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Why “Georgia” matters…
While the recent events in Russian invading Georgia are not exactly the same as the invasion in Poland in 1939, unfortunately, there are too many similarities. Russia is bullying Georgia and attempting to reconstitute its empire of satellite states. Georgia matters to the United States because, put simply, as the only world’s Super Power, how [...]
Leaving Iraq - Will Bush really pull troops out?
President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed Friday to include a “general time horizon” for U.S. troop withdrawals as part of a pending bilateral security agreement (SOFA - Status of Forces Agreement), the White House said.
“Improving conditions should allow for the agreements now under negotiation to include a general time horizon for meeting [...]
What would Iran’s nuclear weapons mean for the United States?
I am sure that my readers have all been watching this week Iran’s missile tests. Iran launched a series of missiles to demonstrate its capability to deliver warheads at medium-range distances (2000 km). While there is some dispute as to how many missiles it has launched over the last three days - the message from [...]
Where was Barack Obama?
It’s hard to take Sen. Obama seriously when his voting record makes it clear - he hardly seems to show up for work on the difficult days. Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign rhetoric offers the Democrat Party the prospect of “Hope and Change, and a Better Tomorrow.” (or whatever bumper-sticker he’s posting today… Change I can [...]
Why is crude oil (and gasoline) so expensive?
I have been getting emails from readers essentially asking me to do a post on oil - why is it so expensive, and what, if anything should be the GOP’s party platform on energy. While energy economics is not my specialty - I do understand commodities markets, and I believe I probably understand better than [...]
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