I realize that many readers will dismiss the following blog after this statement, but I'm going to make it, anyway: President George W. Bush might very well be remembered as the worst president in the history of the United States.
You'd think Phil Nero would pick a subject for his first novel that's relatively safe; easy to digest -- and more importantly, easy to get published. But considering the Milwaukee journalist has been working on his rookie project since the early '90s, he made the decision to go big or go home.
For far too long, too many good people have been biting their tongues, unwilling to speak out about how they really feel about President George W. Bush and his war in Iraq. As business people, for too long, we’ve dodged the issue of this war when conversing at the copy machine.
Thirty-four senators (32 Democrats, one Republican, and one Independent) opposed Bush's detainee bill. Those 34 senators are true American heroes, defending us against a president who just doesn't believe our Constitution or our laws apply to his own behavior.
Middle East developments contain at least some promising signs, despite all the usual ongoing expressions of hostility punctuated by brutal violence. United States forces are concluding combat roles in Iraq, partially fulfilling candidate and Pres. Barack Obama's promise to withdraw from that nat...
Middle East developments contain at least some promising signs, despite all the usual ongoing expressions of hostility punctuated by brutal violence. United States forces are concluding combat roles in Iraq, partially fulfilling candidate and Pres. Barack Obama's promise to withdraw from that n...
The just concluded international conference on Afghanistan provided a welcome opportunity for UN and NATO leaders to demonstrate cohesion as well as declare continuing commitment to defeating the Taliban, al Qaeda and associated groups in that country and the wider South Asia region. &...
“’The Hurt Locker’ and Vietnam War Precedents”by Arthur I. CyrThe success at the Academy Awards of ‘The Hurt Locker,’ a gripping drama about bomb disposal in Iraq, doubtless will spawn a spate of Hollywood war films. Some of these – you can bet on this &n...
The supreme leader of fundamentalist Islamic Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has confirmed the legitimacy of the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He did so publicly at a prayer ceremony on Friday at Tehran University, symbolically...