Author: BooMan

The events going on in the Middle East are deep and very complicated. I am having trouble getting a grip on who is driving events and who stands to benefit. The reaction of most of the Arab world (outside of Palestine) to the...

What’s on your mind. Besides violence, I mean.

There’s a famous Jack Nicholson performance in the movie A Few Good Men where Colonel Jessep explains the mentality of a military officer charged with protecting the United States of America. Here’s the exchange as a...

The Hotline reports: CT: Lieberman is up with a new ad that hits Lamont as a “flip-flopper.” The ad notes his past support for Republicans, his decision not to release his tax returns and his pledge not to run...

I wish this was part of a psychological operation but sadly, I fear it is not: As sectarian violence soars, many Sunni Arab political and religious leaders once staunchly opposed to the American presence here are now saying they...