The American people have always believed that they have the ability to do extraordinary things. It is very probable that the American public, as a whole, truly believes in the phrase: “the difficult we can do tomorrow. The impossible may take a while.”...
For the last sixty years, the Republic of China has claimed that it is the sole legal government of China. During that time however the only area effectively under its jurisdiction is the island of Taiwan. The Republic of China persuaded the international community to...
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...
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....
There’s been a fair amount of criticism of Obama lately by George Bush and John McCain, in what they are terming “appeasement.” As usual, I tend to fall somewhere between the two extremes. I feel a little bit like Homer Simpson when deciding whether...
Lebanon is an incredibly complex society composed of groups that have often found it difficult to live together. After years of civil war, peace slowly came, but only as parts of the country and government were occupied by Israel and Syria. Hezbollah was the proxy...
