THAT RED LINE IN THE SAND… (…means zilch on the ground…) The report of a recent chemical weapon attack in Syria on a rebel held suburb of Damascus, against non-combatant civilians, complete with vivid videos of its effects on them,
August 23, 2013
EGYPT…GOING THROUGH BIRTH PANGS FOR DEMOCRACY (…or heading into a violent miscarriage of it instead?) Egypt appears to be falling apart, much like many other countries who heralded the so-called –Arab Spring -.and, instead, is moving in retrograde towards a
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT USA (… to get away with murder just snitch…part time… for the FBI) James “Whitey” Bolger was finally convicted in a Federal Court in Boston last week. He was found guilty of 17 of the 19 charges
THE IMPACTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON OUR INFORMATION AGE (…raising questions about…whither journalism now?) The recent sale of print-media icons like the –Washington Post – and the –LA Times – etc., demonstrates the impacts of new technologies on our information
AMONG LINGERING WISPS OF COLD-WAR AIRS (…as Frosty-the-Snowman Putin and Sam-the-Candyman Obama do a bit of sparring…) Let’s reverse an old adage here by saying: Diplomacy…is the art of warfare by more genteel and less bloody means. So, here we