Thursday, April 14th, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- There is a strange scent in the air this week. I've smelled it before, while the talking heads watched the Twin Towers burn on 9/11. It took them more…

Thursday, April 7th, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- Modern politics is built upon the premise that elections are decided by so-called independent voters. Therefore, early in the election cycle, politicians promise their entrenched party base they more…

Thursday, March 31st, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- As anyone in the revolving door, Democratic-lobbyist, D.C. first-press corps will tell you, ALL of George Bush's wars were about oil. Even the ones where there was no more…

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- What do you suppose would be the fate of a homeowner, who upon hearing an altercation at a neighbor's house, got his gun, crossed the street and shot more…

Thursday, March 17th, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- The horror and human suffering in earthquake-shattered Japan is difficult to comprehend to those of us not in its midst. The earth's plates shifted under the ocean, the more…

Thursday, March 10th, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- In the physical world, splintering is often the final warning of impending and catastrophic failure. The design forces have been exceeded, the part was not maintained properly, or more…

Thursday, February 24th, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- Liberalism is made up of many, many little bits and pieces of the causes in daily life. For the most part, these intriguing little items are soft, warm, more…

Thursday, February 17th, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- News that the country is living beyond its income seems even to have reached our nation's seat of government in Washington, D.C. Both the Republicans in Congress and more…

Thursday, February 10th, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- There's a reason Karl Marx is revered by so many academics. The reason is very simple. Marx made them respectable. The secret lament of many academics goes something more…

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 by Craige McMillan -- Perhaps to some of you, the events of 13 years ago are ancient history. That's another way of saying they are unworthy of our attention; that they can't more…