Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

With every expansion of government under the Obama administration, President Obama helps make the case for smaller government. Just in case the NSA didn’t get you too riled up (it’s all in the name of national security – right?), the blob known as Obamacare continues to grow.

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Here we have our Commander and Chief Incompetent outsmarted by Vladimir Putin thanks to the bumbling of Sec of State John Kerry. Obama’s recent speech about Syria was uncharacteristically brief and unlikely to persuade the nation that he actually knows what he is doing. His message in brief was that military action against Assad is vital, but not now. Congress should delay voting until Putin negotiates with Syria. That should take at least until the bodies are buried and no longer featured on the evening news and a new “crisis” like gun control or free preschool absorbs Obama’s and the media’s attention. Then Syria can fade away in the fog generated by endless diplomacy.

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Boston – National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw. Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement.

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WWTFT doesn’t review a lot of novels. But, there’s always an exception. J. Mark Bertrand’s debut novel, Back on Murder introduces ex-homicide detective Roland March. March.

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Black Man Kills White Man Because He Was There.

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Puleo has done a masterful job of evoking the color, politics and passions of the six years preceding the Civil War. Within the book’s covers are many familiar personages, among them, L.Q.C. Lamar, William Seward, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Roger B Taney. In addition, are others who have faded into the shadows of history. One of those is the South Carolina congressman who delivered The Caning.

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The Eurocrats are at it again. Not content to enforce laws with, you know, police, the European Union, according to The Telegraph, is now considering a proposal that would fit new cars with cameras that could read road speed limit signs and automatically slow the car down to the posted speed limit. This proposal is apparently designed to reduce the 30,000 people who die each year in auto accidents on European roads. Naturally, this would make make virtually impossible the practice of motorists speeding just up enough to pull over to the next lane so as not to miss that last exit to Stuttgart – and one ends up in Heidelberg, instead.

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Winchester’s latest book is organized around what could have easily been a contrived theme. Apparently the author recognized the danger he was in and so backed off, making it a rough organizing principle, rather than forcing the issue. Winchester’s wife is Japanese, presumably enamoring him at least to some extent with eastern culture. Perhaps that is the source of the book’s strange organizational framework - the five classical elements. Unfortunately, Winchester's political comments and innuendos detracted immensely from what was, on the whole an interesting and well-written book. However, instead of finishing the book with a positive impression, this reviewer was left with a sour taste in his mouth.

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The summer of 2013 is winding down, which means only one thing – it’s time to start thinking about the 2016 presidential election. God knows the potential candidates are thinking about it.

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No Better Time is the story of Akamai’s founder, Danny Lewin. It is at once fascinating and ultimately heartbreaking. Akamai is a company that set out to solve the problem of World Wide Wait. Molly Knight Raskin’s book is the story of the man behind the algorithms that helped transform the internet ... and the story of the startup called Akamai.

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