The Obama administration has been celebrating its grand victory in Libya, but I keep wondering:  why couldn't Europe deal with a tinpot dictator a short boat-ride away?  After all, the Europeans have a collective GDP and population greater than our own. The problem, of course, is that they can't be bothered to spend much money [...]

A long-running taboo on the idea of splitting the European Union into two zones or tiers is being breached by a debt crisis that has brought Ireland, Portugal, Greece, and now Italy to their financial and political knees. – Christian Science Monitor EU May Split – Christian Science Monitor Obama Delays Keystone Pipeline – CNN [...]

Let's see.  The Neocons advocated spreading democracy by bombing, invading, and occupying other nations.  How's that working out?  Not so good … . According to the National Journal: Hadi Mehdi, one of Iraq’s best-known journalists, knew he was a marked man. He had been arrested and beaten by Iraqi security forces after covering a large [...]