[Published in The Providence Journal, June 3; Columbus Dispatch, May 31; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 25; Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon), May 20, 2008.]
THE OTHER DAY my wife and I headed for New Hampshire to spend the weekend with my in-laws. At the Baltimore-Washington International airport, Patricia used her e-ticket to get her boarding pass from a […]

From ABC News, with my emphases [the complete transcript is here and here]:

A leader of the CIA team that captured the first major al Qaeda figure, Abu Zubaydah, says subjecting him to waterboarding was torture but necessary.
In the first public comment by any CIA officer involved in handling high-value al Qaeda targets, John Kiriakou, now […]

Three Slovakian men created a scare at Spotsylvania High School after they were seen taking pictures of kids getting off the school buses. The Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office says the men were stopped by a deputy after they were seen taking photos from an SUV outside of the high school at about 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
Authorities say […]

With the war in Iraq seeming to be winding down the next effort of the War on Terror will be Iran. Iran has been the chief source of and supply for terror throughout the world. It has been the principle bankroll for the insurgent forces in Iraq, and has been responsible for American deaths. It […]

par Daniel Pipes
Jerusalem Post, 17 juillet 2008
VO: http://www.danielpipes.org/article/5761
À mesure que le mandat des Nations unies légitimant la présence des forces américaines en Irak approche de son terme, le 31 décembre 2008, la perspective d’un désastre humanitaire et stratégique commence à se dessiner. Le sort de quelque 3500 opposants au régime iranien se décidera au […]

There is not much worse than a gas shortage unless you are at a middle school lock-in and you are sleeping with the boys!
I have heard a few stories of high tensions resulting from the shortage of gasoline in our community. As a result of high tensions there have been arguments and conflict […]

by Steven R. Corman
Writing today in Danger Room, David Axe called members of the State Department’s Digital Outreach Team (DOT) “trolls.” Axe was responding to some statements by Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Jim Glassman’s in a bloggers’ roundtable earlier this week. Glassman discussed a recent and unusual engagement with […]

“We cannot work with anyone who has suspended the constitution, imposed emergency rule, and oppressed the judiciary. That is why we are holding the long march.” No, these are not the words of Aitzaz Ahsan, but those of Benazir Bhutto who planned the PPP’s “long march for democracy” after Gen Musharraf’s unconstitutional acts of Nov […]

The Foreign Office has confirmed that police are investigating the sale of a digital camera on eBay said to have contained MI6 images of terror suspects.
A bidder, who bought the camera for £17 on the auction website, discovered photos of terror suspects, their names and fingerprints and even snaps of rocket launchers and missiles, The […]

There are times when I’m sure the United States won’t survive the remaining days until we elect our next president…let alone the day after. As I watch the McCain campaign succumb to increasingly divisive acts of desperation…fomenting fear and animosity by directing innuendo at ignorance…I can’t help but question the recklessness of his ambition.
If […]