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May 14, 2012 – 2:44 pm | 5 views

Last Tuesday’s Republican primary in the State of Indiana represented a sad day for America, and yet another step forward for the ultra-conservative Tea Party movement.  Richard Lugar, a thirty-six year veteran of Congress, known as being one of the last  remaining moderate Republicans in the Senate, was soundly defeated by Tea-Party backed candidate Richard Mourdock.  Ironically, the political virtues …

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Racist Homework in GA Elementary School

January 13, 2012 – 4:08 pm | 2 Comments | 4 views
Racist Homework in GA Elementary School

We know that No Child Left Behind has been shown to be a failure in our schools. In June of 2008 I wrote an article in which I stated, “Teachers who have traditionally been able to imbue their students with a love of learning have been thwarted. The ramification is that tens of thousands of teachers are dropping out of …

Golan Heights May Become Another Gaza Strip

January 11, 2012 – 1:51 pm | 8 Comments | 4 views
Golan Heights May Become Another Gaza Strip

Over the last year the very small, but militarily powerful nation of Israel has watched cautiously as its neighbors have struggled with internal rebellions and regime changes.  Located in a region of the world that has been known for decades for  political instability and volatility, Israel has recently witnessed an unprecedented shuffling of the political deck of cards.  As a …

Romney is Undisputed Republican Heir Apparent

January 9, 2012 – 2:49 pm | 6 Comments | 2 views
Romney is Undisputed Republican Heir Apparent

It  just seems as if watching the parade of Republican circus clowns, each trying desperately to be more extreme than the other, is rapidly becoming tiresome.  There is Mitt Romney, who wants to turn back to the clock to the  days of unregulated and unfettered capitalism; then there is Rick Santorum, who wants to turn the country into a theocracy …

The Anomaly of Rick Santorum and the Iowa Caucuses

January 7, 2012 – 11:55 am | 11 Comments | 4 views
The Anomaly of Rick Santorum and the Iowa Caucuses

There were so many shenanigans going on in Iowa that my head was reeling. Who would have thought former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum would play leap-frog over Newt Gingrich? I live in PA and I can tell you, we didn’t like Santorum that much when he was here.
There were questions regarding his residency. Did he live in Penn Hills, PA, …

Iran’s Back is Against The Wall

January 5, 2012 – 4:04 pm | 4 Comments | 1 views
Iran’s Back is Against The Wall

As the first few days of 2012 slide by, there is very little indication that the new year will bring much relief from the political tensions and turmoils that embroil humanity from one side of the globe to the other.   The simmering tensions between the religious sects in Iraq continue to  heat up, the war between the Taliban and the …

Women as Enemy: A Film About Brutality Toward Our Global Sisters

January 3, 2012 – 1:02 pm | 4 Comments | 8 views
Women as Enemy: A Film About Brutality Toward Our Global Sisters

For far too long in history, women have been perceived as chattel, disposable and expendable. This past year we witnessed uprisings in the Middle East during their Arab Spring. Women often fought along side men to oust oppressive regimes. In Bahrain, however, women are still at risk of torture and rape. Yemen women played activists roles in toppling President Saleh, …

Iowans Will Soon Cull the Republican Herd

January 2, 2012 – 2:10 pm | 2 Comments | 1 views
Iowans Will Soon Cull the Republican Herd

With only one day left before the highly-touted Iowa caucuses, the rather pathetic pack of  Republican presidential wanna-bees  are frantically blanketing every corner of the state in search for votes.  I have little doubt that ordinary Iowans will be glad when the whole damn thing is over, and the rhetoric of ass-kissing politicians from Texas, Massachusetts and Georgia can be …

Happy New Year from AskCherlock!

December 31, 2011 – 2:41 am | 14 Comments | 2 views
Happy New Year from AskCherlock!

It has been a rocky year politically, economically, and socially in many ways this past year. And it has been a fun year, now ending with Newt Gingrich in tears and a who-would-have-thought Iowa surge for Rick Santorum. Occupy rose to counter the Tea Party and we even attended an Occupy event. Activists to the end, we are! Global changes …

Eugenics and America’s Influence on Hitler

December 29, 2011 – 9:28 am | 6 Comments | 6 views
Eugenics and America’s Influence on Hitler

“There is one state in which at least weak beginnings toward a better conception are noticeable. Of course, it is not our model German Republic, but the United States.” ~Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf.
The other evening I sat down and turned on the TV to catch up on the latest in politics. What I saw instead was a riveting interview by …

The Salvation of Optimism

December 27, 2011 – 2:37 pm | 6 Comments | 1 views
The Salvation of Optimism

There is little doubt that the year 2011 will be remembered by most people as a fairly wretched  year in American history.  The country, along with the  whole rest of the world, seemed to be in constant turmoil.  Beset with chronic unemployment, falling real estate values, higher medical costs  and eroding pensions, Americans didn’t have too much to cheer about …

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