John Edwards announced his candidacy for President on Thursday and after doing so in New Orleans, he went to Iowa for a town meeting and a session with reporters, plus he met with a handful of bloggers for a few minutes. During the blogger portion of the program, he was asked for his perspective from being on the "Council of Foreign Relations" and ( Read more... )

When it comes to talking heads, I prefer interview shows and programs that alert me to something I don't already know. I really don't like the programs where they discuss only the headlines and which are built around people, or the host expressing their opinion. They are all entitled to their opinion, but I simply don't care. This evening Chris ( Read more... )

This evening, I went to see former UN Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter speak at the local college. Before the event, I had joked that unless they were working late at the bomb test site, I wasn't expecting the earth to shake and for the most part; I'd have to say that Mr Ritter lived up to my expectations. My main purpose for going was to support ( Read more... )

Ordinarily, I do not paste excerpts from news sources into my journal and instead, I usually post links. But, only part of the Reuters interview with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani is precisely relevant and though it has been characterized in some media; I feel the actual words may be important. Therefore, I am placing them under a ( Read more... )