The government of Kurmanbek Bakiyev, which has hosted a critical U.S. air base since 2001, is overthrown by pro-Russian forces.
Will Coburn Be Punished for Calling Obama and Pelosi Good People?
April 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Political disagreements in the U.S. are harsh, and generally, the opposition is always the most juvenile. It seems under every administration, the opposition party does whatever it can to make the public believe the president is a liar, tyrant, traitor, extremist ideologue, or any other negative adjective, and often the party in power responds with [...]
Jon Stewart and I Ride a Two-Person Bicycle Together
April 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
No, not really, but I’m sure that’s what some of the comments below will say. I wrote yesterday about how even The Washington Times described the Obama Administration’s new nuclear strategy as only having “minor policy changes.”
Tonight, Jon Stewart accurately slammed some of the rhetoric coming from Fox News on the issue. He also hit [...]
Tom Campbell: Tool of the Muslim Brotherhood?
April 9, 2010 By 34 Comments
What you haven’t heard about the troubling record of the Republican Senate candidate in California.
The Economics of Piracy: Jon Stewart Agrees with Me!
April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart recognized my brilliance. It’s been a long time in coming. He was interviewing Captain Richard Phillips, author of The Captain’s Duty, who is the man that was kidnapped by Somali pirates that only recognized that their business wasn’t working so well for them when they had bullets [...]
The Moscow Bombings: A Prelude to Russia’s Invasion of Georgia?
April 7, 2010 By 41 Comments
Is Putin setting the stage for war?
Memo to Daily Show Audience: The Afghans Don’t Hate Us
April 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Iranian-American writer Reza Aslan was on The Daily Show last night to promote his new book, Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization. He and Jon Stewart began discussing the war in Afghanistan, with Stewart later on in the interview saying that he favored withdrawing from the country and expressed his frustration [...]
Two Positive Developments in the Struggle Inside the Islamic World
April 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Saudi TV Contestant Slams Extremist Clerics
The backlash against terrorism and Sharia Law in the Muslim world is something I’ve closely followed over the years. As the election results in Iraq showed, the trend is in the good guys’ favor. It’ll be a great day when Muslim leaders like M. Zuhdi Jasser can be seen leading [...]
Beating Up on the French Never Gets Old
April 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’m one of those crappy friends that will make fun of you for your mistakes until there is simply no material left, no matter how far long ago, no matter how much you’ve changed. And it is in this way that I’m a proud American.
Despite this positive turnaround from Chirac to Sarkozy, it just feels [...]
