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then we turned eighteen could be killed in a war but not legally drink [Written on 9/24/08]

"One From the Vault" Dept. (On Presidential Legacies) [Prefatory Note: This was drafted on August 14, 2008 but for some reason it ...

"One From the Vault" Dept. (On "Global Warming") I intended to post this last year but for some reason it was not tended...

The White House Misfires on Limbaugh (Karl Rove) Conservatives need to wise up to what the Obama Administration is doing -they are trying to...

Wild nights! Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile the winds To a heart in port, Done with ...

MSNBC Cooks the Books on Their Obama Poll: [Prefatory Note: This was written in another medium on March 14, 2009. -ISM] If we need any proof...

On the Problem With Conservatives Dabbling in So-Called "Conspiracy Theories": (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum } ...

President Barack Obama's Mentor on Mass Organizing Tactics... [Prefatory Note: This material was first posted to another medium on Feb...

Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth When we have a president who continually says one thing and then does another (or does one thi...

On the Closing of Another Major Newspaper and on Journalism in General: (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum ) These musings wer...

Points to Ponder: If prisons, freight trains, swamps and gators don't get ya to write songs, man, y'ain't got no business writ...

Clarification of a Previous Posting In Lieu of a Recent Posting:   Though I posted a finalized version of a long talked about posting recent...

Another Idea For Federal (or State) Legislative Reform: (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum ) At sundry times and in divers man...

Today would have been the 68th birthday of my father Richard Dunn McElhinney. As I have noted before, days like this are ones of more intens...

Points to Ponder: (On Presidential Hypocrisy and Its Relationship To Double Standards) The issue of presidents and who really spends the cou...

"One From the Vault" Dept.   (With "Crimson Catholic")   [Prefatory Note: The bulk of this was originally written in Oct...

Points to Ponder: (On True and False "Rights") A right, such as a right to free speech, imposes no obligation on another, except t...

On President Barack Obama's Political Mentor: (A Rerum Novarum Compilation Thread) Saul Alinsky is one of the largest intellectual infl...

Clarifying Ourselves on a Previous Point: The purpose of posting today is to touch on a point in the following thread outlining the action...

Rahm Emmanuel Has His Own Tax Problems I have already predicted that the Blagovich scandal is going to come back and bite Rahm Emmanuel in t...