— by Polydamas Our nation’s founder Thomas Paine wrote in his 1776 bestseller “Common Sense” that “in America, law is king. For in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king and…
Correct Answers to Wrong Questions
— by Odysseus Many times, the most important part of a discussion is not the answer, but, rather, the question. Or, in some cases, the questions. In all the discussions about the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over the…
The Road to Disaster is Paved by Government
— by Polydamas Looking back with the perfect hindsight of history, we at The Cassandra Times cannot help but reflect upon the possibly unintended and overwhelmingly tragic consequences arising from the inappropriate intervention of central governments in the lives of…
The UN-President
— by Odysseus In 2008, candidate Barak Obama, who sought the presidency of the United States of America, made reference to “all 57 states”. Although the United States has only 50 member states, in that year, the African Union had…
Occam’s Razor Cuts Lois Lerner and IRS
— by Polydamas personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and…
How to Stop a Rogue Bureaucracy and Executive
— by Odysseus During the last few weeks of June, 2014, we have witnessed the lengths to which the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will go to shield the administration of President Barack Obama and high-ranking IRS official Lois Lerner from…