Month: August 2010

   Lately, I`ve been not so enthused about the progress in the gulf. I see the ramping up of activism in diaries with multiple posters, that, great unto themselves, the collective impact is much more than the sum of...

(Promoted by Steven D. A good question to discuss. Title changed to make comments easier — BooMan has got to fix the software that inadvertently disables comments when diaries have long titles someday) Recall White House...

… you’ve already lost the war: After months of deadly and often demoralizing fighting alongside mediocre Afghan forces in one of the Taliban’s most intractable strongholds outside Kandahar city, the Americans...

This week furnished the latest examples of Republican antipathy to government.  Because their view has been in favor for many years, changing expectations of Congress requires changing the terms of the debate. For more on...

All of my biological grandparents have passed away. That happens when your mother is 37 years-old at the time she gives birth to you. My maternal grandfather lived the longest. He was born in Hoboken in 1902 and I think he died...