On Saturday the New York Times reported yet more evidence of the incorrigible corruption of the Karzai government in Afghanistan. Fazel Ahmed Facqiryar, a former Deputy Attorney General, has recently been fired for asserting publicly that the investigations of more ...Read more
In the United States, the decision to get married is made by two individuals, but the marriage is imbedded in community. In the company of family and friends, the couple makes a statement of love, commitment, caring and endurance. They ...Read more
That immigration is an issue with volcanic political and social potential in the US needs no elaboration. Congress has displayed deep reservoirs of timidity in addressing the matter, although the approaching election season at least inspired them to approve hiring ...Read more
As the last US Combat brigade pulled out of Iraq last week, a soldier hollered, “We won – it’s over – America!” Most everyone knows it’s not that simple. With 50,000 troops remaining indefinitely, the US is still very much ...Read more
Everybody’s worried about Pakistan and Afghanistan, and that includes me. Should America have a military presence there at all? What’s the point if we’re after Al Qaeda, and Al Qaeda isn’t a nation and can just keep moving to new ...Read more
Last week gay-marriage advocates won the latest battle in the culture wars when California Chief Justice Vaughn Walker declared California’s gay-marriage ban unconstitutional. Among his findings of facts, Walker lists a number of truths in favor of gay marriage that ...Read more
The Bush-43 tax cuts are due to expire automatically on January 1, 2011. In the midst of huge and escalating deficits, this is one area in which activists President Obama and his Democrat Congress appear content to remain passive. So ...Read more
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