Normally I'm not a reader of those advice columns in newspapers, but this one caught my eye on the basis of the title alone. Hello Ms. Vicki, My husband is refusing to re-enlist in the Army in March. I think he has lost his mind. He claims that he is tired of all the...
Another year has come and gone, and Norad has once again spent what it assures us is "practically no taxpayer dollars" tracking Santa Claus in his travels and indeed, travails. Last year Santa was conspicuously absent from Iran, with his only stop off briefly reported...
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan gave an interview to the Guardian today, and the throw-away final sentence is causing a small stir. Quote: He insisted that the Turkey-Israel strategic alliance – which some AKP insiders have said privately is over – remains...
“There’s a resistance saying that armed ground robots are not ready for the battlefield. I’m not of that camp,†- Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch Perhaps underscoring the old adage that "to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail," Lieutenant General Rick Lynch,...
I've been thinking a lot about this Obama - Nobel Peace Prize business today, actually I've been trying to ignore it but I've run into several people today who think it's a great idea and going to spur Obama to do something good... or at the very least spur him to not...
In a vote of 258-163, the House of Representatives passed a broad package of measures entitled H.R. 2892 "Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes." The "other purposes" really...
In another ominous sign in the run-up to war with Iran, General Electric announced earlier this month that it was jumping on the bandwagon of hawkish non-profit "American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc." (ACANI) signing a pledge to never conduct business in the...
With President Barack Obama heading to Martha's Vineyard for a long vacation away from touting the "success" of the Iraq War and promoting the Afghan War's escalation this weekend, he is going to be greeted with a lot of ads critical of his health care plan. And...
Following up on the brief detention of Shahrukh Khan, one of India's most famous actors, at a US airport, the star of the upcoming "My Name Is Khan," which explores the treatment of people with Muslim surnames in the United States, says that he will never again visit...
Indian Press Slams "American Paranoia" in Wake of Detention The Indian government has formally demanded an explanation from the US for the detention of Shahrukh Khan, one of India's most famous actors, at a Newark Airport. Khan was traveling to Chicago to attend an...
