Republicans & Risks
St. Thomas, USVI – We arrived at a tiny outpost on St. Thomas on Wednesday, October 26. As we stepped…
Aiding and Abetting a Real War
Pierre, South Dakota – The good news about Moammar Gadhafi’s demise arrived via my cellphone early Thursday morning. A friend…
Protests, Justice & Fruit Flies
Washington, DC – Official Washington – meaning the Obama Administration, fellow travelers in Congress and their allies in the so-called…
A Decade at War
Ten years ago this week, America went to war in Afghanistan. At 1:00 PM on October 7, 2001, President George…
Friends and Enemies
Washington, DC – When the U.S. State Department announced this week that it finally is going to designate the Haqqani…
Irrelevant and Dangerous
Washington, DC – Last week, this column prognosticated that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance at the United Nations General Assembly…
More Deadly Than Irene
Washington, DC – Some have described Hurricane Irene as “the most over-hyped event in history.” Americans in the Northeast who…
Irrational Behavior
Washington, DC – For most of the year, irrational behavior is a natural state in our nation’s capital. This is…
Fiasco: Obama’s Mideast Mess
Washington, DC – Having completed his three-state, “Midwest listening tour,” our president is now on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. According…
Unfulfilled Expectations
Washington, DC – Sixty-six years ago, August 14, 1945, the bloodiest war in human history finally ended with a radio…