As I write this, we are 24 hours away from the end of this seemingly endless presidential campaign, and all the signs point to a victory – some would say an overwhelming victory – by Barack Obama. I won't make any predictions here, what with the Bradley...
With the 2008 presidential campaign at its end, pundits have begun to discuss in earnest what expected winner Barack Obama's administration might look like. An important piece of evidence is Obama's campaign team, which largely escaped the harsh scrutiny that his...
Updated at 11:27 p.m. EST, Nov. 3, 2008At least 23 Iraqis were killed and 58 more were wounded during a spate of attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere. One U.S. soldier died at Qayyarah AFB from non-combat related injuries. In Parliament, A measure insuring minority...
Updated at 4:10 p.m. EST, Nov. 2, 2008At least 25 Iraqis were killed and 24 more were wounded during numerous but small attacks today. No Coalition deaths were reported. Also, the Iraqis expect a response to amendments in a contentious security agreement to come after...
The Russian military was clearly superior to that of a small country in its "near abroad" – Georgia – but is a "resurgent" Russia a threat to the United States? If the United States insists on expanding its informal empire into Russia's...
"From Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long-Legged Beasties and Things that Go Bump in the Night, Good Lord deliver Us." So goes an old Scottish bedtime prayer. But, this Halloween – if various neo-crazies, fellow travelers and their media sycophants are to be...
Updated at 7:12 p.m. EDT, Nov. 1, 2008Few casualty reports came out of Iraq again today; however, at least 10 Iraqis were killed and another 9 were wounded across the country. Meanwhile, an Iraqi parliamentarian said that women in MNF jails were detained when wanted...
Over the last eight years the Bush administration has sacrificed American lives, resources, and influence at every turn. President George W. Bush, with the avid support of Sen. John McCain and most of the Republican Party, took the US into an unnecessary war in Iraq,...
In a conflict that has produced more than its share of suffering and tragedy, the name of Kafr Qassem lives on in infamy more than half a century after Israeli police gunned down 47 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, in the village. This week Kafr...
Even as the Bush presidency wears down, the Global War on Terror only expands. Perhaps the word should be "metastasizes." Just this week, the US military, using SOFA-less Iraq as its launching pad, sent four helicopters with US special forces soldiers across the...
