Month: December 2006

. Turkmenistan’s President-for-life Dies Big news from the former Soviet Union: Turkmenistan’s President-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov died suddenly on Thursday after 21 years of iron rule, raising a risk of political...

In a nation where forty plus, fifty, or sixty percent of marriages end in divorce, [depending who whose statistics you trust] the topic of companionship and connections is a must.  In a country where many are separated,...

I think it was back on December 9th that I said the evidence was in and there was no longer any way to avoid impeaching both the President and Vice-President. I can’t write about this everyday, but it needs to be repeated....

I am so embedded, personally, and as a society Americans are so embedded generally, in this construct of mind, that it is almost impossible to think about it directly.  So my excuse–such as it is–in writing so...

No, that is not a typo. And actually, the response that I have received (and am receiving) is a very pleasant surprise. A bit of background – yesterday, I posted a diary here about my thoughts regarding the “surge option”, and...