The Supremes Sing Out of Tune More Rulings from the Recent Court Session By A.J. Wagner As I write this we are awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act. I will write about that next week after I have a chance to analyze it. By then you may be sick of it, […]
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Forum Center, 6/26
How Does the Fate of the Euro Affect the U.S. Economy? It’s hard to remember a time when the election of new government in Europe was so closely watched and had such a potential economic impact on the United States. The recently completed Greek parliamentary elections had observers in not just the U.S., but all […]
Forum Left, 6/26
Austerity = Great Depression 2.0 By Rana Odeh The most common confusion surrounding the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis is the assumption that the United States is heading towards the same fiscal cliff that the 17 Eurozone countries are facing right now. The best way to understand it is to imagine that each one of the […]
Forum Right, 6/26
An Avalanche of Austerity Is Coming One Way or Another by Mark Luedtke We’re the stupidest people in history. Early Americans bequeathed us wealth previously unimagined because they understood economics and the nature of government. With the exception of the very first colonies in the US, which were almost exterminated by socialism, well-educated Americans managed […]
Critic’s Pick-Visual
DAYTON SCULPTOR IN CINCINNATI YWCA “ESSENCE OF THE SOUL” By Jud Yalkut Two accomplished women portrait artists are showing in the two-person “Capturing the Essence of the Soul” at the YWCA Women’s Art Gallery at 898 Walnut Street in Cincinnati through September 27. Dr. Lois Fortson of Dayton (shown) does magnificent and feeling portrait busts […]
Forum Center, 6/19
Obama Announces “Deferred Action” on Removal of Younger Illegal Immigrants U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, announced last Friday that, effective immediately, some individuals who are in the country illegally but able to meet certain criteria would be considered immune from deportation from the country. Those eligible, with as many as 800,000 or […]
Forum Left, 6/19
Neighbors Have No Borders By Jolene Pohl We live in a country with detention camps. Young people innocent of crime are held in these camps and sent away without regard to their safety or well-being. This is the country we have lived in for decades. Ironically, a discussion about the National Defense Authorization Act has […]
Forum Right, 6/19
Obama’s Political Will for Re-Election Trumps the Rule of Law By David Landon There is absolutely no question that the new Obama policy on immigration reform is political. The policy, announced on Friday, to prevent deportations of young undocumented immigrants is meant to appeal to the Latino voting block. Many Latinos have complained that Obama […]
Spotlight
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high fructose corn syrup to just “corn sugar.” While this may have seemed like a reasonable request to the members of the Corn Refiners Association, the fact of the matter is that this was definitely a […]
Forum Right, 6/12
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad night last Tuesday evening. They were determined that the “evil one,” Republican Governor Scott Walker, was going to lose his recall election. They were predicting that the election would be close, based on the exit […]
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Debate Commentary 03/18
Your computer files might be protected by more than just a password By Alex Culpepper One of the freedoms under […]