An S&R exclusive interview William Forstchen has a bad dream—a really bad dream—that goes something like this: A cataclysmic attack throws the United States back to the dark ages, with no electricity, […]
What happens when all the lights go out?
Being an American means being an active critic of government
I am a citizen of the United States of America. In this country, I can criticize my government as intelligently, as profanely, or as stupidly as I wish. I can call the […]
Beyond the soaring rhetoric of Obama's Cairo speech: a toxic innocence at home
by Phil Rockstroh Even as President Barrack Obama waxed eloquent in Cairo, Egypt, on the moral imperatives of the community of nations, public opinion polls released in the United States revealed that, […]
Three-year degrees save money but are costly in other ways
Four years of college seems an appropriate time for the leavening of the young. They arrive on campus in various states of glee, fear, confusion, and hope. Four years later, many, perhaps […]
Mark Danner schools David Gergen on CIA torture
During a recent segment on CNN’s AC 360, journalist and professor Mark Danner torpedoed CNN senior political analyst David Gergen’s attempt to minimize new revelations of Bush administration CIA torture tactics released by the Obama administration.
The Fog of Warmongering
by Jeff Huber We’re a decade into the new American century, the neoconservatives are still leading the country on a march to the cliff, and most of the citizenry still hasn’t caught […]
Raging Bull Feathers
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire by Jeff Huber The propaganda war on the American public appears to have entered a new phase. In […]
The Deproliferator — CSI: Ground Zero
Deterrence 2.0 Graham Allison has been a pioneer in issuing clarion calls about nuclear terrorism. He’s been accused of alarmism, but Cassandras are supposed to err on the side of caution. Especially […]
Would bagging bin-Laden deal the Republicans a death blow?
To the confusion of those who voted for him, President Obama insists on treating Republicans with a respect that no one outside the party thinks they any longer deserve. After his victory, […]
Enduring blunder
by Jeff Huber President Obama has committed 17,000 additional troops to Operation Enduring Freedom, our misadventure in Afghanistan.His generals don’t know what to do with those troops when they get there; they’re […]
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