International Political Will

The stupidity and arrogance of our government has never ceased to amaze me, but the latest dust-up over secret CIA plans to assassinate Al Qaeda leaders is truly Orwellian.
Apparently, long ago, in an administration far, far away, some Bush adviser actually had a brain. Imagine this: instead of dropping bombs from unmanned drones on remote [...]

The embarrassing praise and adoration that the media is pouring on Obama after his “speech to the Muslim world” in Cairo is proof that liberals no longer have a voice in public policy.
Instead, we are left with a pseudo-debate between the right and the center, with spin doctors trying to convince Americans (and even the [...]

There is yet another obscure way our government is trying to fight the so-called “war on terror” (besides actually stopping it).
Pomegranates.
Apparently these delicious (but ridiculously hard-to-peel) fruits are the key to fighting terror in Afghanistan and thwarting the Taliban. Unable to keep local Afghan farmers from growing the lucrative opium poppies, the U.S. government is [...]

First we were granted the usual denials-in-the-face-of-reality by President Bush. No recession here. The economy is strong. Why? Because the ‘decider’ said so.
Then we heard Phil Gramm tell us it was all in our heads. McCain quickly refuted his comments, but his own economic plan (the status quo is good) [...]

It is beyond ironic how politicians (especially neo-cons) avidly promote “personal responsibility” yet accept so little in their own lives.
The mantra of personal responsibility is used as both a method and justification for all sorts of social issues: welfare, employment, health insurance, wages, family planning, education, housing…the list could go on.
This fits neatly with the [...]