I like Obama, don’t get me wrong. But there are two things in particular that just drive me nuts every time he utters them.

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.) [...]

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating as the Democrats gear up for Foreign Policy Day at their convention: the Iraq War was a bad idea for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with WMDs.

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

I apologize for not posting much lately. I’m in the middle of what will be a crazy couple of weeks here, so I might be writing much more sporadically on leftfielder than I normally do. I ask for your patience, and I promise I’ll be back to normal by mid-June.
In any case, as [...]

The conservative punditry has been going after Obama pretty hard lately for not visiting Iraq since the surge began. “How can he know what’s really happening?” they ask. McCain has been leading the chorus, as yet another way of implying that Obama is so young and inexperienced that he doesn’t know up from [...]

All evil can be separated into one of two categories: goals and tactics. An evil goal might be excessive power, excessive wealth, etc. An evil tactic might be violence, torture, etc. (Some would argue that the morality of the tactic is in large part defined by the goal–hence the phrase “the ends [...]

From a McCain Speech that he is expected to give today, as quoted by the New York Times:
“By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom,’’ Mr. McCain is to say, according to excerpts of his speech provided [...]

There is an extremely interesting article in today’s New York Times, discussing the problems and challenges associated with Israel’s Arab minority. Twenty percent of Israel’s population is non-Jewish Arab, and this large minority has long been a problem for a state that has tried to cultivate a Jewish identity. Western media tends to [...]

One of Obama’s first comments that really made me start leaning his direction was his statement that if he had “actionable intelligence” that pinpointed the location of Osama bin Laden within Pakistan, that he would attack even without permission from the Pakistani government. He was roundly criticized for that remark by other Democrats and [...]