Behind Grief, Poland a Thriving Nation
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 13th, 2010 4:31 am by HL
Behind Grief, Poland a Thriving Nation
Edward Lucas, Times of London
Tragedy and chaos, both imposed from outside and self-inflicted, feature all too often in Poland’s history. They are exemplified by Saturday’s plane crash. President Lech Kaczynski’s apparently reckless insistence on landing on an unsuitable foggy airport cost the lives of some of Poland’s most distinguished military and academic figures. The echo of the original Katyn massacre, in which the Polish prewar elite — lawyers, doctors, teachers, public servants, all serving as reserve officers — perished at Russian hands is…
D.C. Will Spend $31,406 Per Household
Brian Riedl, St. Petersburg Times
Taxpayers filing their 1040s are likely wondering just where all their hard-earned tax dollars are going, anyway. • Washington will spend $31,406 per household in 2010 — the highest level in American history (adjusted for inflation). It will collect $18,276 per household in taxes. The remaining $13,130 represents this year's staggering budget deficit per household, which, along with all prior government debt, will be dumped in the laps of our children. • Government spending has increased by $5,000 per household since 2008, and nearly $10,000 per household…
Will Bush Be the Next Truman?
McKinnon & Adams, The Daily Beast
They both gave hell and got hell.As presidents, George W. Bush and Harry S. Truman had a lot in common.Both were skeptical of elites and the media, driven by their faith, had troubled presidencies, made momentous and difficult decisions, took the nation into war, were unpopular in their time and weren’t concerned about it. They deeply believed if they did the right thing, history would sort things out in the end.
Why Poland’s Grief is Doubled
Alex Storozynski, CNN
New York (CNN) — The tragic death of President Lech Kaczynski and Poland's political and military elite among the trees of the Katyn Forest is surreal, given that in those same woods, thousands of Polish prisoners of war were murdered by Joseph Stalin's secret police.
