Monthly Archives: February 2011

Dear Senators Warner and Webb: This letter is in support of continuing to fund the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), the entire budget of which the House of Representatives voted to eliminate in the past month. I understand that the … Continue reading →

Anyone wanting to experience both extremes of Japanese politics as they concern foreign policy and military affairs could hardly learn more than by visiting Hiroshima’s Peace Museum one day and the Yushukan museum on another day.  I just did that … Continue reading →

Potpourri: 1) This is the level of discourse for many Americans. On this “Amerisrael” posting University of Mary Washington ‘Stealth Jihadist’ Faculty, a completely anonymous person (10-1 he’s male) goes after me and my colleagues at Mary Washington following a … Continue reading →

Here is an excellent interview with maps, covering the more significant of changes made in Iraq’s provincial borders over the 20th century, by an American PRT planning consultant. There are a couple of information typos by the blogger, but otherwise … Continue reading →

Today this came in from Tahrir: “They just had a priest lead a Christian prayer and they’ll have a Muslim one at noon followed by another Christian prayer at one. During the Christian prayer a Sheikh from Al Azhar was … Continue reading →

In order to keep this blog from going silent, I’m going to try reverting back to what I used to do with truthtalkz, and summarize important news analysis every day.  It adds a step for me, but it might keep … Continue reading →