Congress is in deep trouble when it comes to Iraq, clearly, national defense. While the latest Harris Poll has bad news for Bush – who is all-in in terms of attempting to succeed in Iraq – the news is just as bad for Congress. And they must face the voters in 2008: President George W. […]

al-Qaeda is going to come after the west, win or lose in Iraq. That is evidenced by the number of attacks we in the West keep foiling. Case in point: the latest terrorist cell to be discovered in Denmark: The director general of the Danish intelligence service PET, Jakob Scharf, said the arrests near Copenhagen […]

For those who have faulty heart valves there is now a scientific breakthrough to create new valves from their own bone marrow. In another stunning breakthrough for Adult Stem Cell Research, replacement heart valves are being grown from adult stem cells, avoiding the problem of tissue rejection completely: In April, a team led by heart […]

John Edwards is epitome of the liberal nanny state. The guy is a professional nosey-body nag. His latest policy idea shows this better than anything else do date: Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said on Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care. “It requires […]

The sands have shifted in Iraq. As al-Qaeda is being routed by the Iraqis who have learned to reject their brutal ways, Iraqis have learned to ban together and stop more and more terrorist attacks – attacks now primarily focused on Muslims. Forty-five insurgents and three civilians were confirmed to have been killed and 11 […]

The Bush administration is going to be heading to Congress with a powerful story of success in Iraq. We have not achieved victory, but we have turned a few corners on the way there. First and foremost is the change in perception the Muslim street in Iraq has as it relates to al-Qaeda. al-Qaeda is […]

I am sure many have forgotten about Able Danger (see here for my many posts on the mater), a prototype data mining intelligence program that was begun in 1998 by the NSA and folks in the Pentagon to see if data mining technology, applied to publically available data sets, could help identify terrorists. The claim, […]

Arlen Specter, who I am no fan of, has come out with what I think is the best answer to Senator Craig’s problems – fight the conviction and restore your good name: The ranking Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee says Idaho Senator Larry Craig should seek to withdraw his guilty plea, and possibly […]

I have been reviewing the latest media comments by Dmitri Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoi (see here for a long post on his comments) the latter of which is the UK’s prime suspect in Alexander Litvinenko’s death. I also reviewed the testimony of Ahmed Zakayev, the Chechen rebel leader in exile who was working with Litvineno […]

We all remember that the GOP torpedoed immigration reform, claiming the status quo was preferrable to strengthening our laws and making it easier to deport violent criminal immigrants. The crazy GOP claimed all we had to do was “enforce the laws” on the books now. I have shown many times why this is all a […]