Author: btchakir

Obama’s recent push toward the Christian community, especially as it comes to a White House connection to something resembling Bush’s policies, has me a little edgy. The recent poll revelation that roughly 92% of...

The press is only beginning to pay attention to Sy Hersh’s articles in the New Yorker detailing the secret moves against Iran being carried out by the Bush Administration, and, more specifically, by the Cheney...

As I checked my e-mail over coffee, I discovered that I had won the Japanese/European Lottery and I was now 1,000,000 Euros richer. Wow! And all I had to do was reply to Mr. Hirohito, who sent the message, and he would get back...

There was a really nice essay by Cenk Uygar in the Huffington Post this morning. You can read it here. I sent him this comment: Cenk’s argument is crystal clear and 100% valid…and not likely to change anything with...

On Thursday, the United State Senate voted overwhelmingly to advance a legislative compromise on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, marking the beginning of the end of a fierce battle over civil liberties and national...