“Fuller Strategy” Needed to “Explain” Afghan War
Back in the 1950s there was a TV commercial designed to induce headaches in viewers in order to increase demand for the product the commercial was hawking — a...
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Heads for Henry, Hearts for God
Now that we are done with three days celebrating — or at least (more or less) observing — Independence Day with cookouts, fireworks, trips to the beach, and possibly...
Our One-World Sphere of Influence
I used to think you had to have a sense of humor to survive in politics. I am now becoming convinced that a great many politicians have a tin...
Declaring Liberty As Eternal Law
It was, and perhaps still is, one of those trick questions used by kids to trip up their schoolmates: "Do they have fourth of July in England? " Well,...
Independence and Its “Improvements”
Most of us will undoubtedly find reasonably pleasant ways to spend the extra hours away from work that a holiday weekend gives us; and nearly all, I expect, will...
Bill of Rights: Not Dead Yet in Dearborn — But Almost
Public officials throughout America have made substantial progress in recent years in keeping demonstrators out of sight and earshot of the objects of their demonstrations. This is especially true...
Graham, Kagan and the Global “Battlefield”
As a preface to a series of questions about the due process afforded the would-be "Christmas Day bomber" last December 25, Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R- S.C.) asked Supreme Court...
MacArthur, Obama, and War Without End
President Barack Obama's dismissal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has inspired comparisons to the drama played out nearly 60...
‘Vladimir’ Obama and the ‘Mainstream’ Republicans
In a sharply critical assessment of President Obama's handling of the BP oil spill crisis, the influential British news weekly The Economist has dubbed the U.S. President "Vladimir Obama,"...
Obama’s War on the BP Oil Spill
It has been widely reported that Rep. Joe Barton has embarrassed the Republican Party. That by itself might be considered a monumental achievement, given what it usually takes to...
High Court Won’t Touch ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down without comment a petition for review from Maher Arar, the Syrian-born Canadian citizen who named former Attorney General John Ashcroft and...
Government Looks to ‘Reinvent Journalism’
Before he was an Academy Award and Noel Prize winner, Vice President Al Gore headed a commission charged with formulating a strategy for "reinventing government." Today, in an American...
The Pledge in Spanish Sparks Controversy
A school principal in Wrightstown, Wisconsin, has defended on constitutional grounds the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish at the school. Responding to a letter of protest...
Is U.S. Funding Both Sides in Afghan War?
Is the United States indirectly funding the Taliban insurgents who are killing our troops in Afghanistan? The New York Times reported an ongoing investigation into whether private security companies...
The Dangers of Pasta in Gaza
Watch and listen to enough TV news shows and you develop a growing awareness and appreciation for the dangers of pasta. No, I'm not talking about danger to the...