Almost nine months ago, President Barack Obama ordered members of his administration to stop using the phrase “Global War on Terror” to describe the nation’s effort to fight back against the likes of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. In it’s place, he let it be known...
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke on the Senate floor Monday, delivered a detailed review of the Obama administration’s proposed cuts to the Department of...
You would be hard pressed to see any dancing in the streets, tickertapes streaming from skyscrapers, or sailors kissing ladies in the streets, but The Global War on Terror is over (not that anyone knew what a Global War on Terror really meant in the first place). On Monday...
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Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the U.S. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive - a sure sign the world's richest country faces economic crisis.
We knew things were bad on Wall Street, but on Main Street...
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Pakistan’s Daily Times reports that heavily armed terrorists calling themselves the Deccan Mujahideen, a group unknown thus far, stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India’s financial capital, killing...
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Six news articles published today highlight the upside-down nature of politics and the world in which we live today. Below, I offer some observations:Wage issue kills Big 3 deal in Senate (Washington Times) — Senate leaders gave up Thursday night on a $14 billion...
As the Red Corss has warned over the worsening situation in Southern Philipines where muslim separatist and government clash, curent US administration plays both sides selectively. " 2008-09-05 14:53:06...
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Today, I recognized an instance of life imitating art in my corner of the world and thought it worth sharing with a world engaged in a Global War on Terror.I was one-third of the way through ACT OF TREASON, the...
Spies, spooks and others involved in the gathering and collection of intelligence data are in high demand these days as employees of a nation engaged in a difficult and dangerous Global War on Terror. Thanks to a...
Op-EdShifting Sands: Dulce Decorum EstBy: P.H. RolenIt was nearly four years ago to the day that I found myself nearing the end of a difficult tour as part of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group in Balad Air...
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Though support for Al Gore’s crusade against human-caused global warming has waned with each passing month, the former vice president is still out and about touting his brand of environmental snake oil. In addition, he’s added something else to his repertoire: Slapping...
Life in these United States has changed a lot during the last half-century, especially when it comes to the idea of sacrifice and placing service to one’s country ahead of one’s own dreams, wishes and...
A job offer, printed on the back of a package, caught my attention as I prepared for work this morning.Under the bold-print words, BECOME AN EXPERT, was a challenge to learn all about fingerprints and a reference...
I find it odd how members of the mainstream news media choose to report on matters such as the combat death toll among members of the U.S. military. Instead of focusing on the fact that the number of deaths during the so-called Global War on Terror has been extremely low when...
Suspecting it to be a left-wing effort to shift credit for defeating the Soviet Union’s military in Afghanistan almost 30 years ago away from Ronald Reagan and to a Democratic Party congressman from Texas whose...