Author: BooMan

Turkey is a very close ally and a member of NATO. The Kurds of Iraq are our best friends there and their region is the only part of Iraq that can be said to be secure and prospering. Right? Not so fast. We’ve got a big...

There is probably no single unelected, unappointed individual more responsible for our current mess in Iraq than William Kristol. Is he apologetic about it? Certainly not. At least publicly, he shows no remorse. It’s...

If you have heard the term ‘earmarking’ but don’t really know exactly what it means, here is the Wikipedia definition. In the United States legislative appropriations process, Congress has, within the powers...

Bill Nelson and Jim Webb sit on both the Foreign Relations and the Armed Services committees. Yesterday they questioned Condi Rice as part of Joe Biden’s Foreign Relations committee. Today they questioned Robert Gates and...

Peggy Noonan continues to come unglued in public. You can read the whole thing if you like carwrecks, but the most interesting part is where she states the position of the Washington Republican elite. What a dreadful mistake the...