Category Archives: Ruminations

Random worries

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Stephen W. Browne

• President Biden made an off-the-cuff remark in the Royal Palace in Warsaw, Poland that “That man (Putin) cannot stay in power.” That’s one of those things that everybody knows to be true, but there’s an appropriate time and place … Continue reading →

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Minnesota windmills

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Stephen W. Browne

I’ve been on the road for two weeks, starting from Oklahoma to Colorado, to Wyoming, to North Dakota, Minnesota and back to Oklahoma. I visited with friends each stop of the way, took some training and gave some training in … Continue reading →

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Ruminations, May 20

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Stephen W. Browne

* OK, IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has really stepped in it this time. I know, I know, innocent until proven guilty. But the mere arrest and charge has been enough to unearth a lot of not-too-deeply buried stuff about the … Continue reading →

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Ruminations: Middle East unrest and Lara Logan

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Stephen W. Browne

Thomas Sowell has an as-usual excellent perspective on recent events in the Middle East here. I commented thusly: We have in this country I think, a misinterpretation of our own history that leads us to assume the creation of free … Continue reading →

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New Years Ruminations, 2011

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Stephen W. Browne

* I see Egypt has blown up, after the fuse was lit in Tunisia. Everybody is wondering where the pieces will fall, except of course for those who think it’ll all settle down after a few soporific homilies from The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Royal Ruminations

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Stephen W. Browne

Well Prince William of the United Kingdom is getting married. And from what’s available in the news, Princess-and-Queen-to-be Kate is a looker, and better still seems to be stable and sane. A telling indicator of this is, she hasn’t made … Continue reading →

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Ruminations June, 2010

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Stephen W. Browne

* Redline on the weird-shit-o-meter. For those of us who expected this administration to be very bad, the actual experience of living in the Age of Obama is… seriously weird. Forget partisan politics. Even if you’re a freakin’ Democrat if … Continue reading →

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Ruminations

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

From the depths of depression, to guarded optimism. Come along with me on a roller-coaster ride! * Political mercenary Dick Morris had this to say recently: “In an effort to promote liquidity and boost the economy, the Federal Reserve yesterday … Continue reading →

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Ruminations

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

*Gosh, aren’t you glad we didn’t elect McCain, a.k.a. “Bush III”? Why, if we had more of the Bush policies, we might be maxing out the national debt and sending our troops to fight a probably unwinnable war in a … Continue reading →

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Ruminations

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

*From the AP wire: ‘Mother’ of Iraqi women bomber network arrestedBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BRIAN MURPHY – 12 hours ago BAGHDAD (AP) — A woman accused of helping recruit dozens of female suicide bombers looked into the camera and described … Continue reading →

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