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I hope this is true. I wouldn't mind being dead wrong on this particular 2004 prognostication.

Michael, to answer your questions: 1) Howard Dean - I don't know, I really haven't thought it through, it's just a feeling bu...

Tom wrote (a.o.): "Howard Dean will not be the Democratic party candidate for president. (Pure gut feeling on this one)." S...

This is a perfect example of why I cannot imagine anyone wanting to join the EU as it is currently formulated.

A few predictions of my own for 2004: (Disclaimer: These are purely hunches on my part, I claim no responsibility for them if they prove...

Here's a New Year's prediction: 2004 will be really annoying to anyone remotely involved in American politics. While conservatives...

Happy New Year to you too Michael! I read that Time issue as well, some heartbreaking as well as uplifting stories there. The American GIs...

Kerry and Scott, I am preparing a valuable answer to your questions. Can't do it overnight, need some time and that's just what I...

Michael, This is all very interesting information. From an American non-leftist point of view, I have no trouble with the basic concept ...

Hi Kerry, Well, obligatory voting… at election day we are forced at gunpoint to move our ****s to the ballot boxes by BP (Belgian Police)...

Hi Tom, regarding your questions yes, every 5 years elections are held in which the members of the European Parliament are chosen. The la...

Oops, apparently no 1,000 character limit here. Don't be afraid, when I said I hoped it would be a long ride, I also hoped it would not ...

Before I start with this, my first contribution in what I hope will be a long ride, I would like to thank Tom and Kerry Dupont for the chanc...

I almost fainted when I read this from the NY Times Op/Ed page (requires registration): Over the past five years, by turning over two su...

Tom, Unfortunately the so called fiscal conservatives that were elected over the last few years have largely accepted the concept of big ...

This is weak.

This is criminal. I do not see one thing here that the federal government should be concerning itself with. These examples are a minute f...

Tom, While I don't expect this latest embarrassment from the 9th Circuit Court to hold up, it illustrates what I believe to be a fund...

It looks as if the dreaded 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is at it again . In typical activist fashion they've just ruled that POWs now h...

The LOTR saga is an interesting allegory on current world events. It becomes more clear every day that America, and perhaps the entire worl...