A considerable percentage of my research at University this semester centered around Lebanon. In late March / early April, some colleagues of mine and I prepared a think tank style position paper on how we would go about “fixing Lebanon,” especially focusing on the problems of Hezbollah and Syrian occupation, and human rights abuses. We [...]
This is not the best time to talk about the economy - there are many other more exciting things to talk about. But, after reading an op-ed in the New York Times by former Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin, something occurred to me. In it, he talks about the danger of the growing deficits and [...]
John Bolton’s nomination for US Ambassador to the UN has been sent to the floor WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION in a party-line vote of 10-8 by the Senate Foreign Relations committee.
Well! Tacked on to a war-spending bill no one in their right mind would be able to vote against, the Senate passed the unfunded, National ID mandate 100-0. I called it wrong. I said that it would have serious trouble as an amendment in the Senate.
If this doesn’t freak you out, the distance between you [...]
Not too long ago, Diana and I were idly listening to the news in the morning like we usually do, when something caught our attention - a story about a bill passing through the Texas state house concerning sexy cheerleading.
Rep. Al Edwards, a man who is certainly doing his part to embarass the living shit [...]