There was a large protest in Phoenix earlier this week. The protest was against the Arizona law making it more difficult to be an illegal alien in the state. Flying proudly at the protest was the Mexican flag. I have nothing against the Mexican...
So the US District Court in Arizona has emasculated the reasonable Arizona law that simply works in concert with existing federal laws. Folks, this is why we need to pay attention to the persons who are put in federal judgeships; too many of them...
One of the most common outcomes of a leak of classified documents is that some military people get killed. Whatever the reason for the leak, the bad guys do know how to exploit the info–and American troops die. I’ve checked with some of...
Spymaster, double agent and Russian defector Sergei Tretyakov reportedly died last June 13th of cardiac arrest. The story of Tretyakov’s life may be read in Pete Earley’s book, Comrade J. According to Earley, Tretyakov was the most...
The US and South Korea have military exercises scheduled for this coming weekend. North Korea has warned us to cancel the exercises–and to end any talk of sanctions against N. Korea; to fail to follow these orders will cause the region to be...
The phonies are everywhere. The top general in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, reports that there are four or five social networking sites that impersonated him online and have used his picture as part of an ask for people to send money. One of the scams...
In reading the newspaper today I noticed many instances of cowardly criminals shooting at, and sometimes hitting, each other and sometimes innocent victims. I did note, too, that none of the people using guns stupidly was a licensed concealed...
In Afghanistan one of the things we are doing is to help the local elders (leaders) read and understand their nation’s constitution. One of the purposes is to focus on the role of local government and the elder’s role in promoting security and...
A recent training exercise held for medics in the 1st Armored Division in Afghanistan involved suturing pigs’ feet. A typical response was that the training was really beneficial as the medic had little prior experience in suturing. Since the better...
From USA Today – “Led by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, the chief legal officers of nine states and one US territory just filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration crackdown against a legal...