So, two ideas have been swirling around in my mind of late; they are vaguely related, so I think I shall attempt to combine the two.

As this essay has gotten a bit "out of hand" in length, I shall conceal behind a cut, strictly to allow others clutter-free pages. ;-)

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Yes, Dr. Steel preaches truth to ... well, something

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So, Oliver Stone has his new movie "W" out today.

Now this is not going to be a discussion of either Stone or the movie. Instead, I wonder about the many himself, Bush.

Each of us has our internal dialog, our vision of what the world is like, as based on our own perceptions. Now Bush has got to know that he has gone from the highest poll ( Read more... )

So, according to Gov. Palin, we have almost won the war.

Indeed? With what proof?

How can we possibly win a war when we define our conflict in the wrong way?

Our leaders are still, still, trying to define this conflict in terms of a 19th century territorial-acquisition war. Al-Qaeda has no capitol. It has no tax base. It has no specific ( Read more... )

Three things have struck me in world politics of late, any of them only tangetally tied to the ol' USA ( Read more... )