Author: Steven D

Colin Powell, a trillion dollars short and four years too late: (CBS) The United States is losing the war in Iraq but sending more troops to Baghdad is not the best way to change course, former Secretary of State Colin Powell...

Subtitle: The Hunt for Jamail Hussein As some of you may know, the right wing portion of the greater blogosphere has been up in arms for the last few weeks about an allegedly phony Associated Press story regarding 6 Sunnis who...

Focus on the Family’s founder, fundamentalist christian leader, and self-described moral values warrior, James Dobson broke the eighth commandment this last week in a big way (via Media Matters): Psychologist Carol...

After 9/11, billions of dollars were appropriated in order to modernize and update the Coast Guard’s fleet of patrol boats and other ships. It was an ambitious plan, but one everyone agreed was necessary to enhance our...

According to Steve Clemons at The Washington Note, the recent resignation of the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki al-Faisal, resulted from (among other things) his disagreement with the former Ambassador, Bush...