Disaster, Inc.

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Troop Level Scenarios: A Deeper Look

The typical cant from President Bush is that as Iraqi forces stand up, US forces will stand down. Some have taken the recent announcements that the US is planning to go from a baseline Iraq garrison of 17 brigades down to a baseline Iraq force of 16 brigades as a metric of success in training and standing...

Are They Still Screaming?

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Justice

“If you’re daughter was raped and brutally murdered, wouldn’t you want the person who did it to be executed?” This was a question posed to me some time ago by someone who was violently pro-death penalty. So much so, in fact, that he said that if he were wrongly convicted, he would,...

Perfect Capture on my Sentiments

I am a bear on the economy. I know that. I am a bear right now because I am convinced that the American consumer can not forever increase their debt load to prop-up consumer demand, and that the housing market is shutting down the great ATM in the sky that we have been relying on for the past couple of...