The world is quickly moving to a bi-polar world lead by two super powers: the U.S. and China. The way things are shaping up, on the one pole we will have the U.S., the E.U., Japan, Australia, etc. On the other pole we have China, Russia, and Iran...

Natural disasters aren’t genocides. Or are they? Because in Myanmar that is exactly what is happening. Last week a major cyclone tore through that impoverished country and some reports have as many 200,000 dead with the possibility of up to...

Whatever happened to the Great Depression? Not the real one from 70 years ago, the lost decade of unimagined misery and Steinbeckian angst, the worst period in the history of modern capitalism. I mean the replay we were promised this year. The one we...

Anyone living in America has by now heard of the tragic death of race horse Eight Belles immediately following her 2nd place finish in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. After crossing the finish line and slowing to a trot for about a 1/4 mile, Eight Belles...

Coming off the heels of a similar and smaller proposal by Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama today announced a plan to tax Oil company profits.

According to Bloomberg.com, “the plan would target profit from the biggest oil companies by taxing each...

In Semptember of 2007 Israel destroyed a seemingly random construction site in Syria. This bombing took the world by surprise, it even appeared the United States was taken off guard (though I would doubt that Israel would perform such an act without...

The results of the Pennsylvania primary was the best possible outcome for both the Republicans and anyone who loves to observe history in the making. There is nothing that would be more exciting, politically speaking, than watching a major party...

Too many people in America think in terms of absolutism regarding gun control. People on the far right think that there should be no restrictions on guns whatsoever. They argue that automatic assault weapons should be perfectly legal or that guns...

Consider the following:

1. Iranian weapons are continually found in Iraq being used against Iraqi and coalition forces.

2. Iran actively supports Muqtada Al’ Sadr and his ‘Army’. They also support multiple insurgent groups.

3. Has the...

This week General David Petraeus is to give his “State of Iraq” to Congress. It is being reported in headlines across the country that he is unlikely to recommend troop cuts in Iraq. Some seem to be surprised by this, as if they expected half of...