Month: August 2013

I understand the impulse to want to know every damn thing that is going on, and I also understand the importance of having certain capabilities should unforeseen contingencies arise, but I kind of doubt that we gain more by...

The problem in Syria is that the opposition is no longer preferable to the regime and the regime is beyond redemption. Until I see evidence that contradicts it, I am not going to assume that Samantha Power is unaware of this...

I normally try to answer my own questions rather than asking the community to do it, but things are hectic around here lately. So, here’s a challenge. Find out when the UN inspectors arrived in Syria (I believe it was...

Kathleen Parker has a warped way of looking at things. Stepping out from his usual duties of drawing meaningless red lines in the Syrian sand, the president splashed red paint across the American landscape: “If I had a son, he’d...

Most states are pretty stable in their political preferences, at least on the presidential level, but Iowa hops around. It went for Gore in 2000, Bush in 2004, and Obama in the last two elections. It can be contrarian, too,...