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…archives. Cutting combat pay? It wasn’t me! Still left as an exercise for the reader is the third specious (crooked? lying?) charge: Kerry opposed “better health care for reservists and…

Sergio Mattarella elected President of Italy

…controversial. The reason is that way back when the crooked Socialist party was giving Berlusconi half of the duopoly of television, Mattarella resigned in protest. His election is a painful…

Why Democracy

…hopes of better chances for personal prosperity, for making a decent living. Democracy depends on the practice of good democracy and good governance. Our democracy is under assault from crooked