Norway Begins Getting Rid Of FM Radio
Norway is switching from FM Radio to digital broadcasting. A similar transition in the United States seems unlikely for the time being.
The Coal Industry Is Dying, And It Isn’t Coming Back
Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.
Janet Reno, First Female Attorney General, Dies At 78
Janet Reno, who served as Attorney General for nearly all of the Bill Clinton Administration, has died at 78.
Marco Rubio Becomes The Main Target At Eighth Republican Debate
Marco Rubio was the man in the cross hairs in last night’s Republican debate.
Clinton Wins, And Ends Any Reason For Joe Biden To Enter The Race
In addition to doing everything she needed to do last night, Hillary Clinton also destroyed whatever logic remained for a Joe Biden candidacy.
Yes, Dylann Roof Is A Terrorist
A word that has come in recent years to be used to refer chiefly to Muslim fanatics obviously applies to a man who murdered nine people because they’re black.
Nine Dead In Shooting At African-American Church In Charleston, South Carolina
Nine people died overnight in a shooting at an historic African-American Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Denmark Terror Attacks and Machine-Gun Censorship
Yet another attack on religious freedom in Europe.
Should We Let 16 And 17 Year Olds Vote?
After success in Scotland, it may be time to consider allowing at least some teenagers to vote.
Denmark’s Bestiality Brothels?!
Bestiality and prostitution are legal in Denmark. And not just separately.
Europe’s Far Right Finds A Friend In Putin
The European far right has found a friend in an unlikely place.
What’s Wrong with this Picture?
We spend more per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are outperformed on a key metric, life expectancy, by a large number of countries
Anders Breivik and Khaleid Sheikh Mohammed
The Atlantic’s Max Fisher reflects on “What America Can Learn From Norway’s Anders Breivik Trial.”
America Just As Socialist As Europe
David Brooks points out that, despite the mythology of America as a land of rugged individuals and Europe as a socialist experiment gone wrong, the amount of social welfare spending is roughly the same.
There Are No “Europeans”
The problem with Europe may not be the Euro, but the fact that there really aren’t any Europeans.
Ron Paul: American Foreign Policy Is The Primary Motivation For Terrorism
Ron Paul is again making the argument that American foreign policy has contributed to terrorism. He’s more right than wrong.
A New Normal For Debt Ceiling Increases?
Has a precedent been set for future requests by the President to increase the debt ceiling?
Oslo Bomb Blast and Shooting Spree: Al Qaeda Suspected (Updated)
A bomb blast in Oslo’s government center has killed at least two people and a presumably related shooting spree at a nearby children’s camp are being investigated as terrorist related.
Beating the Dead Horse Once More: Looking at the Numbers if we Don’t Raise the Debt Ceiling
Some things are worth repeating.
Red Bull’s Billionaire Maniac
Business Week has a fascinating profile of Dietrich Mateschitz, whom they dub “Red Bull’s Billionaire Maniac.”
What is the Debt Ceiling?
A lot of people appear confused at to what the debt ceiling is and why it has to be raised.
America The Ignorant
Another survey shows that Americans don’t know much about their own history, but does it really matter?
The Limits Of Non-Violence
Mohandas Ghandi pioneered the idea of non-violent resistance, but there are times and places where non-violence is little more than a ticket to a death camp.
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