Month: August 2011

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Passing the Buck

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     President Harry S. Truman was proud of his sign displayed prominently on the Oval Office desk – “The Buck Stops Here”.   No other principle was as important to him.  He understood that the occupant of the office of the President held ultimate authority and ultimate responsibility for the events and actions that occurred during his watch.  […]... Read More
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American Genius

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     A late announcement today from Apple Corporation managed to drop the after market price and relative value of one of the hottest stock properties in the world more than 7 percent. The message wasn’t so much a what, but a who – legendary Apple CEO Steven Jobs announced he was relinquishing the position of […]... Read More
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20 Years From the “Russian Spring”

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     I doubt I will ever experience anything as central to my observation of  man’s struggle for personal liberty close to the wonder I felt watching the events of 1989 to 1991.  The heroes that wrestled totalitarianism to the ground were so brave and numerous, so intelligent and strategic as to create awe.  Walesa in Poland, Havel in Czechoslovakia, […]... Read More

A Run of Bad Luck

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     courtesy photobucket.com      President Obama took some chances this past week to stem what has been a progressive crumbling of support for his chances for re-election in 2012.  He embarked on a bus tour through the midwest to mingle with the people and try to stem the tide of bad karma. At one of […]... Read More
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Rue Brittannia!

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           Great Britain is slowly regaining its breath after a week of ferocious riots that collapsed the civilized veneer of London and several other large British cities. The presence of willful anti-social behavior is nothing new in western society, but the scale and scope of these riots was something Brits and other Europeans had always […]... Read More

Dissecting the Arab Spring

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     Powerline is an excellent blog of broad scope and terrific writing that serves an additional fundamental service to the readers and thinkers of the blogosphere.  It is the home of the unedited versions of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution who provides truly uncommon in-depth interviews with real experts and thinkers.  […]... Read More
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Capturing the Spark of Life

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           Unlike film,  portrait painting and painting in general, must create an emotional reaction from the viewer perceiving a single fused projection of a moment in time.  Its necessary immobility creates a vague sense of passiveness as the emotions created do not build  into complex directions that create tension with the original impulse.  It […]... Read More
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After America

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The greatest short essayist in my lifetime comes out with another book on August 8, 2011 that is bound to be a blockbuster in sales and penetrating thought. Mark Steyn, an international columnist and thought provocateur previously identified as Ramparts People We Should Know #3 has made a career over the last two decades writing […]... Read More