Italian director and screenwriter Gillo Pontocorvo's "The Battle of Algiers" is a landmark film, one of those works one often reads a lot about but rarely has the chance to see on the big screen.
A course for American military officers was cancelled after the instructor, Lt Col. Matthew Dooley, declared in class that Islam has declared war upon the West and called for a campaign to force a transformation of Islam. He spoke of possibly destroying the Muslim holy cities of Mecca...
U.S.special operations forces have killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad Pakistan,ending a worldwide search for the head of al-Qaeda and the instigator of the9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. President Barack Obama announcedthe successful mission, noting that "justice has been done...
Monday April 25th, 2011 - Fox Lake, IL I’m having all kinds of God issues again. Yesterday was Easter, and I’m just not feeling it when it comes to anything pertaining to religion on any level. I think it’s all a mammoth humbug. I don’t know if I’m an ath...
Sunday June 20th, 2010 - Kenosha, WI I’m in another one of my ‘What the hell if anything at all does life mean?’ moods again. It’s still a mystery why the human race exists, and the more I think about it the more I am baffled to the bone. There HAS to be some k...
President Barack Obama’s trip to Europe has been a success, especially in media and public relations terms. Including both the European Union and NATO dimensions of Atlantic area relationships reinforces awareness of association between economic growth and military security. The White House...