“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this:...
Below is the full text of the Barack Obama’s major policy speech on foreign relations. July 15, 2008 Washington D.C. As Prepared for Delivery Sixty-one years ago, George Marshall announced the plan that would come to bear his name. Much of Europe lay in ruins....
The Drawback of Renewables If we are going to discuss the possibility of making solar power and wind power a large part of the United States’ energy production mix then we need to be honest about some of the drawbacks. As we’ve already discussed, one of...
This is pretty interesting. Michael Yon, the author of Moment of Truth in Iraq, who has probably spent as much or more time in Iraq over the past five years than any journalist is calling the end of the Iraq War. The war continues to abate in Iraq. Violence is still...
By Barack Obama: The call by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki for a timetable for the removal of American troops from Iraq presents an enormous opportunity. We should seize this moment to begin the phased redeployment of combat troops that I have long advocated,...
