capitalism.  Another fact, equally hard to accept for the extreme right wing is that Jesus did not condemn Communism.  I know.  It’s hard to believe. After all, if Jesus was alive today, wouldn’t he [...]

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Why Obama Scrapped Bush’s European Missile Defense Plan

Defending a country against an attack by ballistic missiles is very difficult. That was clearly demonstrated during the first Gulf War when Saddam Hussein started firing ballistic missiles at Israel.  Remember that? The U.S. quickly moved in Patriot antimissile systems and they did a fine job of hitting and destroying the missiles that were in [...]

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Obama To Declare Health Care A Right For All

In less than a week President Obama will address a joint session of Congress. He will speak to our elected representatives about health care and the sorry lack of it in America.  He will undoubtedly talk about Senator Kennedy and the cause of his life: health care for all and Kennedy’s belief that health care [...]

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Obama’s Real Health Reform Agenda

It looks like the Republicans have Obama on the ropes now, doesn’t it?  The Public Option is all but dead, and the Republican base is buzzing around like a swarm of killer bees.  Led by their chief visionaries Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, and supported by congressional buffoons like Michelle Bachman, the Republican machine has [...]

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