Author: bob h

What President Gore Would Have Done

The 9/11 attacks would probably have been aborted, because President Gore would have: Taken terrorism seriously from the start. Empowered Richard Clark Tightened airport security in Summer, 2001, because of his prior...

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What’s Next?

The United States is now nakedly exposed to contingent events for another 3.5 years, until Bush leaves office.  Mediocre Republican minds and a philosophical antipathy to government intervention underpin this situation....

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A Perfect Storm for Bush?

It is not difficult to imagine the following events coming to a head in the near future: Crude at $100 leading to $3.50 gasoline at the pump and an economic contraction. Failure to achieve Iraqi constitution and the dissolution...

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Is Texas Pulling Weight in Iraq?

Hearing of the terrible losses suffered by Ohio and Georgia reserve units in Iraq, the question arises in my mind whether the Texas Guard and reserve units are pulling their weight there.  Is it possible they are being...

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