Author: Steven D

Two retired American Generals and one Admiral, that is, speaking out about Iran: In a letter to the Sunday Times newspaper, the three former officers urged President Bush to open talks, “without preconditions,” with the Iranian...

Remember that recent report (.pdf file) from the UN sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which stated the likelihood that human activity is at least 90% responsible for global warming? Well, Boston Globe...

Did US forces in Iraq, or their proxies, kidnap an Iranian diplomat? That’s what the Iranian government is claiming today, regarding the abduction of Jalal Sharafi, the second secretary at the Iranian embassy located in...

Was what our government did right or wrong? This is the public debate we are not having in the United States today.  Not in the media.  Not in Congress to any significant extent by either party. Certainly not by the...

After reading the criticism in the comments about the length, and worse, the bloated lack of focus in this piece, I’ve decided to take it down from the front page for now. It needs editing, as Arminius said in the comments...