July 3, 2014

Funding 'Moderate' Syrian Opposition: the Wrong Choice

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a Syrian opposition group that broke away from al-Qaeda and has seized large areas of Iraq and northern Syria, has announced a new caliphate and formally declared the creation of an Islamic state in ...

June 16, 2014

The President Watches Too Much TV

President Obama consistently announces that he learns about the issues plaguing his administration via watching news reports.  In the past, I have described his announcements as “feigned ignorance” and a way to dissipate rumors of pe...

March 22, 2013

China and U.S. Debt

As the U.S. federal debt is steadily climbing closer to $17 trillion, President Obama and Congressional leadership are making statements that we "don't have an immediate crisis in terms of debt." All the same, our bloated federal debt does pose a cri...

February 22, 2013

Take the 'Kick Me' Sign off the Defense Budget

Am I the only one who remembers November of 2011, when the administrator of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, Dr. Donald M. Berwick announced publicly -- before resigning his post -- that the system has an "extremely high level of waste" upwards ...