The United States of America is in a constant fiscal crisis, directly so since 2008 when the ongoing world recession began. This evening, after the Democratic and Republican parties failed to reach any kind of agreement, Barack Obama signed into law the so-called “sequester” that everyone has been fearing. The next crisis sits merely a […]
July 2, 2012
by W. L. D. Jim Bridenstine beat incumbent John Sullivan in last Tuesday’s Republican Party primary in the 1st congressional district of Oklahoma, which includes the city of Tulsa. In accordance with the political winds of our times, Bridenstine was the so-called “Tea Party favorite” over Sullivan, although in practical terms, all signs indicate that […]
January 7, 2012
by Frank W. Strauch Why is it that everyone flies the American flag at the Occupy movement? Why is it that so many occupiers who consider themselves to be on the Left speak of “restoring” the American constitution? Do they not realize that they sound exactly like Ron Paul, who never tires of singing the […]
October 7, 2011
by Lawrence McMahon October 6, 2011: an interesting day. Today’s events found the American upper-middle-class divided along yet another line: between those who spent the day weeping over the death of Steve Jobs, and those who spent the day extending the Occupy Wall Street movement and its offshoots. Of course, as Selecting Stones has repeatedly […]
March 1, 2013
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