I see that the same people who brought us the war in Iraq now want to sell us "bailout" program for Wall Street. While a bailout may be needed, I wonder how many of your readers would like to get one of those "no collateral, no review, no oversight" loans from the guy (Paulson) who was CEO of Goldman-Sachs. ...more

September 24, 2008

Linda Rains of Trinity can't believe John McCain wants Gov. Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. ...more

September 24, 2008

President Bush challenged the United Nations on Tuesday to live up to its ideals by fighting terrorism and promoting freedom around the world while taking more vigorous action to end the killing in Sudan's Darfur region and pressure the Burmese government to lift its repression. ...more

September 24, 2008

Consider this when deciding on the next president of our country: After seven years of a Republican presidency, our economy is crumbling as is our infrastructure. We have no comprehensive energy policy. Health care is in trouble; education is slipping; oil companies have sucked billions from us in subsidies and at the gas pumps. Corporate boards, CEOs, CFOs and Wall Street investment bankers have robbed us. We have killed thousands and spent billions on an unnecessary war in Iraq. Our national debt is now over $10 trillion and the Republicans think they should stay in the White House. What's wrong with this picture? ...more

September 22, 2008

"The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008," by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster, $32) ...more

September 21, 2008

The $500 billion that the U.S. government estimates it will cost to buy the risky investments of financial institutions in coming months approaches what it costs to run the Pentagon for a year. ...more

September 20, 2008

As a steady breeze rolled and snapped the flags lowered to half staff, a prayer was lifted up. ...more

September 12, 2008

Frustrated by repeated dead ends in the search for Osama bin Laden, U.S. and Pakistani officials said they are questioning long-held assumptions about their strategy and are shifting tactics to intensify the use of the lethal Predator drone spy plane in the mountains of western Pakistan. ...more

September 10, 2008

Four years ago, while working as a senior adviser in NATO's Brussels, Belgium, headquarters, I got an up-close look at the way al-Qaida's best minds see Western elections. On March 11, 2004, Spain was rocked by perhaps the bloodiest terrorist attack in Europe since World War II, as bombs ripped apart commuter trains in Madrid, leaving nearly 2,000 Spaniards dead or injured - three days before the country went to the polls. ...more

September 7, 2008

Speech Was Vindictive I was appalled, but not surprised Wednesday night to hear Gov. Palin launch vindictively into Sen. Obama without providing an ounce of substance about where she thinks a McCain administration should focus. I was particularly affected by her characterization of the war in Iraq as "God's task." That assertion is at the very least xenophobic, and at best fundamentalist. ...more

September 6, 2008