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One of the great things about being a student of history is that we can look back for guidance in our current affairs, like say the current ...

In this post black Friday and therefore post 9/11 world with two days to go until the Iowa caucuses, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll...

MEXICO CITY — Because everybody in Mexico "has felt the tidal wave of his presence," Tom Tancredo has been named the Mexican of th...

The glorious martyrdom of Benazir Bhutto is a great victory for Islam over the insidious western influences of democracy and secularism th...

If you have time this holiday season, we here at the Institute suggest you check out the Internets . It's something. You can find inform...

...wish you a very merry Christmas. UPDATE: By that of course they specifically mean a "very merry Christmas" not to be confuse...

We are going to pay you not to coach. Thanks .

This is a football. Please note the lack of handles. Handles one might reasonably fail to find. Small wonder that each weekend countless re...

What happens when the “politics of pile-on” replaces the “politics of hope?” Hillary comes out on top. Hillary coming out on top of me? Supp...

As some of you may know, I like beer. Beer has been very, very good to me. And I have been very, very good to brewers. So this being Friday,...

As many of you know I am a teacher. Over the years I have not blogged about it much, because well, who want to read shop talk. But when a co...

I have a million ideas . The country can't not afford them all." Pile On

Hi Peoples. Pile has asked me to announce that there are like lots and lots of new posts here at the Institute and stuff. If these posts wer...

BEIJING - Stung by a spate of safety recalls of its products, China hinted Thursday that it might take retaliatory action against U.S. shipm...

Pile In Aught Ocho Town Hall Meeting Number 1 First let me say, this is not CSPAN. The Iraq war has made me well aware that the American peo...

I dunno about this . The British have been warning us about bloody hell for years. Is America ready for a president with Nebraska roots ? Th...

More American women are living without a husband than with one, according to what many experts call an extraordinary analysis of census resu...

Hippy Holidays Ya’ll from The Ebb & Flow Institute located in what you might call a multicultural neighborhood where it is not unusual t...

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS II THIS TIME CRITICS CAN RELATE Rex Ropner is a heavy-footed marginally employed journalist with a customary sneeri...

I know you have some reservations about the Iraq Study Group report John, and I know I said I was on board with your proposal; but honestly,...

Al Qaeda, the international terrorist group and social services organization held a press conference today to announce it has formed a 527 g...

The White House and rebellious Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on rules for the interrogation of presidential candidates and...

In an unprecedented display of inter-faith unity , Islamic scholars publicly demonstrate the general validity of the Pope’s recent remarks o...

You never know when the chance to be a hero might be thrust in your general direction. You just don’t. I keep my eyes open for my shot thou...

Nasrallah: Okay here is my plan, we continually fire rockets into Israel, then send a small band of armed fighters across the border to cap...

Thank you for calling the Mayo Clinic, how may I direct your call? You presume to direct my call? I am sorry sir? I should say so. How may I...

This important post consists of an important open letter from Pile, the chairman of The Ebb & Flow Institute. Dear humanity, As you prob...

As I predicted in a post on Friday, another Islamic cleric has issued a fatwa against Hezbollah, this time a shia cleric in Iran. Ayatolla...

Hezbollah: Violence mixed with social mission. Hezbollah is regarded by the U.S. and Israel as a terrorist organization. It is dedicated to ...

When most Americans visit China they do so as part of a tour and have a guide who speaks English to show them around the country. My recent ...