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Proving Santayana (or Einstein) right, today marks a milestone in the Afghanistan quagmire. A milestone in colossal stupidity: "On Saturday Nov. 27, the United States and its allies will reach a grim milestone: they will have been in Afghanistan a day longer than the Soviet Union had been when it completed its 1989 withdrawal."And the end is not in sight:"Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell last week made clear that the 2014 date for an end to...

The circular firing squad is forming:"The Democratic Party's Herbert Hoover-like response to high unemployment cost them their majority, a member of the House Democratic leadership team said Tuesday. "We never did enough in terms of that area for us to have the kind of success we would have," he said on MSNBC. "We had a Roosevelt moment and responded like Hoover."Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill) on the recommendations from the co-chairs of the deficit commission:"The middle...

Bear with me here as I use a tired sports analogy to describe the Obama presidency. The George W. Bush presidency could be easily paralleled by the Matt Millen era with the Detroit Lions. NFL insiders were literally laughing at most of Millen's moves as the Lions have enjoyed a decade of dubious performances. Recent drafts have improved the team since he has been gone, but it will be a long road back. The no...

"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."--James Madison, often referred to as the father of that antiquated, outdated, document known as the Constitution of the United States, which is now little more than an a la carte menu.When the president of the United States has the power to order the assassination of an American citizen suspected of terrorist activities but charged with no...

The reactions that I've read this morning to President Obama's speech yesterday in Ohio seem to divide along the lines of "too little, too late" and "it's about time, where has this guy been for the last 20 months?" To the first group I would say, better late than never. If it's not Election Day, it's not too late. To the second, nothing happens in the past. OK, mistakes were made, but to paraphrase Willie...

If President Obama's speech last night was a movie I'd give it 2 ½ stars, Not a bomb, but not an Oscar winner either.  It was sort of significant, but not exactly an "historic moment," in my opinion. More like a baby step. An historic moment will be when the last American soldier leaves Iraq. And while it may be called "an end to our combat mission in Iraq" the facts are we still have...

President Obama needs to have a serious heart-to-heart with his generals. Reminding them in no uncertain terms that we have a civilian-led military, and that their job is to carry out the mission as defined by those civilian leaders, in particular the commander-in-chief--no questions asked, and no personal opinion tolerated unless it is requested. Period. Apparently they didn't get the message when McChrystal was fired resigned.  "The top U.S. Marine general made a sharp departure...

The furor over building the Islamic center in Manhattan has nothing to do with freedom of religion. There's nothing anti-Muslim about it. It's just the place that they've chosen to build. It's insensitive to those who lost their lives on September 11, and an insult to their families and friends. That's the argument we've heard over and over, right? Well, apparently that sensitivity distance extends far outside Manhattan, New York City, and even New York...

Franklin Graham on President Obama's "problem." Also notice how Mr. Graham dances around the question of whether or not he believes what the president says. Graham launches into a sermon followed by a couple of "ifs" which says to me he doubts that the president is telling the truth. <br />Unlike Mr. Graham, I believe what President Obama says about his Christian faith because, also unlike Mr. Graham, I haven't been appointed judge over who's...

This is past the point of ridiculous. President Obama needs to go to church more often to prove he's not a Muslim:<br />Jimmy Carter went to church more than any other modern president, Ronald Reagan rarely attended. Yet the right hates Carter and loves Reagan. President Obama could live in church and it wouldn't make any difference because it's not about church attendance. It's about a black man in the (up until now all) White...