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February 2008



THE SURGE: RECIPE FOR DISASTER

Friday, 29 February 2008 1:22 P GMT-07
We hear an almost unbroken chorus through the mainstream media these days about "the surge" In Iraq and how "successful" it has been.  Unfortunately, what we hear most is not the full story.  Occasionally, ther

AN ISSUE THE DEBATES IGNORE

Thursday, 28 February 2008 12:21 P GMT-07
I don't know about you, but I'm getting more and more alarmed about gun violence here in the U.S.  This country has long had an obsession with guns - part of what I call the "cowboy mentality" that grips an increasing number of

TURNING FLIPS INTO A FLOP

Tuesday, 19 February 2008 3:50 P GMT-07
This year's Republican presidential candidates has to be the weakest group of such candidates that I've ever seen (and that goes back to 1940).  For awhile I was encouraged because Republican voters seemed to be aware of this.  The

OUR FORGOTTEN "WAR"

Monday, 18 February 2008 4:50 P GMT-07
We suffer from a tendency to misuse the word "war."  My old Funk and Wagnalls defines war as "An armed conflict between nations or states or between different parties in the same state."  It would behoove us to return to

A TROUBLING TREND

Thursday, 14 February 2008 10:34 A GMT-07
There's a troubling trend in the U.S. that I find extremely worrisome.  It's the culture of violence that seems to be on the increase.  It's not just the increase in the number of incidents that is worrisome, but where it is&nbs

DARING TO RECLAIM A DREAM

Tuesday, 5 February 2008 10:48 A GMT-07
 I learned yesterday (Feb.5) that I'n not permitted to vote in today's primary "election" here in Arizona.  What I thought was an inalienable right, has turned out to be an alienable right.  My wife and I are proudly