Month: August 2007

“How the troops are configured, what the deployment looks like will depend upon the recommendations of David Petraeus.” George W. Bush, August 9, 2007 As I’ve said before, the Bush administration and the...

Even if we are No. 42 on this list: WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries. For decades, the United States has been slipping in international rankings of...

What’s a ponzi scheme? It’s con in which those who are the first to sign up get all the goodies, and the last to sign up lose money. So what’s the Great American Ponzi Scheme of my title? It’s called our...

The notion of the “Long War”, that we would be in the Middle East fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq (and eventually Iran and Pakistan and elsewhere) didn’t go over well with the Preznint’s “focus...

I’ve come to the conclusion that we are not going to get the votes in September to force a wind-down of the war in Iraq. This is mainly because Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are going to give an upbeat report that...