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News, intel, and stories from the past I don’t know who should be frustrated more? Is it we common USA citizens wanting to know it all, and ...

New York Times and the times they are a changing I grew up on the Washington Post and the Evening Star . In the old days (1960’s) I lived in...

Size matters…and so do ideas First on size in 2006. The USA is huge in most categories: economic, cultural, financial, and even military. Th...

Fighting war and peace and ideas for citizens who vote I’ve just read a wonderful article on the internet by an “I think” intellectual, Tony...

History is dynamic and also today…we are living the good old days I write this piece in 2006 as a person who reads, listens, and appreciates...

Sorting out Iraq, and what to do today. The Iraq war has gone on long enough to now be discussed by the Washington level think tanks and sym...

American media reporting and what to think Wretchard at the Belmont Club blog has an Iraq post about “is the glass half full or half empty”....

The evolution of western science thought? … If so, for the better? …Or worse? ...About the same? As a school boy, I learned about Copernicus...

Words mean things So do the oaths we take I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, f...

Protecting a basic human right…my life Now I have had to think about Islam and me Like most, I continue to do my homework on Islam and what ...

Fighting ants and an Iran analogy Many urban land and farm owners are familiar with the plague of fire ants and similar aggressive ants, and...

Tractor therapy This is about me. Jogging, and riding a tractor is my time to think about what is important to me. Recently the tractor opti...

All the Hiroshima atomic stuff and how to fight past wars and morality with historical hindsight seems different for blogs I read. I’ve got ...

SMEAC Situation: 1. The US is under attack by well motivated and financed Islamic extremists. 2. The western world and culture is also under...

The Powell Doctrine reviewed Is a vital US interest at stake? Will we commit sufficient resources to win? Are the objectives clearly defined...

Standby for heavy rolls…the world is changing as always Islam’s turmoil from its failing model for its humans, and as led by those religious...

Have they no shame Reporting is a business in the west that embarrasses me. My eastern friends constantly remind me of this. Look at the lis...

Kill ‘em all…with some restraint, savvy I would say It appears most of the non-Islam world is reluctantly coming to the conclusion that it i...

Would you believe? One’s take on the following sayings probably shows how and what they think. If they have not thought about all these sayi...

Things in historical perspective The dynamics of human action are “all over the map”. Understanding them contributes to formulating practica...