Author: Steven D

Death Penalty: The Kenneth Foster Case

I’m sure most of the Democratic candidates will toe the line and support the continuation of the death penalty in America. Which is a shame. It’s one of the main reasons that other developed nations consider...

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Meanwhile in Iraq

The “unity” government has fallen apart (a major bloc of Sunnis left this time), 13 more people died in a suicide car bomb attack Thursday, and 142 Iraqis were reported killed or found dead Wednesday according to the...

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Viva la Surge?

And I thought it was hot where I live. The predicted high temperature for Baghdad Thursday, according to weather.com, is 117 degrees Farenheit. Baghdad’s predicted low of 95 degrees will still be hotter than the predicted...

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Spies in Your Kitchen Sink?

How many surveillance programs has Bush authorized? No one knows, but in a desperate effort to save Attorney General Gonzales from perjury charges and/or impeachment the administration, in a letter from Mike McConnell,...

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What is Winning?

The public relations campaign to prove that the surge is succeeding is already in high gear, as a recent report by long time Iraq war supporters Ken Pollack and Michael O’Hanlon demonstrates. And apparently it has scared...

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