Putting Our Toe In

The New York Times reported today what should not have been hard to predict.  The US has advisors on the ground in Libya. This is the way it started in Vietnam too.  We escalated to trainers and before we knew it we were in for a whole lot more.  But probably not this time. From [...]

Hypocrisy

No one has ever been labeled “an exaggerator” who blamed Congress members of open hypocrisy.  It appears this quality is necessary for survival and when found in abundance, can propel House or Senate members to great heights of leadership.  Our country has been so blessed. President Obama’s decision to join in the military action in [...]

The President’s Call

Last evening President Obama outlined why he order American assets used in military strikes on Libya.  The morning after the news media is assessing how effective his speech was. We all know President Obama is a sports fan.  In most sports, there are referees or umpires.  Someone to judge whether the play or action that [...]

Public Menace

Reports out of Manila in the Philippines, drives home the core notion of why separation of church and state is so necessary.  And if it is the Philippines, it must be the Catholic Church. As is almost always the case, there is no disagreement with what the Catholic Church can hold as doctrine, or what [...]

DADT

Over the next few months, we will hear the voices of Republican Presidential hopefuls pandering to their social conservative right.  Along with denying women their rights, these politicians will hint and may outrightly voice the return of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.  Unit cohesion and our fighting men want that policy will pass [...]

Kansas Too

Not wanting to be outdone by South Dakota, the Kansas State legislature is preparing a bill that would place intrusive restriction on the performance of an abortion after 22 weeks.  Here we go again, down the slippery slope. The compromise ground in the pro-choice, pro-life debate has been in front of us for a long [...]

Rome and South Dakota

It seems as though modern day Rome is burning.  America finds itself in political grid lock, partly over what are real issues and partly over what is fair.  The Federal budget is hopelessly locked in deficits as far as the eye can see.  Both political parties refuse to discuss what it would take to balance [...]

Criticism

President Obama is away in South America. This has not stopped critics, weary from their ideological and mythical battles with the deficit, from opening up from all sides.  Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich has termed US attacks on Libyan air defense assets, an impeachable offense.  Republican leaders are grumbling that the President did not involve them [...]

The Iraq Redo

When it rains, it sometimes pours.  The print and visual news media are in dog heaven.  There is more dramatic and action packed news to report than there are hours in the day to soak their advertisers.  This is certainly prime time for these corporate moguls. The general unrest in the Middle East started February [...]

March Madness

The world this week has seemed to take leave of its senses.  Events that have no connection or logical basis have taken place right before our television assisted eyes.  Who would have believed? First, we witnessed the quake the Japanese had been waiting for.  The big one.  Japanese auto makers have been preparing for this [...]