Author: Steven D

Steven D’s 2009 Predictions

Time for my annual exercise in prognostication. Yes, the end of the year is an arbitrary time to do this, but in this one instance, with so many tumultuous changes coming down the pike, it seems appropriate. And it gives me...

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Podcast from Teacher in Gaza

Go to this Link to hear the podcast from a young teacher in Gaza identified as “Ramzy” who reports on the conditions of the Palestinians under the Israeli attacks. For a post in which Ramzy describes his political...

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A year ago

A year ago Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. Do you remember? It was supposed to be such great news for the Republicans (and maybe Hillary Clinton) because only they had the experience to deal with international crises. Funny how...

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A Present from George W. Bush

Iraq: the gift that keeps on giving. Enjoy America! OKLAHOMA CITY — Police spent the day searching the house of a decorated, two-tour Iraq war veteran on Tuesday, one day after he was arrested and charged with making...

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The Grinch of Christmas 2008

Who else but Norm Coleman? Lawyers for Sen. Norm Coleman said Wednesday it is a “virtual certainty” that Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race will be decided by a lawsuit, after the state Supreme Court ruled against...

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