"'Blame the Banks' Overkill" — Response

In the name of "responsible banking", LA City Councilman Richard Alarcon is proposing that the city break off its financial relationships with major banks and rate future investment agencies based on their assistance and outreach to local communities.Once...

AP Editorializing and Ron Paul

In the last segment of "Meet the Press", reporter David Gregory elicited a stunning response from GOP Presidential Candidate Ron Paul:He wants to do away with student loans for post-secondary education.At least that is the brief assumption of an AP report in...

Second Thoughts

As I work with young people more from day to day, I begin to consider. . .Sometimes, it is a matter of attitude, of believing that one can succeed in spite of the system.Perhaps I have been too cynical about the whole public education thing.If there is hope of some...

The United States Leaves Iraq

After eight years, the American presence in Iraq will be removed by year's end.Whether this signals that there was a "Mission Accomplished" is still open to some conjecture.Indeed, the nation breathes a sigh of relief, and for two reason.One, that at...