Cheney made good on his promise to slow the global warming debate, ordering federal employees to delete federal reports establishing that global warming was potentially catastrophic.

Even considering the long list of mistakes perpetuated by this Administration on the American people, the war in Iraq is by far the most urgent problem president-elect Obama must address.

President-elect Obama, Iranians are wonderful people. They don't deserve harm.

The Iraqi government is offering one million dinars, the equivalent of $850 USD, and free plane tickets to any refugee family wishing to go back -- so far less than 400 people have accepted the offer.

"In Flanders Fields" is among the most memorable war poems ever. It is especially powerful when you read it slowly aloud.

The Iraqi government is confident that president-elect Barack Obama will not jeopardize Iraq's improving security by hastily withdrawing U.S. troops, ...

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A friend and former Marine officer just forwarded this citation to me. It is a quote from the August 11, 2005 New York Times: "Writing about Vietnam...

The deadliest war since Adolf Hitler marched across Europe is starting again -- and you are almost certainly carrying a blood-soaked chunk of the slaughter in your pocket.

Stone's movie is kind to "W" in that it makes a case that George spent most of his life swimming in water too deep for his swimming skills. The tragedy is that voters never recognized that.

Taking a look at McCain's foreign policy advisors and their backgrounds, the question is, how much brain does his team have, anyway?

It's a little difficult to put all the pieces together, and it is tempting to fall into one of several made-to-order narratives. Which might, in fact...

McCain has been totally committed to the full Bush/Cheney catastrophe in the Middle East. What is the price that the Iraqi people have paid for the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime?

At a rally, Obama ended his speech with an allusion to a famous quote by Frederick Douglass: "Don't believe this election is over. Don't think for a minute that power will concede anything."

a close look at McCain's past statements and positions reveals that he actually does not know many of the issues and facts, from the simplest to the most complex and important