The suspected Jordanian double agent who killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan was thrown into jail by Jordanian intelligence to coerce him to track down al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, Mideast counterterrorism officials said today. ...more

January 6, 2010

After reading about the shootings at Fort Hood, my concerns about the security of this country cranked up a notch or two. This Hassan character that did the shooting and others like him is what worries me. First of all the story reported that he did his internship at Walter Reed Hospital, where he received poor performance evaluations. Then shortly after he was promoted to major. Promoted, after poor performance evaluation? Something is wrong here. I'd like to have a talk with that brain dead idiot who recommended him for promotion. ...more

November 12, 2009

"Normandy: The Landings to the Liberation of Paris," by Olivier Wieviorka; translated from the French by M.B. DeBevoise (Belknap/Harvard University Press, $29.95) ...more

October 13, 2008

A suicide bomber drove a car into a crowd of workers at the gates of a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 12 workers and wounding 22 others, Afghan officials said. ...more

August 19, 2008

"Normandy: The Landings to the Liberation of Paris," by Olivier Wieviorka; translated from the French by M.B. DeBevoise (Belknap/Harvard University Press, $29.95) ...more

July 13, 2008

one of the worst earthquakes in modern history. More than 40,000 people have been found dead so far. Additionally, a number of record setting tornadoes have hammered the midwestern United States. ...more

June 8, 2008

At the time this article is being written, several devastating catastrophes have happened in just a matter of days. ...more

June 7, 2008

Stimulate Year-Round I received my stimulus check last week. It was nice, but I have to wonder if all involved couldn't have saved a lot of time, effort and expense if the IRS simply hadn't taken the money from me in the first place. Given the usual governmental overhead, it probably costs $650 to produce and cover every $600 check. ...more

May 27, 2008