If there is a phrase in the English language that explains this dismal time of political gridlock, miscalculations and deceptions it is “unknown knowns.” At least this is the opinion of Geoffrey Wheatcroft writing in Sunday’s The New York Times.

We in the United States consume roughly 24 percent of the world’s natural resources while we represent less than 8 percent of the world’s population. We can do this because we are the richest society. Until recently our economy could afford to purchase these resources on the world market

On July 11, 2010, the day Spain won the World Cup, Bruce Myer, Longboat Key Coldwell Banker Realtor, and his three sons, Parker, Blake and Chase, landed in Barcelona, Spain.

The Islamic world, the Europeans, along with the artists and intellectuals who think themselves citizens of the world, are outraged because the Israeli navy stopped a convoy that was attempting to break through the blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza.

The old Scottish prayer is a bit dated given we don’t believe in ghoulies and ghosties any more, or at least most of us don’t, but it remains somewhat serviceable because we are still bothered by things that go bump in the night.

President Obama, along with Pelosi and Reid, the legislative twins of deception, are trying to sell another, unsustainable entitlement to be added to the burgeoning federal deficit. Meanwhile thousands of government workers in California and Greece have taken to the streets to protest cuts in their ever more unsustainable salaries and retirement benefits. Meanwhile, across the continent, Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts announced the failure of the state’s experiment in government controlled health care when he announced hard price controls across almost all Massachusetts health care system.