— by Odysseus During the last few weeks of June, 2014, we have witnessed the lengths to which the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will go to shield the administration of President Barack Obama and high-ranking IRS official Lois Lerner from…
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Animists Unite Against SSRIs!
— by Polydamas In chapter 1 of Ecclesiastes, the prophet wrote “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be be; and that which is done is what shall be done; and there is no new thing under…
Unemployment’s Unintended Benefit
— by Polydamas In what can only be described as a wasteful yet comical attempt by a government agency to find a tiny sliver of silver lining in a sky full of dark clouds, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has…
The Lesson of Iraq
— by Odysseus As the cities of the Sunni triangle in Iraq, just north of Baghdad, fall to the forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), some of the world’s people look on in horror, others look…
Uncovering the Truth Behind Political Sophistry
— by Polydamas The Cassandra Times was founded a few years ago to appreciate the classical lessons of antiquity which were bequeathed to us by Greece and Rome. It was and still is our firmest conviction that, while the march…
Identification Required to Bank, But Not To Vote?
— by Odysseus In the past several months, at least two major US banks, Morgan Chase (Chase Bank) and Bank of America, have implemented a new internal bank policy. This policy requires that their customers show a valid driver’s license…
Flat-Ass Tax
— by Hephaestus I woke up exhausted on the morning of April 16th from the exhausted sleep I’d fallen into on the night of April 15th, after a full day of wailing, flailing, and gnashing of teeth, only to find…
Persian Practice Makes Perfect
— by Odysseus It’s Not a Propaganda Prop; They are Planning an Attack The American news media has reported recently that National Reconnaissance Office images show that the Iran military is building a mock-up of a United States Nimitz Class…
State-Approved Comedy
— by Odysseus The intersection of comedy and politics has been in the news recently, occasioned by the untimely passing of Harold Ramis, and, subsequently, by President Obama’s decision to appear on “Between Two Ferns” with Zach Galifianakis. This author…
It Really is All About Race
— by Odysseus It Really is All About Race: Just Not the Way They Mean When They Say That In the American polity of the turn of the millenium, the political left frequently accuses the conservative political figures or groups…