Georgia will never be a part of NATO at this rate. At this rate, Georgia will be a part of Russia. And then what? Before the Conflict in the Caucasus started, Russia only had to secure Chechnya. But soon, Russia… Continue Reading
Two big items of news today: Russia, a international military power with nuclear weapons at its disposal, went to war with its neighbor, Georgia, a candidate for NATO membership, in a fierce border conflict fueled by ethnic tensions. Russian tanks… Continue Reading
It seems that a number of people who combine the virtues of wooly-headed internationalist thinking and hypersensitivity to criticism of religion have managed to come up with a hybrid of their two intellectual vices: they would have the United Nations… Continue Reading
Based on a comment I made at Right Wing Nut House earlier this morning: It should not be news to anyone that the People’s Republic of China is a repressive, brutal regime which is the largest and most dangerous relic… Continue Reading
Plenty of spoilers here, in case you’ve not seen The Dark Knight. But on the other hand, if you read either entertainment or political columns on blogs, you’ve probably seen this stuff already. Here’s my take on it. Somehow, an… Continue Reading
John Sidney McCain III, the presumptive Republican nominee for President in 2008, was born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936, the son of two U.S. citizens. There is a way of interpreting case and statutory law to indicate that… Continue Reading
If the “Mission Accomplished” speech on the Abraham Lincoln had not turned out to be so clearly and visibly erroneous, I am convinced now that the President would be declaring Iraq a victory. The mission at that point had changed… Continue Reading
Suing OPEC for antitrust practices doesn’t strike me as such a good idea. Not that I have any great love of OPEC — it is a cartel, it deliberately engages in market manipualtion to raise the price of oil, it… Continue Reading
This time, it’s the Blackwater Worldwide corporation, asking for Shari’a law to be applied to a fatal airplaine crash that took place in Afghanistan. It’s actually a pretty routine sort of lex locus delecti argument, but some find it ironic… Continue Reading
Here’s the thing. I’ve never voted for a Democrat for President, ever. I always thought Michael Dukakis was a bigger doof that George Bush the Elder; I never, ever trusted a word that came out of Bill Clinton’s mouth; Al… Continue Reading