Author: Jeff Huber

Hegemon Hold ‘Em

It is a senseless policy, apparently meant to intimidate Russia, but why? For the sake of perpetuating international tension so as to strengthen the forces that with Cheney and Bush have been promoting constitutionally...

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Warm Beer and Cold War

When young Mr. Bush told Vladimir Putin in June 2007 that “The Cold War is over,” we couldn’t have gotten more surefire confirmation that the Cold War was, in fact, alive and kicking.  The recent monkey...

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Hegemon Hijinks

On Friday August 15 the Bush administration sent Condoleezza Rice to meet with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili as a “show of U.S. support.”  Yikes.  They sent Condi?  Talk about giving somebody...

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The Irony Curtain

Vladimir Putin has gone from being Russia’s president to being Russia’s Dick Cheney.  As Prime Minister, he still has all the real power but has shed the accountability that goes with being the head of state....

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Petraeus Goes Bananastan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to spend $20 billion to double the size of Afghanistan’s army as part of a program designed to bring the country that was once the “crown jewel” of our woebegone war on...

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