Now for something upbeat and fun and away from politics. I am rooting for San Diego and Green Bay today – probably because my political desires have bled over into sports and I would like to see change at the top. San Diego has the higher hill to climb. They are facing the best in […]

After yesterday’s NV caucuses and GOP primary in SC we have some pruning opportunities. John Edwards is doing the political version of Keith Richards – he’s the walking dead. He thinks he is alive but just doesn’t know it yet, so he goes on. OK, bad joke about a great guitarist. But Edwards is out. […]

A teenage suicide bomber has been captured in the Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan who was part of a team of back-up assassins who were with the two gunmen who killed Benazir Bhutto – and his story confirms the fact the attack was carried out by al-Qaeda, not government […]

I am truly not sure who will win between McCain and Huckabee. Yes, others have a shot but I don’t see enough movement in the polls to be convinced they will show up. Fred has been haunting the conservative talk radio shows – which I think is not helping actually. Again, this is an election […]

As I look at the latest Nevada Caucus polls at RCP for the dems I note a consistent pattern – over time Hillary is losing ground and Obama is rising fast. Check out any single poll and look at the trends. For example, looking at the last two ARG polls Hillary goes from 45->35, Obama […]

As I noted below in a previous post which ever side is finally deemed to have killed moderate leader Benazir Bhutto will probably face rejection by the majority of Pakistanis. If it turns out to be tied to the foreign al-Qaeda presence it is they who will be purged of Pakistani political support. I think […]

H/T to reader Merlin for noting this excellent post by Bill Roggio, which confirms many of my speculations regarding the retreating nature of al-Qaeda in Iraq: Nearly one year to the day of the announcement of the “surge” of US forces to Iraq and the change in counterinsurgency plan, Iraqi and Coalition forces have shrunk […]

OK, I am really tired of those who are too skittish or afraid to declare Iraq at least a blooming victory. The parliament is working off the necessary legislation to bring their governing coalition back together and al-Qaeda is now the enemy of Muslim Iraqis – not their heros. But more than that is the […]

Some people think laws force people to act according to the laws. Sadly this is backwards. Laws in a democracy define the boundaries of commonly agreed to (and therefore followed) boundaries of action. A law never stopped a murderer – it only punished them for their act. Not one murderer, by definition, was stopped by […]

To many people here in America it may not seem important to determine who killed Benazir Bhutto. But in highly emotionally charged Pakistan it is a key point which could push the country one way or the other. Bhutto had a strong following and was very popular. The anger over her death could topple someone […]