Afghanistan’s most volatile area is its porous northeastern border with Pakistan because the mountainous terrain prohibits enforcement of a secure border between the two countries.
Read the articleBoth Israel’s airstrike on Syria and Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty exemplify a fundamental debate every nation must have—globalism vs. nationalism.
Read the articleThe coming conflict over gay marriage permeates into much deeper aspects of life and law, and churches being slapped with lawsuits barely scratches the surface of the legal challenges ahead.
Read the articleThe main claims that politicians make when they raise taxes on cigarettes have been found to be wanting, and very expensively so, by the National Taxpayers Union.
Read the articleAs President Reagan once pointed out, there are simple answers, just not easy ones.
Read the articleWith Barack Obama attempting to reach out to conservative Christians, and Focus on the Family’s James Dobson’s rejection, one questions remains: what role should religion play in politics?
Read the articleSurprisingly, my recent article on the subject raised complaints not from Dr. Schatzberg, but from Dr. Bernard Carroll and UCLA Professor Dr. Robert Rubin—two doctors who confronted Dr. Schatzberg for his shoddy science and conflicts-of-interest in 2004.
Read the articleAs Iran continues to develop its nuclear facilities and to demonstrate its missile capabilities, foreign policy analysts are scrambling to determine the best American response to the rogue nation’s militaristic threats.
Read the articleThe U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement was signed by the U.S. and Colombia two years ago in November of 2006, yet it still awaits congressional approval needed for final passage.
Read the articleNow, it seems, even the saints have become political totems, with one church using St. Francis of Assisi to lobby for cap-and-trade.
Read the articleAgainst the patriotic backdrop of the Washington Monument, some tourists were uncomfortable with Amnesty International’s GITMO replica.
Read the articleKel Kelly takes on New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, setting out to discredit Krugman’s four main causal arguments for the current food shortage.
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