Author: Steven D

It’s been a standard right wing line (for I don’t remember how long) that diplomacy is for sissies. Real men (and a few women like Margaret Thatcher) talk tough and act tougher on the international stage. It’s...

Seven American troops killed “over there.” BAGHDAD (AFP) — Seven American soldiers were killed on Thursday when their transport helicopter crashed in southern Iraq, the deadliest such incident in the country for over...

Irony is not a concept Republicans or conservatives appreciate. So I imagine John McCain does not fully understand how ironic his campaign’s response was to the news that his running mate’s personal email account had...

Admittedly, there is a lot of competition for this honor each and every day, but I truly believe that no one can approach the heights of wankerosity that Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large for Fortune Magazine has reached with...

Sixteen dead: SANAA (AFP) — Islamist militants attacked the US embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa with a car bomb and rockets on Wednesday, leaving 16 people dead, in the second strike on the high-security compound in six...