The House Gets Bi-Partisan. They Should Have Had a Food Fight Instead
By Thomas L. Knapp So much for gridlock. On September 12, the US House of Representatives proved that its members can in fact reach across the aisle to find common ground. On taxes? Spending? Foreign policy? Well, no. They agreed, on a voice vote, that they should get to decide what you can or […]
The Counting of the Sheep
By Sigrid Weidenweber Many years before the birth of Christ, perhaps, as far back as the time of Hammurabi, governments began counting their citizens. It was, and is, a very useful thing for a government to know the strength of its people. In those days, and for many centuries thereafter, not only people […]
Boeing’s Iran Business: The War Party versus American Jobs
. By Thomas L. Knapp In June, US aerospace company Boeing inked an agreement with Iran Air to produce 109 passenger aircraft. Estimated value: $25 billion. The agreement represents the biggest business interaction between the US and Iran since that country’s 1979 Islamic revolution. On November 17, the US House of Representatives voted 243-174 to […]
Erasing History: George Orwell, Meet the Anti-Confederates
By Thomas L. Knapp On Thursday, the US House of Representatives approved (as part of a Department of Veterans Affairs spending bill) a measure to limit the display of the Confederate flag in national cemeteries. This measure builds on an ongoing movement to eliminate Confederate statues and memorials from public property and even from public […]
