Election time in the United States is fast approaching. Choices need to be made and votes cast. In the scheme of things - there are winners and losers. In the cold, hard factual world, the voters are not always the victors - the candidates are not always the best for ...

Noam Chomsky

I doubt Marilyn Monroe was anything but a confused star-struck drug-using individual with some gifts and talents that the Kennedy boys enjoyed. But she may have been so obsessed with them that she would have threatened to tell some of what she knew and she did have the attention ...

The study of human political behavior raises numerous complexities. Although scientific in principle, it is not an exact science due to the unpredictability and changeability of human society. It not only revolves around factual matters but also answers to claims about how the world is and how it should be. ...

My first political experience was with Mao Tse-Tung on 1968-69. That political experience occured in Sudan not in China! I could possibly see right now some surprises on the faces of my valued readers.That was exactly before the second Sudanese military dictator Ga'far Numeri took over power through his ...

I sit here this morning seething as I am gathering my thoughts on the next J.R.'s Take. I am absolutely livid with the democratic presidential front runner, Sen. John F. Kerry, and so should you be. John F. Kerry has said that if elected, he will abandon the war on ...

MEMORIAL DAY 2005In 1776 the United States of America was bornLong ago on that bright July fourth mornThe Revolutionary War was being foughtIt was freedom and liberty of forefathers soughtMany lives were lost in that great fightLiberty was won and America became a lightThat drew others to freedom on her ...

If you have been following my columns (and if not, why not?), you know I am embarking on a series of articles, prompted by reader's comments on the "Illegal Alien" issue.Reader's Comment Two: How could you live in a country that is so dangerous?At first, I thought this individual was ...

From time to time, I take time away from my book writing duties and my regular column writing to address the concerns and comments from readers.I get it all. I get some thoughtful, linearly constructed arguments and then I get the circularly argued ones that make my head spin just ...

Mid-East Oil Reserves and America's War on Terrorism.01/25/2005 There can be said a number of reasons why we have gone to war in Iraq, but that isn't the purpose of this short essay. The approach to the problem of Iraq and its effects on the American government and its ...