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by Cheryl Rofer Great Powers: America and the World After Bush, Thomas P. M. Barnett, Putnam, February 2009. This is the second part of my review of this book. The first part is here. What Tom Barnett is doing is at least as interesting as his book. The book describes some of it, but not all. Connec...

Though the deepening economic crisis is certainly enough to fulfill most citizens’ worry quota for the year (if not longer), President Obama’s impotent flailing about on the economy shouldn’t be Americans’ only reason to be concerned about their president, a relatively young ...

by Cheryl Rofer There’s a lot of really inept commentary and analysis on the Obama administration’s foreign policy lately. One statement from Hillary Clinton, one appointment, one action, and zip! The neocons are back! Hillary has given away human rights! The President is giving it all away in a...

By Bill Stewart Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been in the Middle East this week, surveying the wreckage as well as the possibilities of a general peace. It isn't a pretty picture. Achieving peace between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East is at least as difficult as achieving peace between C...

Suppose you're like me, a loser who sits around watching the Discovery Networks and the National Geographic Channel. Also suppose that, like me, you're at least a somewhat intelligent loser. Then, you will have undoubtedly watched shows about all the construction going on in Dubai: the Burj ...

An opinion column in the New York Times by Samaritan's Purse president Franklin Graham has surprised many human rights and religious liberty advocates in the United States and around the world.  Responding to a then-pending arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court f...

Outside of witnessing what can only be termed as a poop fountain on Monday evening, there isn't a whole lot to report on the growth, development and heppenings on the youngling. She hasn't done a repeat performance of the roll but hasn't begun sprouting teeth either. She did, however, have a grand c...

"Abortion, not resume, could dominate Sebelius confirmation" "DOJ Nominee 'Shocked' by Her Own Words" "Elie Wiesel says he can't forgive Bernie Madoff" "In hard times, more women try to sell their eggs" "Conservatives and Porn" "Less...

by Cheryl Rofer Great Powers: America and the World After Bush, Thomas P. M. Barnett, Putnam, February 2009. Thomas Barnett burst on the foreign affairs scene with his book, The Pentagon’s New Map. In his new book, he sketches his vision for the new president. Barnett argues that globalization mak...