Tag Archives: United States
On America’s horizon — A far larger war with the Muslim world
While Americans have been focused on the pending failure of the “Super Committee” to reduce the federal debt; the slow-motion, world-economy wrecking implosion of the European Union’s “Euro Zone”; and the theater of confusion, bickering, and few new ideas generated by the endless debates among Republican presidential candidates, the United States also has been inching [...]
Posted in Articles Also tagged Africa, Arab Spring, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Libya, On America 1 Comment
Our educators doom America to overseas disasters
Cynicism and crankiness are, I suppose, sure signs of old age, and at 58 I surely qualify for elder-hood. But even accepting this reality, I continue to be bewildered by the men and women who are produced by our educational system and find their way into both political parties and then into foreign policy decision-making [...]
Interventionists ready a media lynching for Ron Paul
The past ten days have seen a spate of pieces on Google News damning Congressman Ron Paul for “blaming” America for the 9/11 attacks. This is just the start of what will become a wave of ever-more shrill and lie-filled attacks on Mr. Paul as long as he is seeking the Republican presidential nomination and [...]
Posted in Articles Also tagged America First, Germany, Google News, Israel, Representative Paul, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul 1 Comment
Intervention’s costs vs Non-intervention’s benefits
In a world rife with examples of the damage done to the U.S. economy and our national security by Washington’s relentless and bipartisan overseas interventionism, two current situations can be cited to demonstrate the high cost of intervention, on the one hand, and the wisdom of national-interest-protecting non-intervention on the other. The first deals with [...]
Posted in Articles Also tagged Afghanistan, Domestic Islamist, Israel, Somalia, Syria, White House, Yemen 9 Comments









Roll on toward the cataract, Oh Ship of State!