The election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States raises the hopes of many (in the U.S. and internationally) for a change in course from unilateralism to cooperation; from concentration of power and economic resources in the hands of the few to a more equitable balance; ...

When even Bill Kristol is telling you that you shouldn't underestimate Barack Obama, you know how bad the Republicans got walloped in the last election. But what about its future? Norm Ornstein isn't optimistic at this point. The GOP needs to ask itself some tough questions.Some Republicans ...

If you ask me, the reason most people think torture works is that many screenwriters aren't good enough to write realistic, compelling interrogations that don't involve somebody bending the rules. It's a pity. A good interrogation scene would likely be a joy to watch. But instead, we ...

A famous scene from the book and movie Dune has young Paul Atreides tested for humanity. The test is what's inside the box. The Box has been brought by the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit, an order of women trained in body and mind to pursue a ...

Anybody who knows the beginning to Apocalypse Now may hum or sing the song as appropriate. All joking aside, we have seen, at least for now, the end of the Wall Street Investment banks. What terminated their command of our economy, terminated it with extreme prejudice? Well, ...

When the current depression came to the attention of this administration, the cry came out from almost everyone that we must save our huge financial institutions because they are "too big to fail." So we plopped down $700 billion to save companies that were responsible for the terrible economic mess ...

President-elect Obama has been receiving criticism from liberals for not appointing at least one liberal to his cabinet. They are worried that Obama is not as liberal as he appeared to be during the campaign. His action Sunday proves that regardless of what you lablel him he will work for ...

The debate is on as to whether the tax payer should throw a $25 billion life line to the Big Three (Ford, GM and Chrysler). I would argue that they should, but with strings attached.I am no fan of the U.S. automakers. They have fought every safety and environmental improvement. ...

President-elect Obama's security team is praised left and right as being the "team of rivals." Barack Obama says he does not want "yes" advisors who will tell him what they think he wants to hear. Instead of people who agree with his principles he has assembled a group of "no" ...

We're in the midst of a depressing depression brought about for the most part by financial people seducing poor people into home mortgages they could not afford and by making wild and risky investments that nobody understands. Now the government is bailing them out with trillions of dollars of taxpayer ...