Month: December 2007

When, in December 2005, James Risen and Eric Lichtblau revealed that ‘President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of...

While watching a series on cable recently about the creation and development of the universe, based on the scientific knowledge which has been growing for centuries, I was stunned by the flat out statement that the Earth was...

Like most Americans and the Democratic presidential candidates, I am pro-choice although I believe the first defense against unwanted pregnancy, and STDs, is prevention.  (Today’s Washington Post reveals that the...

I’ve been meaning to post about Mitt Romney’s speech, but I’ve had other matters to deal with—like trying to get enough sleep to at least give the appearance of something close to human when we venture...

Breathtaking. President Bush would be perfectly fine with ending all congressional debate over spending for the remainder of his term and just playing army in the Situation Room. During his speech in Fredricksburg, Va., Bush...