Darke Musings

Writing on the edge of analysis. Try as I might I can’t think of something positive to say about President Bush. Maybe that’s because unlike our chief executive I have an inherent compulsion against lying. President Bush doesn’t and his tiny brained, testosterone fueled mind has gotten the United... Sign in to see full entry.

Cowardice is the international language. The patterns of behavior that we have seen from the current Administration in Washington where worrisome when they first showed up just after inauguration day. Now they are inexcusable. It is time someone actually said what we all are thinking. George Bush is... Sign in to see full entry.

Afghanistan before we meddled in its history was a rich vibrant society. We killed it. The former Soviet Union may have struck the mortal blow but it was we in the West that armed the insanity that fanned the flames of the conflagration. We have no one else to blame for our sins and our dead. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Simplistic fates await those who think that George Bush has honorable intentions. The simplest truth is the President is simply a pawn of a much larger machine. I do not think it’s that way at all. Sadly, believing that George is stupid may prove to be a balm for our souls. It is just too... Sign in to see full entry.

The public interest can mean many things. It is a reflection on the national state of mind. It is also a magazine; and it should be the primary motivation of every politician. The jobs you aspire too are placed into your hands by the American public. They are entrusted to you and are not yours to do... Sign in to see full entry.

Listen to the little voice that tells you to think for yourself. In America today the use of free speech is under attack, it will not survive unless patriots rise to its defense. Freedom of decision and dissent are vital for the functioning of a democracy. We have fallen from this level of active... Sign in to see full entry.

The uncompromising edicts of fear. New tapes from Iraq suggest that the United States has still not managed to locate the former Iraqi dictator. Clearly, the Bush White House has grown so corrupt that it cannot hope to end the quagmire of Iraq. It does not want too. The companies that have made are... Sign in to see full entry.

Forty thousand new reservists are being sent to Iraq. It is clear now that Iraq has turned into a pale imitation of Vietnam. We can only hope that the powers that have committed this senile breech of responsibility will realize it too. I am under no such assumptions though; the reasons are far too... Sign in to see full entry.

Too late and too far, are the words best used to describe the rampant pace of globalization? Sprouting from little more than an idea a few decades ago it has snowballed into an avalanche of epic proportions and threatens now to engulf whole countries in its wake. We used to have the wisdom of right... Sign in to see full entry.

Exports and imports are much more than simple economic terms. They redefine how we look at issues and how our responses to those issues look to others. Let’s take a closer look at how one issue was imported and exported. Free trade, what is your initial reaction to that phrase? No doubt some of you... Sign in to see full entry.