Given the date, I thought it would be a good day to go over the differences between the two presidential candidates when it comes to The War on Terror. (If you were hoping that I’d discuss whether or not Senator Obama believes that Governor Palin is a barnyard animal, I’m sorry to disappoint.) [...]

Russia’s invasion of Georgia looks like it might be played out, finally. War kills a lot of people for no particularly good reason, and this one is no different. Russia is certainly playing the role of the bad guy in this conflict, as well they should. Georgia may have violated an old [...]

Right now, the United States is an active participant in two civil wars: Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sorry for my extended absence lately; I had some family issues to take care of. In any case, one thing that struck me as I’ve been reading the news the last few weeks is the great extent to which American politicians and pundits are demonizing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. We need to be [...]

The Bush Administration announced this morning that it has “irrefutable evidence” that Iran is funneling weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan. As if the Bush Administration needed to give us more proof of their baffling incompetence at foreign policy, even after six years in office.
First of all, let’s deal with the basic truth of [...]

President Bush is struggling to find an acceptable compromise position on global warming. For years, he has said that the time wasn’t right to act on global warming. He rejected the Kyoto Protocol, dismissed setting benchmarks for carbon dioxide emissions, and repeatedly claimed that the issue needed further study. Lately, he’s been [...]

In case you hadn’t heard, Chinese President Hu Jintao is meeting with President Bush in the Oval Office this morning. As one might expect, this has ignited the usual chorus of people concerned that the United States is losing its competitive edge, or that China is becoming a global threat, or that they will [...]

With all the controversy surrounding Iran and the IAEA, I thought it might be useful to talk about nuclear proliferation. Trying to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a lot like trying to contain a river after its started raining. All you can do is pile sandbags as fast as you can, [...]

On October 8th there was a massive earthquake in Pakistan. Today (the 17th) aid finally reached the starving, homeless victims. That’s right, today . For those of you who don’t like math, that’s 9 days. Longer than a week. To emphasize how long that is, its pushing the boundaries of [...]