Archive for the ‘war’ Category
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Mexico
Posted on December 27, 2010
The headlines coming from Mexico are almost all uniformly bad. Notre Dame and Miami, two college football programs who are competing against one another in the Sun Bowl in San...
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Afghanistan Questions
Posted on December 17, 2010
Here are some questions that I have for the smart people who think about this stuff when it comes to our continued presence in Afghanistan: 1) What would happen if...
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It’s Complicated
Posted on November 23, 2010
Every once in a while, as I peruse my Facebook friends, I run across a friend who has put “It’s complicated” in their relationship status. It’s a phrase that neatly...
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Obama’s Cruelest Month
Posted on September 7, 2010
“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” – T.S. Eliot–The Wasteland Had T.S. Elliot just...
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Turn the Page
Posted on August 31, 2010
The President said he wanted to turn the page on Iraq. I wonder how that makes the Iraqis feel. My guess is that they are saying, “wait, this chapter isn’t...
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