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    Why no boycott against N Korea?

    Actually Pyongyang exports nuclear reactors and ballistic missiles, like the No-Dong - a variant of the Scud C - which the Iranians have modified as the basis for their Shahab-3. Mind you the Israelis summarily bombed Syria's NK-produced reactor and the North's No-Dong have about as much...
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    All The World's Indeed A Stage: The Obama-Netanyahu Meeting

    Thank you so much, Mr. Sutherland. You are too kind, as always.
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    All The World's Indeed A Stage: The Obama-Netanyahu Meeting

    Though Neil Peart paraphrased it in the Rush classic, “Limelight”, it was William Shakespeare that famously wrote, “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players…” Looking at Tuesday’s White House meeting between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
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    Havana Daydreamin' In Washington

    While Jimmy Buffett's song chronicles the dreams of a handful of rogues and refugees, a vote in the House this past Wednesday may eventually turn Havana daydreamin' into reality for Americans eager to island-hop to our forbidden Caribbean neighbor. So join me, if you will, and raise your Cuba...
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    Obama's Lose-Lose Decision

    I think that if one digs a bit deeper into the mentality that is revealed in McChrystal's and his staffs' comments you will find that while they salute the office of the presidency, they are disdainful of the current occupant as Constitutionalist so aptly points out. Furthermore, I believe that...
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    Obama's Lose-Lose Decision

    Thank you for the kind words, Jet. They're greatly and sincerely appreciated. Ultimately, McChrystal left Obama no choice. It's an abrupt and disappointing end to what appears to be an otherwise exemplary military career. I do, though, believe there are a number of lessons that can be...
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    Obama's Lose-Lose Decision

    With General Stanley McChrystal having met privately with both Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and President Barack Obama today, the controversy over derogatory remarks he and his staff made about key members of the Obama administration, and the President himself, in Rolling Stone appears to...
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    Forewarned Is Forearmed

    With Halloween having struck a dramatic finale to October, my students find themselves heading into the home stretch of the semester. Research papers will be due soon, followed by a breath-taking sprint to Finals after Thanksgiving break. Studies that began in the sultry heat of Summer and...
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    Celebrating The Audacity of Global Hope

    In a truly stunning decision, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded President Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Coming a mere eight months into the first year of his presidency, the Prize is as unprecedented as it is surprising. Following the embarrassment of failing to win the 2016...
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    The Losers In Iran's Latest Nuclear Gambit

    With the revelation that Iran has been secretly working on an undeclared uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom, the world finds it's attention once again riveted on the recalcitrant regime in Tehran and it's opaque nuclear aspirations. Following the harsh condemnations and...
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    The President, the Comedian and the Journalists

    The President wraps up his latest media tour-de-force tonight with an appearance on "The Late Show With David Letterman". While I personally believe it diminishes the Office of the President and it's attendant stature, I understand the rationale behind it. Having lost control of the debate over...
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    Birthers and Pipers - Enough Is Enough

    First there were the Birthers - those who fervently believe President Obama is in fact a constitutionally-ineligible usurper who is actually Kenyan, Indonesian, British or perhaps even Martian by birth. Now we have the Pipers - who believe the silver-tongued Obama will so enthrall an entire...
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    The President's Political Rorshach Test

    In a moment of introspection and candor in his best-selling book "The Audacity of Hope", President Obama wrote, “I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.” As his freshman Summer of Discontent gives way to what may well be a Fall of...
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    Frankly Speaking - Barney Blasts Back

    Brash, abrasive, arrogant, caustic, disrespectful and condescending. These are the more socially acceptable adjectives that come to mind when I think of the unreconstructed Liberal stalwart and belligerent progressive, Democratic Congressman Barney Frank. Needless to say, I am not a fan of...
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    Once Upon A Time.....A Fairy Tale of American Democracy

    Despite the cacophony and chaos that has become the hallmark of congressional town hall health care reform meetings as of late, the President has nonetheless elected to embark on a series of his own. Filled with pride, his supporters dutifully tout his bravery in the face of flagging poll...
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