A short snippet of an Obama speech the other night. Here’s more of the expanded text of the speech. You know, I don’t understand when people are going around worrying about, “We need to have English- only.” They want to pass a law, “We...
The other day I was watching Charlie Rose’s interview with Ahmed Rashid. Rashid is a Pakistani reporter who recently wrote a book entitled Descent Into Chaos. Its an interesting interview regarding the current situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Rashid had...
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated the limits of American power. The number of problem spots in the world is not limited however. Consequently, the world has need of other nations that are willing to step up and take a leadership role in international...
The notoriously opaque political structure of Iran makes understanding their intentions and worldview difficult. While pondering Iran the other day I remembered something that I often forget: in the last five years the United States as invaded the countries on either...
I’ve contemplated Barack Obama’s plan to reform Social Security for long enough. I have only one question: why am I going to be disadvantaged just because I’m young? Obama’s plan to address the coming Social Security funding gap does not call...
I’m watching Star Trek right now, the original series. Usually that wouldn’t merit its own post. But the episode I”m watching is entitled Plato’s Stepchildren and it first aired on November 22, 1968. This episode is noteworthy for two reasons....
