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Ukraine’s Struggle For Independence
To justify his recent invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin claimed “The Ukraine” is historically part of Russia and the Russian and Ukrainian people are one and the same. Most Ukrainians, however, would disagree with
Read More »Putin’s Russian Empire Goals
Many pundits explain Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Putin wanting to restore the Soviet Union. I believe they’re wrong. In a rambling hour-long speech to the Russian people on the eve of the invasion,
Read More »The Cold War Revisited
With Russian troops massed along the border with Ukraine ready to pounce, some political pundits are suggesting that NATO is provoking the crisis by trying to expand into Ukraine and Putin is just defending
Read More »What Kind Of Year Will 2022 Be?
Will 2022 be a good year? That depends on how one judges years. Sometimes we judge them on a personal basis: for example, 1964 is etched in my memory because it is the year
Read More »The Art Of The Fart
In Defense of Joe Biden And Old Men A month ago, I was about to write my column on replacing the income tax with a national sales tax and abolishing the IRS. Then something
Read More »42nd Street: Tapping The Blues Away
I was going to write my Lagniappe column about replacing the income tax with a national sales tax and abolishing the IRS, but something more important has come up. My wife, Cathy, will be
Read More »Illegal Drug Trade In Afghanistan
What The Media Are Not Telling Us … I am writing this column on Sept. 11, twenty years after Al Qaeda terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing 2,977
Read More »The Value Of Kittens And Worms
About a year ago, I wrote a column about two little kittens that Bandit, our 110-pound boxer, found in our backyard. They appeared to be about a month old, and someone had just dumped
Read More »Federalism And The Federal Debt
Most discussion of our soaring federal debt (now more than $28 trillion) is focused on financial issues such as how much debt is too much for a country (it is now 110 percent of
Read More »The New Economics Of The Left
If you want to understand the economic policies of the Biden administration, do not dig up your macroeconomics textbook from your college days because the monetary and fiscal policies of the current administration are
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