There is talk about bringing the trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed to New York City. This has induced all sorts of comments from all sorts of places, with the media headline writers accusing him of being the mastermind of the September Eleventh attacks.  Something he was not.  He may have been heavily... read more

In order to secure peace in Afghanistan, the powers that be are going to have to go beyond giving out food, cell phones and freezers.  They are going to have to secure hearts and minds, not an easy task. How to do it? True, they have not pacified the country side yet.   But an active and more involved... read more

I have been looking at the articles I have recently published and those that I am working on and fully expect to keep writing about important current events like flooding, wild fires, health care, education, corruption and politics as they all get wrapped up together going forward.   Where all this... read more

The economy stinks.  Unemployment is high and, according to the Obama Administration’s own admissions, likely to get worse.  People do not have money and businesses are in the red.  There are fewer and fewer jobs.  The federal deficit is enormous and getting worse. There is a war on terror... read more

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Two hundred or so years ago, when this country was young and the world was a more primitive place, this country had problems with what were called Barbary pirates operating off the North African coast sailing into the Mediterranean Sea, hijacking ships and holding them until they were paid to release... read more

With the Conventions looming, announcement of vice presidential candidates nominees to be made  and three debates scheduled, we are close to getting clarification on where the two major contenders for President stand and how the 2008 election will play out. Barack Obama has just come back from a trip... read more

The 2008 Race for the Presidency is less than one month old, but it already is fast becoming clear that this is going to be an endurance test rather than a quick sprint to the convention based on the way the vote splits, the candidates act up  and the unsettling controversy that clouds so many national... read more

In my humble opinion, politicians look upon sex as a weapon to subjugate and humiliate people rather than anything a heterosexual citizen is entitled to.  I am sure there are going to be many varied and sundry interpretations of this editorial introduction. The media understands this game extremely... read more

The 2007-8 Presidential campaign has been shaken with some minor and maybe not so minor ethics scandals, with an official having a drug past resigning from Fred Thompson’s camp, by the indictment of Bernard Kerik, a former Giuliani Administration official, on charges of tax evasion, and from accusations... read more