Since I am editing one of my paranormal, Tucson romances, I should not be paying attention to world news, but it's hard not to check...

  Strictly speaking, violence is not, but its impact on our lives is great whether it touches us directly or through what we read or hear. W...

Has anyone noticed that since McCain lost the 2008 election, he's been a bitter old man who smiles and uses any possible opportunity to ...

 Here is an ethical issue that is new to the Bush and more to the Obama administrations-- the use of drones. We saw the drones being train...

Although I seldom write about events/holidays, sometimes I feel culturally they are so significant that there is no way to avoid looking at ...

Americans like to talk about how exceptional they are. It becomes a political argument how much better we are than other people-- and if yo...

Do you ever stop to think about consequences and that sometimes even good deeds can have negative ones? I would like to believe every good...

[The Definitive Account of the Battle of Tora Bora] Can you imagine what we'd hear from the right if Obama had been president at that ti...

al Qaeda's Flight 253 Blueprint The recent attempted bombing of a US plane indicates a couple of things that hopefully will be looked at...

War and Politics With talk of the Afghanistan war much in the news, I had put off writing about it. I do read the latest news and opinions, ...

This is going to be a reply to something ingineer said in my previous blog and so to be fair to him, I am putting his comment here first: ...

Terrorism is a tactic using violence and fear to gain political aims. After Obama was inaugurated, Homeland Security issued a warning about ...

"What I do support is what has been termed the responsible closure of Gitmo. Gitmo has caused us problems, there's no question abou...

[Tortured to Justify a War?] I know a lot of people don't want to think about this. It's done, isn't it? Well if you click on th...

Our lives are full of good things and those that are not so good. I can well understand why many people would rather not think about the que...

In the United States, sometimes Republicans seem to imply Democrats not only don't want to fight terrorism but also have no idea how to ...