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Former Commander: U.S. “Living in a Nightmare”
The Washington Post reports: Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, who led U.S. forces in Iraq for a year after the March...
Jon Stewart Gets It Wrong on Armenian Genocide Resolution
When it comes to the Armenian Genocide Resolution passed this week by the U.S. House of Respresentatives, the always-funny Jon Stewart got...
The New Internationalists?
I didn't notice until just now, but apparently Ban-Ki Moon was invited to speak at a dinner meeting hosted by the National...
Ollie North and the Bloated Bureaucracy
Mark Goldberg and I had a funny conversation this morning about Ollie North's rant on the Law of the Sea over at...
Best Wishes Etan: ‘More Than An Athlete’
Recently, my colleague Rich Stazinksi wrote two very insightful pieces about the confluence of global issues , presidential politics and sports. Today,...
Silverberg, the U.N., and Marriage
The relationship between the United States and the U.N. has often been compared to a marriage. This October will be their 63rd...
United Nations more able to prevent genocide?
According to a Washington Post report: "More than a decade after the United Nations was criticized for failing to stop genocide in...
Fool on the Hill?
I have never testified before Congress. Many friends of mine have, and while they said it is an honor and a thrill,...
Why We Should Care About the Law of the Sea
I've had something of a one-track mind these past few months, as regular readers of this blog might have noticed. The Law...
I know it’s getting close to Halloween…
...but Reject LOST's commercial is more creepy and weird than scary! I guess Darth Vader was booked, and since Vincent Price and...
John Bolton: Pugnacious Nationalist or Petty Neocon?
The Washington Note's Sameer Lalwani argues/affirms/reaffirms/repeats that John Bolton is, in fact, not a petty neoconservative, but rather a pugnacious nationalist ....