| Jan 10, 2011 | Peace / SecurityThe failure of the U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan to contain the anti-government insurgency has led the Obama administration to expand the undeclared war in Pakistan. According to the Long War Journal, the number of U.S. attacks in Pakistan, using unmanned Predator...
| Nov 8, 2010 | Peace / SecurityWith the elections over, the Senate’s Republican and Democratic leaders have an opportunity to put their partisan attacks and angry rhetoric behind them. They can demonstrate to the American people that they can come together in the national...
| Aug 23, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyWe would do well to remember why America as a nation exists at all: The early colonists from Europe fled the tyranny of monarchs who could tell them whom, how, whether, when, and where they could worship. We shouldn’t have to be reminded that religious freedom...
| Jun 14, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyTimothy Leary’s famous catchphrase was “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” I didn’t then. I’m not going to now. Way back in the 1960s, I held that my body was “a temple of God.” Thanks to my Christian beliefs, I wouldn’t...
| Mar 22, 2010 | Peace / SecurityAs a hardworking taxpayer, you’ll settle up with the IRS in the next few weeks. Whether you write a check for the remainder of your share of the taxes or request a refund because you overpaid, you’ll be acutely aware of how much you paid the feds this...
