Category Archives: Opinion

Bush’s $46 Billion War Funding Request Brings This Year’s Total War Funding to $196.4 Billion

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Mike Bock

This Article is from the Washington Post, written by Peter Baker: President Bush challenged Congress to another clash over the direction of the Iraq war yesterday as he asked lawmakers for $46 billion more to pay for overseas military operations … Continue reading →

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The Big Questions Facing Our Democracy Are Too Important To Allow Political Parties to Decide

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Mike Bock

The biggest questions our representative democracy must answer are: Who should we choose to legislate for us? Who should be our leaders? Political parties should empower our democracy to effectively answer these big questions, but empowering democracy is simply not … Continue reading →

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Why Are We Rich?

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Mike Bock

The sermon I recently heard in a church in an upscale community asked a profound question: “Why are we rich?” The scripture reading preceding the sermon retold Jesus’ story of a rich man who in this life had fared “sumptuously.” … Continue reading →