Less than a year into his current term, Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; Obama would do well to keep his eyes on the prize, as, almost four years in, he has virtually nothing to show for it
In a nutshell: Woman reporter with Vlad Putin’s Russian propaganda channel pulls a female Ted Baxter on Dana Loesch and says we should be angry at our government for sending military to Afghanistan. She apparently doesn’t realize the pejorative manner
From the Associated Press: Afghan entrepreneurs hard at work… KABUL, Afghanistan — Revenue from opium production in Afghanistan soared by 133 percent last year to about $1.4 billion, or about one-tenth of the country’s GDP, according to a United Nations
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Russia’s last aircraft carrier puts on feeble PR show with Syria Coup scare in Pakistan may force early elections Burma (Myanmar) signs peace agreement with Karen ethnic group European Union delays Iran oil embargo
On Monday, both the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post each published opinion articles attacking President Barack Obama’s foreign policy. The LAT article, by former Dick Cheney adviser John Hannah, was entitled: “The U.S.: MIA in the Mideast.” It
Like many of you, I started off 2012 with a new year’s resolution to work out. And, hopefully unlike many of you, two weeks into the new year … I’ve yet to do a single push-up. (sigh) “Where to find
Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post has a devastating take down of Obama’s failures in foreign policy. An excerpt: Peace Prize winner, foreign policy failure? Here again there appears to be a disconnect between Obama’s 1970s-vintage ideas and the real
REVIEW OF SODERBURGH’S ‘HAYWIRE’ The trailer is at the bottom of the story linked above and looks fantastic. Smart, stylish and incredibly well crafted, Haywire is as ludicrously pleasing to the eye as the best of Soderbergh’s recent work and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Nine million to celebrate the Black Nazarene Feast on Monday in Philippines Instability in Xinjiang causes China to threaten Pakistan Will Yemen’s President Saleh get away with it again? Russia’s warships visit Syria’s port
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Egypt’s Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas amid heavy security Top Christian official murdered in Jaffa Israel marking Orthodox Christmas Russia’s Patriarch Kirill walks tightrope in Orthodox Christmas message Britain warns of
Fresh off his impressive finish in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday, Rick Santorum criticized Obama’s foreign policy with some of the harshest words we’ve heard this entire campaign season: You could certainly go down the route that he’s intentionally trying
Bill Gertz of the Washington Times reports that President Barack Obama has indicated he is prepared to convey information about secret American missile defense technology to Russia: In the president’s signing statement issued Saturday in passing into law the fiscal
BEIRUT (AP) — In the largest protests Syria has seen in months, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Friday in a display of defiance to show an Arab League observer mission the strength of the opposition movement.
Last year, I came up with a saying that “Bad Government Policy Begets More Bad Government Policy” and labeled it “Mitchell’s Law” during a bout of narcissism. There are lots of examples of this phenomenon, such as the misguided War
President Obama has not been defeated. He still occupies the White House, and that will continue until next November. But the nation is readying itself for what will prove to be a high octane race for the presidency. President Obama
From Reuters: The line dividing Christians from Muslims that runs along a rocky valley in the central Nigerian town of Jos may not be visible to the eye, but it burns in the minds of local people. The mosque lies
From Reuters: Vladimir Putin softened his tone towards the protesters who have staged the biggest political rallies of his 12-year rule, saying on Wednesday he was ready for dialogue with Russia’s opposition but was at a loss for a leader
I was an Air Force Flight surgeon on active duty from about 1963. One personal experience I had that really made me start to think about the war was that I was doing many physicals on Army warrant officers who
Last week The Columbus Dispatch reported on what has been a recurring theme all year: Ohio conservatives are evil extremists! Richard Gunther today called the new congressional map signed into law last week by Gov. John Kasich “stunning” for its
As unlikely as it is for OWS to gain power, what would it mean for our nation, and our society, if they did? Michael Bane provided a frank answer. Bane has several decades of experience in the coverage and study
If you thought Perestroika had put an end to Soviet-style disinformation campaigns, take a gander at this propaganda. You may have already seen this clip in which FOX News gets schooled for using the wrong video in their coverage of
A good sports reporter will tell you a team may look invincible on paper, but when the game begins anything can happen. Whoopi Goldberg feels the same way about North Korea’s government. Goldberg shared her latest profound political thoughts on
The formidable Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal notes a glaring (im)moral equivalence in the New York Times‘s obituary for Kim Jong-Il: The real mystery is why, in free societies where few journalists and politicians are ever at serious
What a glorious one-liner: “You are a pyromaniac in a field of straw men.” It’s Will vs Reich. Newsbusters has the transcript [bold my emphasis]: CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, HOST: Can government, should government do what the congressman is doing and allow
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. Kim’s death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Kim is believed to have suffered a
