The Essential Bureaucrat: Why the U.S. is Great

Mike Cronin

It is such an easy out to take a shot at government, at bureaucrats. And then you come across someone like Ms. Fong and you realize one of the reasons this country is so special is because of people like …..

NFL Killing American Dream?

Mike Cronin

The story of ever-increasing income inequality inevitably has led to a growing perecentage of the population feeling the American Dream no longer exists for them. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/more-people-express-uncertainty-in-chance-to-achieve-the-american-dream/2013/09/28/d8e99084-260e-11e3-ad0d-b7c8d2a594b9_story.html?hpid=z4 Nowhere is income inequality more prevalent than in the powers that be who run …..

Hope I’m Wrong

Mike Cronin

Even with the so-called “charm offensive” of Iran’s newly elected president Hassan Rouhani, I don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell his country is serious about not pursuing nuclear weapons. Ken Pollack, a former CIA analyst, has written a …..

Bill, Al, Hillary

Mike Cronin

Watching Bill Clinton and Al Gore on the same stage — talking with Charlie Rose about climate change — was sobering. If body language and awkward conversation are indicators, these guys are completely out of synch. Maybe they just don’t …..

Are we talking about the same country?

Mike Cronin

When a country has a population in excess of 300 million people, there will obviously be varying levels of prosperity and poverty. But what was reported today is further reinforcement of the ever-increasing gap between the haves and have-nots. First, …..

The Immigrant

Mike Cronin

Did you know this was National Welcoming Week and that Monday was Citizenship Day? There is at least one group of individuals who did.

A Pope for the Age, for the Ages

Mike Cronin

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in his creation has set us free. It is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person. Pope Francis September …..

It’s Not Easy Being Me

Mike Cronin

The major media opinionators giveth and the major media opinionators taketh away. Ouch. I don’t remember a day quite like this one when each side of the political spectrum when after their own. Jennifer Rubin in her “Right Turn” column …..

A Sad Day in DC

Mike Cronin

Just some thoughts regarding the awful shooting at the Washington Navy Yard — As there was much discussion about the security there, does anyone really think that the suspect, Aaron Alexis, wouldn’t have found a way to kill even if …..

Follow the Money, Follow the Boomers

Mike Cronin

Throughout the past fifty or so years of advertising and marketing it’s always been about the 18 – 34 age demographic. The premise: Even though members of this age group didn’t have the money for great purchasing power, someday they …..