Archive | November, 2009

Obama Faces ‘Moment of Truth’ With TV Address to Nation on War in Afghanistan

The 'Skeeter Bites Report.

30. Nov, 2009 Comments Off

President Said Repeatedly During '08 Campaign That Bush's War in Iraq Was a Distraction From the 'Real War on Terror' in Afghanistan and Is Shifting U.S. Resources Accordingly -- But He Risks Alienating His Hard-Core Anti-War Supporters Who Voted for ...Read more
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The Doomsday Clock

Stephen Erickson 30. Nov, 2009 0 Comments

Does anyone remember the “Doomsday Clock?”  Created in 1947 by the directors of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago, the clock’s hands were always poised menacingly minutes before midnight, when life on earth would end in ...Read more

Defense, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Weapons
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Defining a Moderate Part IX: Checks and Balances

Moderate Thinking.

25. Nov, 2009 Comments Off

Previously, we discussed the democratic system, and how democracy is supported by moderate principles. It is important to note, however, that democracy is primarily based on realities, rather than ideals. While democracy is touted as the system most able to ...Read more
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The Power of the Thanksgiving Story

Stephen Erickson 25. Nov, 2009 1 Comment

A year ago at this time, when I was in France, I found myself talking to a young Chinese student of Western languages. We were riding on a tramway after a wine tasting, which seemed to have dispelled her ...Read more

Culture and Values
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Made with China

Adele Wick 23. Nov, 2009 1 Comment

I dreamed I was a butterfly

…Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being  a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?

Barack Obama, our first (soi-disant) Pacific President, has just been ...Read more

Asia, Economy, Federal Deficit, Foreign Policy, Trade
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