| Feb 7, 2011 | Peace / SecurityEgyptian current events prove one point for good: Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, U.S. presidents wish their favored Arab states would forever remain nice, docile autocracies. Of course, the Obama administration protests loudly to the contrary....
| Jan 31, 2011 | Peace / SecurityWorld-class buildingsAren’t enoughTo bring a nationUp to snuff. Yemen is finally being thrust upon American consciousness. Little good can come of that. Until now, the Yemenis had been allowed to suffer in private desperation. That’s over. Their worst...
| Dec 20, 2010 | Economy / BusinessWealthy playground, By the sea; Never meant For you or me. You may be a bit hazy on the Persian Gulf. Basically that’s where a lot of the world’s oil comes from. The Gulf is a long, slim, shallow dead-end sea connected to the Indian Ocean by the...
| Nov 8, 2010 | Peace / SecurityHey, Bucko. Stop whining about this sour economy, and start thinking about the plight of others. For example: arms dealers. You’ve probably paid no attention to the hard fact that the global recession caused worldwide arms sales to plummet by 8.5 percent last...
