The beat goes on around the world, even as election fever hogs the news here. At a two-day conference this weekend, politicians in a multitude of poor African countries could smile about...
Read MoreReaders of this blog may get whiplash as they jump between my optimistic and future-oriented posts and Steven D’s cautious warnings and detailings of GOP foul play. These are not inconsistent. The Dems are really riding...
Read MoreWith the American media and politicos obsessed this week about the election, it was hard to avoid the topic of Iraq — though many Democratic officeholders and candidates still, bizarrely, try. But it was on everyone’s...
Read MoreIt remains to be seen how hard the shit-hammer will come down on the Republicans this Tuesday. They are now busy at work ramping up their 72-hour project. Robo-calls are going out. They’re getting ready to pamphleteer...
Read MoreCross posted at the front pages of ePluribus, My Left Wing and Pen and Sword. The shape of the Next World Order is starting to gel. Hopefully, America still has a chance to reconfigure the mold before the blob hardens....
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