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A Commentary on the Race for Mayor of Los Angeles

May 9, 2013 | in Feature, Politrixx, The Life | Calvin Abbasi | 0

On May 21st, the second largest city in the nation, and my home town, will be voting for a new Mayor. The two candidates are City Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric...
Sanford’s Election to Congress Embarrasses Republicans

May 8, 2013 | in Politrixx | Jeff Myhre | 0

Republican Mark Sanford won the special election in South Carolina;’s First Congressional District yesterday. He defeated, Elizabeth Colbert Busch (inevitably described as sister of...
Senate Approves Sales Tax for Internet Sales

May 7, 2013 | in Feature, Politrixx | Jeff Myhre | 0

By a vote of 69-27, the US Senate voted to give states the power to enforce their sales taxes for on-line sales. In other words, a state could require an e-retailer to collect taxes on...
Israeli Air Force Strikes Twice in Syria

May 6, 2013 | in Politrixx | Jeff Myhre | 0

The Israeli Air Force has struck targets inside Syria twice since Thursday evening. Under the usual circumstances that prevail in the region, this would be the opening gambit in a war that...
Obama May Try to Close Guantanamo Again

May 3, 2013 | in Feature, Politrixx | Jeff Myhre | 0

Yesterday’s White House press conference was much like any other. The media asked questions designed to make them look clever, and the president avoided answering most of them....
Parties that Sunk Iceland Returned to Power

April 29, 2013 | in Politrixx | Jeff Myhre | 0

Iceland’s voters went to the polls Saturday, and they voted to throw out the ruling center-left coalition. That means the return of the Independence and Progressive parties to power....
Senate Fails to Pass Gun Safety Bill

April 20, 2013 | in Feature, Politrixx | Jeff Myhre | 0

Those advocating tighter restrictions on firearm sales got a lesson in power politics. Each and every proposal put to a vote in the US Senate to enhance gun safety went down to...
Obama Proposes $100 Million to Map Human Brain

April 3, 2013 | in Feature, Politrixx | Jeff Myhre | 0

Yesterday, President Obama announced his plan to spend $100 million in the next fiscal year to begin mapping the human brain. “As humans we can identify galaxies light-years away, we...
Zimbabwe Returning to Normal?

March 26, 2013 | in Politrixx | Jeff Myhre | 0

Good news from Zimbabwe has been a rare commodity in recent years. The thugocracy of Robert Mugabe has made what should be a rather rich country into the basket case of southern Africa....
New Cyprus Deal Approved Without Parliament OK

March 25, 2013 | in Politrixx | Jeff Myhre | 0

The troiska composed of the EU, European Central Bank and IMF have come up with a new rescue plan for Cyprus. The terms are not quite as dreadful as those proposed last week. That said,...