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Who Should be Obama’s Secretary of Defense

Friday, November 14th, 2008

There's been a lot of talk about who Barack Obama will choose to become his next Secretary of State. It may be a good idea for him to concentrate on his Secretary of Defense, too. Obama has talked about bipartisanship a great deal during the campaign, so this is his ...

Winning the War on Terror

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

Can it be done? The history of warfare is that there are two positions of true victory in any military conflict. First, your enemy accepts your terms and surrenders, or second, your enemy is entirely eliminated. The latter position has been reached far less often than the former, but both have ...

A Nuclear Iran

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

When permanent United Nations Security Council members China and Russia balked at tough language that threatened economic sanctions or military action against Iran if it refused to cease uranium enrichment, the Security Council issued a stern "formal statement" that read--in essence--"Iran, if you don't stop your nuclear program we'll be ...

The Power of Perception

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

Nobody knows more about the power of perception than the republican party, so how have they suddenly become so blind? My last writing was about the ports deal with U.A.E. company, Dubai. I tried to make clear then that if nothing else, the perception of a U.A.E. company being in position ...

There’s a reason convicted drug dealers can’t be pharmacists

Monday, February 20th, 2006

Are they serious? I've ranted on Political Correctness plenty of times, it's where I split with most of my liberal friends. I suppose I'm just simple, or perhaps even simple minded. But I believe 'that which we call a rose--by any other name would smell as sweet', so just call it ...