Hedging Against China

According to the CIA, China is the world’s second largest economy; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has observed that China is becoming a military superpower; and Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte has testified before Congress that China is becoming

China Harvesting Human Organs

Those of you who read my blog realize that I’m very suspicious of the Chinese (read my previous postings on the Chinese Cyber Army, China Automotive Challenge, and China Sells Stolen US Technology)… There is a new addition to the Chinese

Is It Global Warming or Cooling?

George Will writes an interesting editorial about the confusion over global warming… “Science magazine (Dec. 10, 1976) warned of ‘extensive Northern Hemisphere glaciation.’ Science Digest (February 1973) reported that ‘the world’s climatologists are agreed’ that we must ‘prepare for the

Senile Ex-President

If you’ve read my previous posts about Jimmy Carter, you already know my disdain for this Southern confederate. A recent issue of “Creative Loafing Atlanta” contains an interview with the former President.  It’s hard to believe that an individual that

Ohio Political Campaigns

At this point, I’m providing my support to Ken Blackwell for Ohio Governor.  While he can sometimes appear to have a harsh demeanor, some people consider him to be the second coming of Ronald Reagan.   If the State of Ohio

Is There an Immigration Problem?

We’re from Ohio, so the discussion of Hispanic immigration doesn’t inspire the emotional outcry that we see in California or Arizona.  Since I do spend quite a bit of time in those two states, I must admit that my high

New Israeli Government

I can deal with the reality of having Hamas leading these wayward Moslems known as Palestinians (see my previous posting on the value of having the Palestinian hatred out in the open).  However, I’m very concerned about the prospects of

The Eve of World War III?

According to Meir Amit, a former director of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, global civilization is on the verge of “World War III,” a massive conflict in which the Islamic world will attempt to impose its ideology on Western nations.  Amit,

US Auto Industry and the UAW

In a recent article in the Detroit Free Press, Thomas Bray discusses the high cost of corporate welfare for the auto unions… “Even now many UAW members consider a job in the auto industry a sort of property right. And