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HOLIDAY of the DAY (for those looking for a reason to stay home today) This is the 64th anniversary of the changing of William “Wild Bill” Donavan’s wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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What Happened to Conservatism?

What has happened to Conservatism? Historians trace the genesis of political conservatism to Edmund Burke (1729-1797), who first wrestled with the practical need for centralized authority versus the practical unfairness of centralized power. The Anglo...

Published 03-28-2009 5:18 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, government
What Happened to Liberalism?

What has happened to liberalism? Political liberalism was born of the Enlightenment – the individual is subservient to the state (be it ecclesiastical or political) by choice – we’ve all got the government we deserve (read: put up with...

Published 03-26-2009 4:47 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, government
American Fascism?

Are we off on a trail blazed by Benito Mussolini? Of all Europeans to copy (with apologies to Sr Restucci), Italy hasn’t exhibited a stable government since Hadrian. Government’s diddling with the microanatomy of an otherwise free market system...

Published 03-25-2009 4:29 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, Obama, economics
a Segué Between Quantum Mechanics and Washington

What Sir Thomas Hobbes’ (1588-1679) Leviathan did was to cut through all of the mythology and dogma to gaze directly upon the workings of creatures in nature. One can observe animals in the wild and see that they live by their wits and that, typically...

Published 03-23-2009 17:30 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: economics, physics, geopolitics, biology, natural law
… and Now for Something Totally Different

Since it’s becoming too easy to pick on AIG (they’re a veritable piñata – you can swing at it from any angle and reward falls out), I submit a bit of a distraction from the dystopia that has become Washington. This summer we’re...

Published 03-22-2009 2:40 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: physics, Gee Whiz technology
RetentionGate

“Go ahead,” hissed Barney Frank, staring down the barrel of a .44 magnum committee, “make my day.” We are having a Gilbert & Sullivan moment as Congress choreographs its spontaneous outrage over AIG’s paying ~$160 million...

Published 03-19-2009 19:53 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, economics
Global Warming as Y2K Déjà Vu on Steroids

Ever wonder what’s like to be in, or in the midst of, a cult? Well, look around. The “Global Warming” sect of popular culture has assumed a status of somewhere between a cult and a religion. Both require a base of inadequate or pseudo...

Published 03-18-2009 10:02 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: economics, physics
Hope and Change

Hope and change. How’s that workin’ for ya? I’m seeing a disturbing pattern coalescing around President Obama’s words and deeds. Actually we were all warned as early as the primaries, but apparently no one paid attention. Every...

Published 03-12-2009 1:44 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: politics, Obama, economics, government
Who Are We?

There is a lot of truth – and not a little wisdom – in old adage that a camel is a cat designed by committee. Give an idea to a committee, and I guarantee that you will not recognize it after they have “perfected” it – an hilariously self-servingly named...

Published 03-10-2009 11:53 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: government, politics
Time for a re-think

What was it that Einstein said about repeating the same activity and expecting different results? Oh, that’s right. That was his definition of insanity. Victor Davis Hanson [1] claims we continue hitting ourselves with a hammer to see if it still...

Published 03-08-2009 10:15 by Eagle Watch

Filed under: Middle East, Israel, Palestinians

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What Happened to Conservatism?

What Happened to Liberalism?

American Fascism?

a Segué Between Quantum Mechanics and Washington

… and Now for Something Totally Different

RetentionGate

Global Warming as Y2K Déjà Vu on Steroids

Hope and Change

Who Are We?

Time for a re-think