The biggest crisis facing the United States is in international relations and foreign policy. The only possible competitor is global warming, but that problem is so interrelated with our Middle East policy that it can properly...
Read MoreGeez. I take a few hours off to watch (again) Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and I find out that in my absence both Chris Bowers and Markos have unilaterallly disarmed. No to impeachment,...
Read MoreZachary A. Goldfarb writes about increasing political polarization in Congress: By one measure, the 110th Congress will have the fewest moderates since the 19th century. This finding is based on an analysis of voting records by...
Read MoreWhen I saw that the Senate confirmed Robert Gates by a vote of 95-2 I wanted to know who the two Senators were that voted no. I also wanted to know who the three Senators were that abstained. Maybe some Democrats were expressing...
Read MoreFirst of all, I want to do something that is certainly not typical for me. I want to congratulate Mary Cheney, her partner Heather Poe, and Lynne and Dick Cheney, on the wonderful news that they are expecting a new child to be...
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