Let the games begin!

Thousands of years ago Caesar looked out on the Roman Circus as some of his loyal subjects set their pawns for battle, while others watched eagerly from their choice seats. So it is today in Iraq, as Citizens of the Empire vie for their leader’s attention. Who rules a modern Empire today, and wields the [...]

Who Left the Door Open?

Russia joins the war in AfghanistanBy M K BhadrakumarJune 25, 2008
Moscow is staging an extraordinary comeback on the Afghan chessboard after a gap of two decades following the Soviet Union’s nine-year adventure that ended in the withdrawal of its last troops from Afghanistan 1989. In a curious reversal of history, this is possible only [...]

Mugabe, I am confused!

Normally, I would never cut-and-paste another blogger’s post ( like I did in my last post ‘Ban the Dumb Bombs ), but this is so short and sweet that it just begs to be taken in one bite! A self-proclaimed, “…extremely cynical, snarky, pro-US, secular, libertarian, disgruntled sandmonkey…” the author knows no [...]

Ban the Dumb Bombs

The Duck of Minerva is one of the many blogs to which I  subscribe ( rss feed ). A contributing author presented an analysis of Congressional policy on the sale of precision-guided munititions. I have to admit that  I’m stumped. No matter how I look at the issue, I can’t argue with Mr. Farnsworth’s premise; [...]

Bad Moon Rising

I’d like to share the sentiments of Frontra NorteSur, who wrote among other things in Newspaper Tree , her disappointment that CCR could not perform this song;
I see the bad moon rising.
I see trouble on the way.
I see earthquakes and lightnin.
I see bad times today.
Don’t go around tonight,
Well, it’s bound to take your life.
There’s a [...]